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In the Heat of the Night
1967. USA. Norman Jewison. 109 min.
Introduced by Walter Mirisch
Friday, December 1, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
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In the Heat of the Night
1967. USA. Directed by Norman Jewison. Mirisch Corporation/United Artists. Produced by Walter Mirisch. Screenplay by Sterling Silliphant, based on the novel by John Ball. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. In the same year that race riots left Detroit and Newark in ruins, Mirisch produced this simmering murder melodrama about racial tension in the Deep South, winning five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Steiger). A redneck Mississippi police chief, trying to solve a murder, clashes with a proud African American homicide detective from up north. 109 min.
In the Film exhibition Walter Mirisch
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