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001 445C67D646AB11EC99ED60D12BECA4DB
003 SILO
005 20211116010055
008 080107s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u
024 10 $a 027616098610
040    $d TxAuBib $d SILO
245 1  $a In the Heat of the Night $h [videorecording] / $c produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant.
250    $a 40th anniversary ed.,widescreen.
264  1 $a Santa Monica, Calif :  $b MGM Home Entertainment,  $c 2008.
300    $a 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 3/4 in.
500    $a Based on the novel by John Ball.
500    $a Shelved in the "Movie Classics" collection.
508    $a Director, Norman Jewison.
511 1  $a Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates and Lee Grant.
520    $a Virgil Tibbs is a renowned homicide detective from Philadelphia returning to Mississippi in the sweltering summer to visit his mother, when a rich factory owner is found dead. The industrialist was white, Tibbs is black; in the Deep South in the 1960s that is enough reason for the local police to arrest him on suspicion murder. After his identity and credentials are established, the Chief of Police lets Tibbs go and attempts to enlist his help in solving the case. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth.
521 8  $a Movie Not Rated (NR).
541    $d 20210717.
546    $a English, French and Spanish audio; with optional English and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.
586    $a Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture-Drama (1968).
586    $a Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor (Rod Steiger) (1968).
650  7 $a Race relations $v Drama.
650    $a African American detectives $v Drama.
650  7 $a Racism $v Drama.
650  7 $a Murder Investigation $z Mississippi $v Drama $y 1960s.
650    $a Sheriffs $z Mississippi $v Drama.
655    $a Detective and mystery films.
655    $a Award winner $v Golden Globe.
655    $a Award winner $v BAFTA.
655    $a Award winner $v Academy Award.
655  7 $a Film adaptations.
700    $a Oates, Warren, $d 1928-1982,.
700    $a Jewison, Norman, $d 1926-, $e director.
700    $a Poitier, Sidney, $d 1927-
700    $a Ball, John Dudley, $d 1911-1988.
700    $a Steiger, Rod, $d 1925-2002.
700    $a Grant, Lee, $d mid-1920s-, $q (Haskell Rosenthal, Lyova .)
941    $a 1
952    $l WHPE115 $d 20211116015957.0
956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=445C67D646AB11EC99ED60D12BECA4DB

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