Sidney Poitier dies at 94

[Cycleops]

Always remember his performance in 'In the heat of the night' with Rod Steiger. Stunning film.
Also 'Guess who's coming to dinner'.


View: https://youtu.be/35HI5AQYUwg

 

[PaulB]

First black man to receive the Oscar, was he not? Certainly the first in front of the camera, anyway.

 

[Arrowfoot]

A pioneer, a legend and an astonishingly decent human being.

 

[swee'pea99]

They called him Mr Tibbs. RIP.

 

[MichaelW2]

View: https://youtu.be/EV1qmmMwc9M

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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[Seevio]

RIP Sidney Potter

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSb-dRXQbok:wacko
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[Dayvo]

Amen!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rn6w255CGkk


The first film I saw him in (as a very young boy) and liked him ever since.
He opened the way for black actors to hope and aspire.
RIP

 

[Profpointy]

Always remember his performance in 'In the heat of the night' with Rod Steiger. Stunning film.
Also 'Guess who's coming to dinner'.


View: https://youtu.be/35HI5AQYUwg

We managed to see "In the Heat of the Night" at our local arts cinema recently and it totallu stands up today, whilst some of the more preachy if worthy films like "coming to dinner" are perhaps historical curiosities now. ""heat of the night" is a very well crafted film as well as the superb performances from both leads. Poitier's quiet dignity plays off well against Steiger's more showy performance as the redneck, albeit wise and intelligent, sheriff. Both are outsiders in their way.

 

[Dayvo]

I remember a scene from ’Heat of the Night’ when Rod Steiger and Sydney Poitier are driving very quickly through the town.
They drive past a very slow-walking old black man with a stick. A few minutes later, in another part of town, they drove past the same old man, still walking very slowly along the path. 👨🏽‍🦯 😄😀

 

[steveindenmark]

A sad loss. A great actor. RIP

 

[farfromtheland]

One of the very best

 

[Cycleops]

I remember a scene from ’Heat of the Night’ when Rod Steiger and Sydney Poitier are driving very quickly through the town.
They drive past a very slow-walking old black man with a stick. A few minutes later, in another part of town, they drove past the same old man, still walking very slowly along the path. 👨🏽‍🦯 😄😀

There are a few other gaffs in the film. It’s supposed to be the height of summer yet when Harvey Oberst is chased through a forest the leaves are yellow. It would have been impossible for Tibbs to take a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train as services were suspended in the early fifties in Mississippi.

 

[Dayvo]

There are a few other gaffs in the film. It’s supposed to be the height of summer yet when Harvey Oberst is chased through a forest the leaves are yellow.

Wasn’t it a black and white film?

 

[Cycleops]

They called him Mr Tibbs. RIP.

View: https://youtu.be/PnvmOY1NUGo