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Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off? Written by
Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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It's a hot summer. Ned Racine is waiting for something special to happen. And when it does... He won't be ready for the consequences.
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Kim Zimmer (Mary Ann) had previously succeeded Kathleen Turner (Matty) in the role of Nola Dancy on the soap opera "The Doctors." However, the role of Matty had originally been offered to Zimmer, but the crew at "The Doctors" wouldn't give her time off to shoot the film. The role ultimately went to Turner instead.
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Goofs
The shadow of the crew is visible on the pier when Ned is running in the morning.
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Quotes
Matty:
Ned, this is Mary Ann.
Mary Ann:
We were just meeting. Ned made me feel very welcome.
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Connections
Referenced in
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
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Soundtracks
"That Old Feeling"
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by
Sammy Fain
Played in the score in a bar and at a concert
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I remember watching the John Garfield and Lana Turner film noir classic `The Postman Always Rings Twice' with my mother when I was little. After the couple murdered Turner's husband, mom turned to me and said, `Watch. The two killers will be punished in the end.' `Why?' I asked. `It's the movie code,' she explained: Evil-doers must be punished."
While I'm not a fan of the sex and language direction that films have taken since the movie code died, part of the fun in watching `Body Heat' is knowing that there is a chance that either or both William Hurt and Kathleen Turner will get by with killing Turner's husband, played by Richard Crenna.
`Body Heat' is almost as good as `Double Indemnity,' which is considered by many to be best of the man-teams-with-woman-to-kill-her-husband genre. In `Indemnity' part of the fun is watching the Fred MacMurray character trying to outsmart his friend and mentor, played by Edward G. Robinson. In "Heat" Hurt has two friends he must deceive, cop J.A. Preston and a pre-`Cheers' assistant prosecutor Ted Danson. Try to figure out at what point they know Hurt is guilty.
The performances in `Body Heat' are excellent. In addition to Hurt, Turner, Crenna, Danson and Preston, this was Mickey Roarke's break-through role. Lawrence Kasden, who doesn't waste a shot, expertly directs the film. A great musical score by John Barry of James Bond composing fame expertly aids the steamy mood.