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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)

Contact:

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Release Date:

15 December 1995 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 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

NewsDesk:
(163 articles)

Hollywood and Its Antecedents: Michael Mann's "The Last of the Mohicans"
 (From The Auteurs. 14 November 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)

DVD review: Public Enemies
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 7:34 AM, PST)

User Comments:

Heat is truly epic, absolutely breathtaking more (726 total)


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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:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS


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Trivia:

Val Kilmer filmed some of his sequences concurrently with Batman Forever (1995). more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chris is at Neil's place "sleeping it off" he lights a cigarette. There is smoke in view before he lights it. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Construction Clerk: Check, charge, or cash?
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

The Thrill Is Gone more


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179 out of 205 people found the following comment useful.
Heat is truly epic, absolutely breathtaking, 17 February 2000
10/10
Author: (jamie@sport8.freeserve.co.uk) from kings lynn, england

One of the most amazing things about Heat is the scale of the film; it is nearly three hours long and packed to bursting with mind-blowing visuals. It seems one of Michael Mann's main priorities was to make a film with a dreamlike feel to it, to portray LA as a dusty oil-painting on which complex characters could play out their lives. One of the main themes is the similarity of the career criminal and the street-wise cop. It is fascinating to find yourself really feeling for DeNiro's tragic bank-robber, a man of philosophical merit who realises he's stuck in a life of crime he doesn't want to lead. Pacino's cop is less easy to sympathise with, but he too leads an in-escapable life of guns and crime. What really stands out is the climax. On the whole, Heat has to be the best cops n' robbers film ever made, indeed, one of the best films. An epic, wonderful, sad, adrenaline-fuelled exercise in scale and grandeur.

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