In the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson. Mirisch Corporation, presenter, production company. Supplements: 2008 audio commentary with Norman Jewison, Haskell Wexler, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant New interviews with director Norman Jewison and actor Lee Grant Segment from a 2006 American Film Institute interview with actor Sidney Poitier New interview with Aram Goudsouzian, author of Sidney Poitier: man, actor, icon Turning up the heat: movie-making in the '60s, a 2008 program about the production of the film and its legacy, featuring Jewison, Wexler, producer Walter Mirisch, and filmmakers John Singleton and Reginald Hudlin Quincy Jones: breaking new sound, a 2008 program about Jones's innovative soundtrack, including the title song sung by Ray Charles, featuring interviews with Jones, lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and musician Herbie Hancock Trailer.ĭirector of photography, Haskell Wexler editor, Hal Ashby music, Quincy Jones. Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. John Dudley Ball writing as John Ball, was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. For other authors named John Dudley Ball, see the disambiguation page. The Mirisch Corporation presents the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production screenplay by Stirling Silliphant produced by Walter Mirisch directed by Norman Jewison.Įnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). John Dudley Ball (1) 19111988 This page covers the author of In the Heat of the Night. : Criterion Collection, ġ videodisc (110 min.) : DVD video, sound, colour 4 3/4 in. The inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Sidney Poitier, this iconic crime novel is a psychologically astute examination of racial prejudice, an atmospheric depiction of the American South in the sixties, and a brilliant, suspense-filled read set in the sultry heat of the night.Full Bibliographic Record Publication information: Faced with mounting local hostility and a police force that seems determined to see him fail, it isn't long before Tibbs - trained in karate and aikido - will have to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety. In the heat of the night: the original Virgil Tibbs.

What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case. eBook ISBN 9780698408401 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGINGINPUBLICATION DATA Ball, John Dudley, 19111988. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. A 50th anniversary edition of the classic crime novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Sidney Poitier.Ī small southern town in the 1960s.

In the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball