“THEY CALL ME MR. TIBBS!”
In The Heat Of The Night
40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger Star In The Academy Award®-Winning
Best Picture Film About Prejudice And Murder In The Deep South
40th Anniversary Edition Available On DVD January 15 From MGM Home Entertainment
LOS ANGELES, CA – They’re going to pin something on that smart cop from Philadelphia… maybe a medal… maybe a murder. MGM Home Entertainment revisits one of the most respected and critically acclaimed films of the 1960s when In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary Edition makes its case on DVD January 15. Part of the United Artists catalog, the anniversary edition of In The Heat of the Night is being released as part of the larger United Artists 90th Anniversary campaign, an 18-month global celebration leading up to the 90th anniversary of the studio in 2009.
Directed by Norman Jewison (Fiddler On The Roof, Moonstruck) and starring Academy Awardâ winners Sidney Poitier (Lilies Of The Field, The Defiant Ones) and Rod Steiger (On The Waterfront, The Pawnbroker), In The Heat Of The Night won five Oscarsâ including Best Picture and Best Actor (Steiger) for its intense examination of race relations in the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi and its effect on two very different men. The film was deemed “culturally significant” by the United States Library of Congress in 2002 and selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
When Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) visits his mother in the rural south, he is mistakenly arrested for the murder of a white man simply because of the color of his skin. Once the town’s law enforcement officials learn of his highly decorated past, they reluctantly seek his help in solving the crime; leading him to win the respect, protection and overall friendship of Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Steiger).
The In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary is loaded with all-new bonus features including 3 featurettes, plus audio commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and Haskell Wexler, and more. The DVD will be available for a suggested retail price of $19.98 U.S. / $25.98 Canada. Prebook is December 19, 2007.
In The Heat Of The Night Synopsis
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 crime and 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.
DVD Bonus Features
Ø New - “Turning Up The Heat: Movie Making in the Turbulent 60s” featurette
Ø New - “The Slap Heard Around the World” featurette
Ø New - “Quincy Jones: In The Heat of the Music” featurette
Ø Commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and Haskell Wexler
Ø Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
Rich in history and devoted to creating powerful, quality films, United Artists (UA) was formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to encourage progressive filmmaking, giving each star the authority and autonomy to create the films about which they were most passionate. The studio responsible for creating some of the finest films of all time including iconic film franchises ROCKY, PINK PANTHER and JAMES BOND and critically-acclaimed and award-winning features RAGING BULL, SOME LIKE IT HOT, WEST SIDE STORY, ANNIE HALL, MIDNIGHT COWBOY and RAIN MAN, contains a library of nearly 1,000 feature films and boasts more than 80 Academy Award®-winning classics. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment (MGMHE) kicked off an 18-month global celebration November 2007 leading up to the 90th anniversary in 2009 to promote the largest catalog event in video industry history.
In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary Edition
DVD Price: $19.98 U.S.
Order Due Date: December 19, 2007
Street Date: January 15, 2008
Catalog Number: M109861
Total Run Time: 112 mins.
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio Features: English Dolby Surround 5.1, Spanish and French Mono
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Closed Captioned: Yes
In The Heat Of The Night
40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger Star In The Academy Award®-Winning
Best Picture Film About Prejudice And Murder In The Deep South
40th Anniversary Edition Available On DVD January 15 From MGM Home Entertainment
LOS ANGELES, CA – They’re going to pin something on that smart cop from Philadelphia… maybe a medal… maybe a murder. MGM Home Entertainment revisits one of the most respected and critically acclaimed films of the 1960s when In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary Edition makes its case on DVD January 15. Part of the United Artists catalog, the anniversary edition of In The Heat of the Night is being released as part of the larger United Artists 90th Anniversary campaign, an 18-month global celebration leading up to the 90th anniversary of the studio in 2009.
Directed by Norman Jewison (Fiddler On The Roof, Moonstruck) and starring Academy Awardâ winners Sidney Poitier (Lilies Of The Field, The Defiant Ones) and Rod Steiger (On The Waterfront, The Pawnbroker), In The Heat Of The Night won five Oscarsâ including Best Picture and Best Actor (Steiger) for its intense examination of race relations in the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi and its effect on two very different men. The film was deemed “culturally significant” by the United States Library of Congress in 2002 and selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
When Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) visits his mother in the rural south, he is mistakenly arrested for the murder of a white man simply because of the color of his skin. Once the town’s law enforcement officials learn of his highly decorated past, they reluctantly seek his help in solving the crime; leading him to win the respect, protection and overall friendship of Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Steiger).
The In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary is loaded with all-new bonus features including 3 featurettes, plus audio commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and Haskell Wexler, and more. The DVD will be available for a suggested retail price of $19.98 U.S. / $25.98 Canada. Prebook is December 19, 2007.
In The Heat Of The Night Synopsis
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 crime and 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.
DVD Bonus Features
Ø New - “Turning Up The Heat: Movie Making in the Turbulent 60s” featurette
Ø New - “The Slap Heard Around the World” featurette
Ø New - “Quincy Jones: In The Heat of the Music” featurette
Ø Commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and Haskell Wexler
Ø Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
Rich in history and devoted to creating powerful, quality films, United Artists (UA) was formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to encourage progressive filmmaking, giving each star the authority and autonomy to create the films about which they were most passionate. The studio responsible for creating some of the finest films of all time including iconic film franchises ROCKY, PINK PANTHER and JAMES BOND and critically-acclaimed and award-winning features RAGING BULL, SOME LIKE IT HOT, WEST SIDE STORY, ANNIE HALL, MIDNIGHT COWBOY and RAIN MAN, contains a library of nearly 1,000 feature films and boasts more than 80 Academy Award®-winning classics. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment (MGMHE) kicked off an 18-month global celebration November 2007 leading up to the 90th anniversary in 2009 to promote the largest catalog event in video industry history.
In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary Edition
DVD Price: $19.98 U.S.
Order Due Date: December 19, 2007
Street Date: January 15, 2008
Catalog Number: M109861
Total Run Time: 112 mins.
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio Features: English Dolby Surround 5.1, Spanish and French Mono
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Closed Captioned: Yes
