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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
starring: Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner
directed by: Gordon Douglas

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792848387
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792848381
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 09, 2001
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 22055
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 1970

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In this suspenseful sequel to In the Heat of the Night, Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Sidney Poitier reprises his role as the intrepid investigator who, this time, must solve a puzzling murder in the City by the Bay. Featuring an original score by Quincy Jones and co-starring OscarÂ(r) winner** Martin Landau and Edward Asner (JFK), They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is Â'an absorbing mystery that ranks as one of the bestÂ' (Boxoffice). When a prostitute is murdered in San FranciscoÂ's ritzy Nob Hill district, an anonymous tip implicates minister and political crusader Reverend Logan Sharpe (Landau). Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), who has known Sharpe for many years, asks to be assigned to the case in hopes of clearing his friendÂ's name. So begins the detectiveÂ's journey through a twisted maze of baffling evidence, frantic chases, deadly gunfire and bad alibis. Before long, Tibbs finds himself bitterly torn between his duty as a copÂ...and his loyalty to a friend. *1963: Actor, Lilies of the Field; 2001: Honorary Award **1994: Supporting Actor, Ed Wood

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Sidney Poitier is seldom praised as a pioneer of blaxploitation, but that's what he is in They Call Me Mister Tibbs. This sequel's title is cribbed from its groundbreaking predecessor, In the Heat of the Night, but similarities end there, since this engaging murder mystery owes more to 'blaxpo' and the urban police procedurals that dominated film and TV in the early 1970s. Poitier's got plenty of proto-funk charisma (and a Quincy Jones groove) as San Francisco detective Virgil Tibbs, dominating his Caucasian colleagues with quiet fortitude and sure-fire instincts. His latest case is rife with likely suspects, including a Bible-thumping reformer (Martin Landau) and a sleazy landlord (Anthony Zerbe). It's a routine plot by latter-day standards, but director Gordon Douglas enlivens it with solid character details: Poitier's scenes with his defiant young son (George Spell) are genuinely moving, and performances are uniformly superb. Poitier did another sequel, The Organization (1971), ending his Tibbs trilogy on a high note of success. --Jeff Shannon

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- Years later
When I first saw this movie years ago, I did not like it. Since then I saw it again and absolutely fell in love with Sidney. What happened to these type of actors today? Hardly any of them them except Paul Newman, and several others, have that type of quality that Sidney has. Maybe it is called 'paying their dues or practicing their craft'. Not sure what it is but this movie, was great.

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- Sidney Poitier an unbelievable actor in our time
A great rendition of a man in what he stood for. His principles could not be changed no matter what his character goes through.

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- You Missed It, Mister Tibbs
This alleged follow-up to In The Heat Of The Night, has nothing to do with original film except for Sidney Poitier playing a boring character who happens to have the same name.

None of his biographical data even matches--in the original he was a single detective from Philadelphia; here he's a married father who's been on the San Francisco force for years. A real disappointment for fans of the first film; almost looks like producers simply took a script from a bad TV cop show, changed the hero's name, then added enough nudity, violence and profanity to flesh it out to feature length.

Lots of late Sixties TV guest star actors (Anthony Zerbe, Martin Landau, Ed Asner), cheesey production values and predictable pacing that allows you to figure out exactly where the commercial breaks will go when it plays on television only underline cheapie nature of whole project. And, not surprisingly, a ... Read More

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- They Call Me Mr Tibbs
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