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Release Date: 04 June, 2002 Retail Price: $14.94 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.95! Cast: Complete Cast (16 total) |
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"They call me Mr. Tibbs!"
I remember growing up watching the television series "In the Heat of the Night" with my parents before bed every night, but I saw this film for the first time last night, and when I heard Ray Charles singing the theme song I was flooded with good memories. Now I have to say, this film is damn near perfect. It has all the elements for a great film, from a riviting storyline, great acting and interesting charactors. Sidney Poitier plays Virgil Tibbs, an African-American cop who's falsly arrested for the murder of a rich white man. Virgil was visiting his mother in a small Mississippi town of Sparta when the bigot sherrif accuses him of murder. After revieling his identity his services are offered since he works homicide and may be able to help solve the murder. From that point on we watch as the town fights to kick Virgil out, and we see Sherrif Bill Gillespie (played by Rod Steiger in his Oscar winning role) learn to accept Virgil. Theres a scene where Virgil and Bill are drinking and talking in Bill's home and Bill is talking about how he has no one, no kids, no wife, no friends, and you start to see him as the man he is and not the bigot he was. This is far more than just a movie about murder, it's a movie about acceptance and change and how one town, brought up with one way of thinking can change that way when they realize their faults. It's great to see how Virgil goes from the outcast to the respected partner. Sidney and Rod are great together here, as is Lee Grant as the widow, who in her two short scenes shows enough feeling and emotion to earn her a Golden Globe nod...and the scene where she learns of her husbands misfortune is acting at it's greatest. Brilliant movie!
A Movie everyone should see
I just saw this movie tonight on TV and I can't believe that I waited this long to watch it.
The story takes place in a racist Mississippi town. One night a local police officer finds a dead body lying in the middle of main street. A short time later the same officer mistakenly arrests a man by the name of Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)because the officer believes he is the murderer.
Once back at the police station Virgil makes the announcement that he is a homicide detective from Philadelphia in town for a visit.
After Virgil is let go, the police mistakenly arrest another man for the murder, and this time Virgil kinda takes over, and within minutes announces that the man cannot be the murderer because he is left handed while the killer was right handed.
Later on, Virgil is asked by the chief of police (Rod Steiger) to stay in town and help solve the case.
When the local rednecks learn that a black police officer has taken over the case, they decide to run the man out of town. Virgil refuses to let the men scare him off and he ends up solving the murder.
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