In the Heat of the Night 4K UHD

Runtime: 109 min

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant

Studios: United Artists, The Mirisch Company

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Special Features:

Interviews

with director Norman Jewison and actor Lee Grant sourced from a 2006 American Film Institute interview with actor Sidney Poitier.

Interview with Aram Goudsouzian

author of 'Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon.'

Audio Commentary

featuring Jewison, Grant, actor Rod Steiger, and cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

Turning Up the Heat: Movie-Making in the ’60s

a 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 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

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

PLUS

An essay by critic K. Austin Collins.

Technical Specifications:

• 4K digital restoration
• Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack