Oscar-winning movie In the Heat of the Night can be watched online in the UK at 2 sources which are: Amazon and BlinkBox. In this article you will find some more information about In the Heat of the Night from 1967. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.
Did you ever wonder who won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Picture in 1967? The Academy members considered In the Heat of the Night to be the Best Picture of the year 1967 and awarded it a total of 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor.
Did you know that to be able to receive a nomination for the Best Picture Oscar, a movie must be at least 40 minutes long? The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.
According to Wikipedia, the movie In the Heat of the Night can be described like this:
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 DeLuxe Color dramatic mystery film directed by Norman Jewison, based on the 1965 John Ball novel of the same name which tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi.
The cast of In the Heat of the Night included:
- Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
- Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren Oates as Sam Wood
- Lee Grant as Mrs. Colbert
- Larry Gates as Endicott
- James Patterson as Mr. Purdy
- William Schallert as Mayor Schubert
- Beah Richards as Mama Caleba
In the Heat of the Night has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 94%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 92%. Richard Roeper.com's Richard Roeper has said this about In the Heat of the Night:
Social importance aside, In the Heat of the Night works as a buddy film and as a tense thriller.
More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.
In the Heat of the Night won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Rod Steiger for his role as Police Chief Bill Gillespie at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967
- Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967
- Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for Rod Steiger for his role as Police Chief Bill Gillespie at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- BAFTA United Nations Award at the 1968 British Academy Film and Television Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Rod Steiger for his role as Police Chief Bill Gillespie at the 25th Golden Globe Awards in 1967
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 25th Golden Globe Awards in 1967
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 25th Golden Globe Awards in 1967
According to Findable.TV, In the Heat of the Night can be watched online at 2 sources. UK readers may watch this movie with one of the following methods.
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