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Heat (1995) -- A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief.

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Director:
Michael Mann
Writer (WGA):
Michael Mann (written by)
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Release Date:
15 December 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Los Angeles crime saga.
Plot:
A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
6 nominations more
User Comments:
Masterful on all counts more

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  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
171 min | USA:188 min (original pre-aired NBC version)
Country:
USA
Language:
Spanish | English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS

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The rifle used by Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) in the deserted drive-in movie shoot-out is a Heckler & Koch 91 in 7.62mm (.308 Winchester). more
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Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double tackling Hugh Benny about midway through the film. more
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Construction Clerk: Check, charge, or cash?
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Ultramarine more

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222 out of 260 people found the following comment useful:-
Masterful on all counts, 30 November 2004
10/10
Author: LeightWinst from Aberdare, Wales

For some reason I cannot stop thinking about this film lately.

You know that feeling of having seen it about 3 or 4 times in the last 12 months is not enough? That's what I feel at the moment.

I rate it as Mann's best. It's his most kinetic,vibrant(for a film mostly shot in steely blue),agonising,stirring,brash,violent and brilliance in such a simple story.

What games did you play as a young kid? Cops and robbers.Good guy.Bad guy.

We all know De Niro and Pacino could have been either main part,but can you imagine it any other way round. Pacino doing ice cool calm? De Niro the manic outbursts,arms flailing? It wouldn't work. We know these men now.We know neither will stop at what they do.And yet there is no way either would stop the other.Unless they had too. Which leads us too the characters. All of them.

This is an extended family where you feel you know all of them without knowing anything at all. The cops are similar to the robbers and vice-versa. Perhaps Mann is telling us were all the same.Except in what we do.Every speaking part holds substance in this movie, and the support cast is astonishing when you actually read the caliber of who appeared in this film.Tom Sizmore, Val Kilmer,Ashley Judd,Ted Levine,Wes Studi,Hank Azaria,William Fitchner,Henry Rollins,Dennis Haysbert,Tom Noonan. And Natalie Portman, for chrissake! Try getting that cast again.

A real 10/10 film. And that Moby song at the end(God moving over the face of waters) gets me every time.

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