Heat (1995)

Director:

Michael Mann

Writer (WGA):

Michael Mann (written by)

Release Date:

15 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Armored Car Robbery | Police | Robbery | Aviation

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Lt. Vincent Hanna
Robert De Niro	...	Neil McCauley
Val Kilmer	...	Chris Shiherlis
Jon Voight	...	Nate
Tom Sizemore	...	Michael Cheritto
Diane Venora	...	Justine Hanna
Amy Brenneman	...	Eady
Ashley Judd	...	Charlene Shiherlis
Mykelti Williamson	...	Sergeant Drucker
Wes Studi	...	Detective Casals
Ted Levine	...	Bosko
Dennis Haysbert	...	Donald Breedan
William Fichtner	...	Roger Van Zant
Natalie Portman	...	Lauren Gustafson
Tom Noonan	...	Kelso

Also Known As:

Fuego contra fuego (Argentina) (International: Spanish title) [es]
Heat (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Ajojahti (Finland) [fi]
Büyük hesaplasma (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Cidade Sob Pressão (Portugal) [pt]
Entasi (Greece) [el]
Fogo Contra Fogo (Brazil) [pt]
Goraczka (Poland) [pl]
Heat (Denmark) [da]
Heat (Spain) [es]
Heat (France) [fr]
Heat - la sfida (Italy) [it]
Heat, de Michael Mann (Spain) [es]
Horlivost (Slovakia) [sk]
Nelítostný souboj (Czech Republic) [cs]
Nelútostný súboj (Slovakia) [sk]
Skhvatka (Russia) [ru]
Szemtöl szemben (Hungary) [hu]
Tension (Canada: French title) [fr]
Vrelina (Serbia) [sr]
Vrocina (Slovenia) [sl]
Vrucina (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

170 min | USA:188 min (original pre-aired NBC version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34160) | Belgium:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:14 | UK:18 (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2005) | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

444 S. Flower Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Bosco, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his name Raoul. Michael Mann said that the story was completely ad-libbed by Ted Levine and that he had no idea how Levine came up with it.

Goofs:

Continuity: The "Leader" logo disappears from the ambulance when it is set on fire.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Features Akira (1988)

Soundtrack:

Steel Cello Lament

Captivating

Micheal Manns'(director of 'The Insider', and 'Manhunter') smooth, straightforward direction is studded with brilliant and very memorable cinematic gems in 'Heat', A bullet riddled drama with, yes , Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in their first on screen meeting.

What do you want to hear about 'Heat'. Is it DeNiro's best performance? No. Is it Pacino's best performance? I'd be lying if I said it was. Do the performances improve the story? Absolutely. Mann has written (he wrote it as well) a complex and exciting two-sided story that develops the hunter Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and the hunted Neil McCauley (De Niro) separately throughout much of the film. Underneath a hail of bullets Mann is able to paint both lead characters with the same brush by delving into the similarly tragic and chaotic personal lives of Hanna and McCauley, allowing for the final epic scene, which would have been too pretentious if it were not for the excellent performances of Pacino and De Niro.

Bottom Line: Not having seen this movie is akin to idiocy for anyone claiming to be a fan of movies. 9 out of 10