In The Heat Of The Night (1967) screens at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood) Saturday, September 15th. The movie starts at 7:30.
The racism in the Deep South is given the once-over in In The Heat Of The Night. The winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Poitier’s costar Rod Steiger, In The Heat Of The Night is set in a small Mississippi town where an unusual murder has been committed. Steiger played sheriff Bill Gillespie, a good lawman despite his racial prejudices. When Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a well-dressed black man, comes to town, Gillespie instinctively puts him under arrest as a murder suspect. Tibbs reveals himself to be a Philadelphia police detective; after he and Gillespie come to a grudging understanding of one another, Tibbs offers to help in Gillespie’s investigation. As the case progresses, both Gillespie and Tibbs betray a tendency to jump to culture-dictated conclusions.
The racism in the Deep South is given the once-over in In The Heat Of The Night. The winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Poitier’s costar Rod Steiger, In The Heat Of The Night is set in a small Mississippi town where an unusual murder has been committed. Steiger played sheriff Bill Gillespie, a good lawman despite his racial prejudices. When Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a well-dressed black man, comes to town, Gillespie instinctively puts him under arrest as a murder suspect. Tibbs reveals himself to be a Philadelphia police detective; after he and Gillespie come to a grudging understanding of one another, Tibbs offers to help in Gillespie’s investigation. As the case progresses, both Gillespie and Tibbs betray a tendency to jump to culture-dictated conclusions.
- 9/11/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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