February is Black History Month, and to help celebrate, The St. Louis Black Film Festival will be presenting a Tribute to the 86-year old Sidney Poitier at their Classic Black Film Festival. Lucky St. Louis movie buffs will have the opportunity to view eight vintage Sidney Poitier on the big screen. Every Thursday in February, The St. Louis Black Film Festival will be presenting two Poitier films at St Louis Cinemas Galleria (630 St Louis Galleria, Richmond Heights, Mo 63117).
The Sidney Poitier Tribute Film Festival continues this Thursday night (February 13th) with two Poitier classics; To Sir With Love and In The Heat Of The Night
Poitier played a British, engineer-educated novice teacher of a challenging classroom of undisciplined English teenagers in To Sir With Love in 1967. The title song, which became a hit, is warbled by Lulu, who plays one of the students as does sexy Suzy Kendall and Judy Geeson...
The Sidney Poitier Tribute Film Festival continues this Thursday night (February 13th) with two Poitier classics; To Sir With Love and In The Heat Of The Night
Poitier played a British, engineer-educated novice teacher of a challenging classroom of undisciplined English teenagers in To Sir With Love in 1967. The title song, which became a hit, is warbled by Lulu, who plays one of the students as does sexy Suzy Kendall and Judy Geeson...
- 2/10/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Lynn Stalmaster talks about casting “In the Heat of the Night,” he doesn’t mention Sidney Poitier or Rod Steiger, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Sheriff Bill Gillespie. Rather, the 86-year-old casting director reminisces about Scott Wilson, who had a small role in the 1967 film as suspected murderer Harvey Oberst. The role was about to be cast with another actor when Stalmaster got a call from an agent who had seen Wilson in a play at a Los Angeles–area theater. “I never would give up looking until it was absolutely essential,” Stalmaster told Backstage. “Sometimes you have an actor in mind and he’s sensational and then somebody else appears.” Wilson has since reappeared in countless roles—most recently as Hershel Greene in “The Walking Dead”—and can thank Stalmaster for helping launch his career. Just don’t tell Stalmaster he discovered Wilson. Or John Travolta.
- 11/27/2013
- backstage.com
They called it the "Slap Heard 'Round the World." It happened partway through "In the Heat of the Night" -- a movie released at the height of racial tensions during the Civil Rights Era exactly 45 years ago (on August 2, 1967) -- in a scene where a bigoted Southern cotton plantation owner slaps Sidney Poitier (and Poitier slaps back just as hard). Years of deferential behavior, both from Poitier in saintly role-model performances, and from every black actor ever to perform in a Hollywood movie, halted with a mighty thwack. It's one of the most memorable moments in film history and helped earn "In the Heat of the Night" the Best Picture Oscar that year. Even today, the scene remains brutally effective, a reminder of how much has changed in 45 years, and how much has not. The film -- in which a racist Southern sheriff (Rod Steiger) and a haughty black police...
- 8/7/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
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