ESL 066 LEAP
Prof: Carrie Steenburgh
Date: 02/10/2014 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT As Harper Lee once wrote in her famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, “As you grow older, you’ll see white man cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it-whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine her family he comes from, he is a trash. “ While watching the heat of the night, a movie that took place in the 1967, I have seen her phrase in the beginning of the movie when the police officer arrested Sidney Poitier as the detective Virgil s Tibbs for the murder of Mr. Colbert just because he was black. In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 dramatic mystery film directed by Norman Jewison based on the 1965 John ball novel of the same name which tells the story of a murder of a business man that detective Virgil Tibbs a black police detective, is asked to investigate in the racist town of Mississippi. This movie won five academy awards, which was for the best picture, the best actor, the best academy award for film editing etc. Although the film was based on a true story that happened in the 1968 when white people was the head of everything and black were considered as nothing. In the late of 1960s life in America was tough and not pleasant for the black people. Racisms everywhere, and everyone wanted there right. Thing were upside down in 1968 were everyone fought against racism, politics, racial etc. For me the heat of the night was a wonderful movie, and I enjoyed watching it. The best part for me was when they were having this conversation, how much they paid you to do their police job “A hundred and sixty-two dollars, and thirty-nine cents per week”. What “A hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents a week? Well boy! Sam, you take him outside but treat him nice, because a man that makes a hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents a week, we do not want to ruffle him! He couldn’t imagine how come this black man earns more money than him. Detective Tibbs was able to investigated the case and find out who truly kill Mr. Colbert. However you want to know what truly happen in the movie you welcome to watch it you have the rest I hope you enjoy it as I did.
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