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6.0/10   959 votes
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Director:

Paul Morrissey

Writers:

John Hallowell (idea)
Paul Morrissey (story)

Contact:

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Release Date:

6 October 1972 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Plot:

"Heat" is a parody of "Sunset Boulevard." Joey Davis, an unemployed ex-child actor, uses sex to get his landlady... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:

Warhol Star Dallesandro Comes To Berlinale
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 February 2009, 1:27 AM, PST)

User Comments:

Surprisingly touching, seedy comedy more (18 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Joe Dallesandro ... Joey Davis
Sylvia Miles ... Sally Todd
Andrea Feldman ... Jessica Todd
Pat Ast ... Lydia
Ray Vestal ... Ray
Lester Persky ... Sidney (as P. J. Lester)
Eric Emerson ... Eric
Harold Childe ... Harold
John Hallowell ... John
Gary Koznocha ... Gary
Pat Parlemon ... Girl at pool
Bonnie Walder ... Bonnie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Andy Warhol's Heat
Hollywood (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | West Germany:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Norway:15 (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1991) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

[first lines]
Lydia: Hey! Don't throw that kid in the pool!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) more


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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly touching, seedy comedy, 6 October 1999
7/10
Author: allyjack from toronto

A funny, almost mystically seedy story about the impotent, vacuous end-point of trash culture - the former child star now a passive, blankly available icon of smooth flesh: fame and "art" (if there is such a thing) having become mere hollow commodities on the one hand, and a medium for posturing neediness on the other (Miles). The movie has all the elements of a Sunset Boulevard parody, but without any romantic nostalgia or bittersweetness; its depiction of raw desire and lust and loneliness is surprisingly touching despite the artifice and rough-shaped quality. It's unsettling too in depicting the fragility of its personae - Joe a pitiful application of celebrity, saying he's a musician and hanging out waiting for a deal that may never transpire; Miles' celebrity apparently mainly existing in the eyes of a group of sycophants whose power is in definite doubt; Miles' daughter flirting with lesbianism with a woman who abuses her. The ending is an excellently deadpan final note of impotence.

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