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245 1 0 _aIn the heat of the night
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bMGM (Video & DVD),
_c2001.
300 _a1 videodisc (109 min.) :
_bsd., col ;
520 _aStarring Academy Award�(r) winners* Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won** five 1967 Oscars�(r), including Best Picture. Highlighted by an evocative score from Oscar�(r)-winning*** composer Quincy Jones, In The Heat Of The Night is a "powerful film" (The New York Times) that delivers the "highest level of exciting entertainment" (New York Daily News)! While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigationof a prominent businessman when he is first accused of the crimeand then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, however, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth. *Poitier: Actor, Lilies of the Field (1963); Steiger: Actor, In the Heat of the Night (1967); Grant: Supporting Actress, Shampoo (1975) **Actor (Steiger), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound ***1994: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
700 1 _aPoitier, Sidney.
700 1 _aSteiger, Rod.
700 1 _aOates, Warren.
700 1 _aGrant, Lee.
700 1 _aGates, Larry.
700 1 _aWexler, Haskell.
700 1 _aAshby, Hal.
700 1 _aMirisch, Walter.
700 1 _aBall, John.
700 1 _aSilliphant, Stirling.
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000053VBH/chopaconline-20
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