Cinema Classics: In the Heat of the Night

Sunday, March 16 at 4 PM

“In the Heat of the Night is really an excuse for Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier to snipe and rage and hate each other. And the ferocious clash of these two fine actors in this racial drama transcends script and setting.”
— Joseph Gelmis, Newsday

KPAC presents IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT as part of our Cinema Classics series, featuring films chosen by our Classic Films Committee. In Sparta, Mississippi, detective Virgil Tibbs is drawn into a murder case, forging a tense alliance with the bigoted police chief amid town hostility. Director Norman Jewison splices incisive social commentary into this thrilling police procedural with the help of Haskell Wexler’s vivid cinematography, Quincy Jones’s eclectic score, and two indelible lead performances—a career-defining display of seething indignation and moral authority from Poitier and an Oscar-winning masterclass in Method acting from Steiger. Winner of five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, In the Heat of the Night is one of the most enduring Hollywood films of the civil rights era. Sponsored by Joan and George Klingler.

Rated: Approved | 1 hr 50 min | Tickets: $8 Adult / Film Pass