In the Heat of the Night (film)

Infobox_Film
name = In the Heat of the Night


caption= original movie poster
imdb_id = 0061811
amg_id = 1:24638
producer = Walter Mirisch
director = Norman Jewison
writer = John Ball (novel)
Stirling Silliphant (screenplay)
starring = Sidney Poitier
Rod Steiger
Lee Grant
music = Quincy Jones
cinematography = Haskell Wexler, ASC
editing = Hal Ashby
distributor = United Artists
released = August 2, 1967
runtime = 109 min.
language = English
followed_by = "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!"

"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965, which tells the story of an African-American police detective from Philadelphia who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor.

The film was followed by two sequels, "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!" in 1970, and "The Organization" in 1971. It also became the basis of a television series entitled "In the Heat of the Night", starring Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins, Alan Autry, David Hart, Anne-Marie Johnson and Hugh O'Connor.

Although the film was set in the fictional Mississippi town of Sparta (no connection to the real Sparta, Mississippi, an unincorporated community), part of the movie was filmed in Sparta, Illinois, where many of the film's landmarks can still be seen.

The quote "They call me "Mister Tibbs!" was listed as #16 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes, a list of top movie quotes.

ynopsis

When a wealthy man planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is murdered, Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) is pressured to find his killer quickly. Northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through, is picked up at the train station with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Gillespie, heavily prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion he has his culprit, but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is a respected Philadelphia homicide detective who had been visiting his mother. After this racist treatment, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible even though his captain recommends he stay and help, but the victim's widow (Lee Grant) is impressed by the detective's expertise clearing another wrongly accused suspect of the crime and threatens to stop construction on the much-needed factory unless he leads the investigation. Gillespie then talks Tibbs into lending his services.

Despite the rocky start to their relationship, they come to respect each other as they are forced to work together to solve the crime.

Cast

Awards

" In the Heat of the Night" was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning five. They are as follows:

Academy Award wins

*Academy Award for Best Picture
*Academy Award for Best Actor - Rod Steiger
*Academy Award for Film Editing - Hal Ashby
*Academy Award for Sound - Samuel Goldwyn Studios
*Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant

Academy Award nominations

*Academy Award for Directing - Norman Jewison
*Academy Award for Sound Editing - James Richard

Other wins and nominations are:

Wins

*Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
*Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama - Rod Steiger
*Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant
*BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor - Rod Steiger
*BAFTA UN Award - Norman Jewison
*Edgar Award - Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant (Ball's book also received an Edgar, for Best First Novel)
*New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Picture
*In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Nominations

*BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor - Sidney Poitier
*BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source - Norman Jewison
*Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - Norman Jewison
*Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Director - Norman Jewison
*Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama - Sidney Poitier
*Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Lee Grant
*Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Quentin Dean
*Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Quincy Jones
*Writers Guild of America for Best Written American Drama - Stirling Silliphant

ee also

*Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

External links

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*filmsite|id=inth|title=In the Heat of the Night