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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302719024
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 630271902X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Sales Rank: 46611
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 1970
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Description:
In this suspenseful sequel to In the Heat of the Night, Academy Award(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 Oscar(r) winner** Martin Landau and Edward Asner (JFK), They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is 'an absorbing mystery that ranks as one of the best' (Boxoffice). When a prostitute is murdered in San Francisco'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 friend's name. So begins the detective'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 cop...and his loyalty to a friend. *1963: Actor, Lilies of the Field; 2001: Honorary Award **1994: Supporting Actor, Ed Wood
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 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.
Rating: - 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.
Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating: - They Call Me Mr Tibbs
Excellent transaction - recommend this seller to my friends. Thank you again.
Rating:  - A bit edgy and raunchy showing a harder performance.
This is a sequel to the oscar winning film "In The Heat Of The Night". 3 years does make a difference. Where Poiter is more subdued in the first movie he's brought more on a personal level in this sequel. It shows Tibbs as a family man, and how he attempts to straddle his personal life from his work. However, when the twain meet and crash into one another this is where you get to see a performance. Tibbs friend played by Martin Landau is a minister with a social conscience, and wants to see the inner ... Read More
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302719024
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 630271902X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Sales Rank: 46611
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 1970