In this episode we discuss the fortieth Best Picture winner, In the Heat of the Night! We talk about recently appointed President of the Academy Gregory Peck and his influence on the ceremony, the Civil Rights Movement and its effect on Hollywood, Sydney Poitier’s favorite film role as Virgil Tibbs, and beginning of a new film renaissance in Hollywood.
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