They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
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| They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Herbert Hirschman |
| Written by | Alan Trustman James R. Webb |
| Starring | Sidney Poitier Martin Landau Barbara McNair |
| Music by | Quincy Jones |
| Cinematography | Gerald Perry Finnerman |
| Editing by | Bud Molin |
| Release date(s) | July 8, 1970 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | In the Heat of the Night |
| Followed by | The Organization |
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They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! is a 1970 sequel to In the Heat of the Night (1967). Sidney Poitier reprised his role of police detective Virgil Tibbs, though in this sequel, Tibbs is working for the San Francisco Police rather than the Philadelphia Police (as in the original film) or the Pasadena Police (as in the novels).
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[edit] Plot
The plot involves Tibbs' investigation of the murder of a prostitute, of which a liberal street preacher and political candidate, played by Martin Landau, is accused. In style the film is like blaxploitation film, very different from its predecessor. It can also be viewed as a 70s cop film prior to Dirty Harry and The French Connection but similar in style. Like Dirty Harry, the action was set in San Francisco.
[edit] Production
Quincy Jones wrote the score, as he did with "In the Heat of the Night", although the tone of the music in both is markedly different. The previous film, owing to its setting, had a country and bluesy sound, whereas his work for this film was in the funk milieu that would become Jones' trademark in the early 1970s.
The film's title was taken from his line in In the Heat of the Night: When in heated conversationn with local police chief Gillespie who patronizes him "Well, you're pretty sure of yourself, ain't you, Virgil. Virgil, that's a funny name for a nigger boy to come from Philadelphia!". Virgil replies, "Don't call me boy!", to which Gillespie asks, What do they call you up there?"
VIRGIL: They call me Mister Tibbs!
It was followed by a third film The Organization released in 1971.
[edit] Reception
The film currently has a 60% rating on rotten tomatoes.[1]
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