As part of the Black Cinema Collection, we present this masterpiece as a European UHD premiere,
for the first time worldwide in HDR with Dolby Vision and with extensive bonus material.
The first 200 customers will receive a limited collector's card!
This undisputed masterpiece from director Norman Jewison (
The Thomas Crown Affair) is one of the most radical and acclaimed movies of its generation. Rod Steiger (
A Fistful of Dynamite) gives an Oscar-winning performance as a sheriff from small-town Mississippi who finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a black homicide detective from Philadelphia—strikingly portrayed by Sidney Poitier (
Lilies of the Field). In the course of investigating the crime, the two strong-willed men must reconcile their inherent prejudice towards each other. The final result is justice—and an unlikely but touching mutual respect. Supporting performances by Warren Oates (
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) and Lee Grant (
The Landlord), an evocative score by Quincy Jones (
The Getaway) and vivid cinematography by Haskell Wexler (
The Conversation) all add to the film’s authentic aura of a hot summer evening in the Deep South. Winner of five Academy Awards
including Best Picture for Walter Mirisch (
The Great Escape), Best Adapted Screenplay for Stirling Silliphant (
Charly) and Best Editing for Hal Ashby (
The Cincinnati Kid),
In the Heat of the Night is a blistering commentary on race relations and a landmark in entertainment.