In the Heat of the Night (1968)

‘Selma’s Oscar Race: How It Mirrors 1969 Academy Awards Days After MLK’s Death | Deadline

Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson are in the news for very different reasons. A movie set in the South, dealing with race relations, wins a best picture Oscar nomination even though the black star of the film does not. Its director ultimately is overlooked.
https://deadline.com/2015/02/martin-luther-king-jr-sidney-poitier-1967-oscar-race-1201366377/
1968: In the Heat of the Night | The Oscars, from Wings to The Shape of Water: the 90 films to win Best Picture - Film

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/academy-awards-complete-list-every-best-picture-oscar-winner/1968-heat-night/
1968: 'The Graduate' et al. vs. 'In The Heat of the Night' | 10 Controversial Best-Picture Oscar Races | TIME.com

Does the best film always win? Here are some of the bitterest Best Picture battles in Academy Awards history...
http://entertainment.time.com/2013/02/20/oscar-robbery-10-controversial-best-picture-races/slide/1968-the-graduate-et-al-vs-in-the-heat-of-the-night/
1968: THE 40TH ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

View the Winners List from each year in Oscar History
http://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-history/1968-40th-academy-award-winners
1968 Oscars flashback: Race-themed films, New Hollywood era - GoldDerby

Fifty years ago, the Oscars celebrated a game-changing array of films.
http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/oscars-1968-in-the-heat-of-the-night-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/
‘In the Heat of the Night’ wins Oscar for Best Picture 50 years ago - GoldDerby

Watch a special Oscars flashback from 1968 as 'In the Heat of the Night' wins Best Picture 50 years ago taking on racism in the south.
http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/oscars-flashback-in-the-heat-of-the-night-wins-best-picture-50-years-ago-sidney-poitier-rod-steiger-video-news/
In the Heat of the Night Wins Best Picture: 1968 Oscars - YouTube

Walter Mirisch accepts the Oscar for Best Picture for In the Heat of the Night at the 40th Academy Awards. Presented by Julie Andrews and hosted by Bob Hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XffOHjOywc
In the Heat of the Night - Awards - IMDb

In the Heat of the Night Awards and Nominations
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/awards
In the Heat of the Night (film) - Wikipedia

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(film)
1968 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Best Directing winner for The Gradaute, with presenter Leslie Caron
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968

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In the Heat of the Night
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Screenplay by	Stirling Silliphant
Based on	In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
Produced by	Walter Mirisch
Starring	Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Lee Grant
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler, A.S.C.
Edited by	Hal Ashby
Music by	Quincy Jones
Production company	The Mirisch Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 2, 1967 (1967-08-02)
Running time	110 minutes^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million^[2]
Box office	$24.4 million^[3]

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In the Heat of the Night
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Screenplay by	Stirling Silliphant
Based on	In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
Produced by	Walter Mirisch
Starring	Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Lee Grant
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler, A.S.C.
Edited by	Hal Ashby
Music by	Quincy Jones
Production company	The Mirisch Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 2, 1967 (1967-08-02)
Running time	110 minutes^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million^[2]
Box office	$24.4 million^[3]

In the Heat of the Night