Heat (1995)

Directed by

Michael Mann

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, epic film, heist film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 8,463 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An LAPD detective tracks a professional thief through Los Angeles. The film follows both men as their work strains their personal relationships and leads them toward a confrontation.

tensesomberdeliberatebroodinggrittymethodicalintimatevisceral

What happens

Heat is a 1995 American epic crime film written and directed by Michael Mann. It features an ensemble cast, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight, Danny Trejo, Dennis Haysbert, and Val Kilmer. In the film, LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino) attempts to apprehend career thief Neil McCauley (De Niro), while also depicting its effect on their professional relationships and personal lives. Mann wrote the original script for Heat in 1979, basing it on Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson's pursuit of criminal Neil McCauley, after whom De Niro's character is named. The script was first used for a television pilot developed by Mann, which became the 1989 television film L.A. Takedown after the pilot did not receive a series order. In 1994, Mann revisited the script to turn it into a feature film, co-producing the project with Art Linson. The film marks De Niro and Pacino's first on-screen appearance together: the film's promotion centered heavily on the actors' involvement. Heat was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 15, 1995. It grossed $187.4 million worldwide and received critical acclaim, with praise for Mann's direction as well as the performances from both Pacino and De Niro. Heat is considered to be one of the best and most influential crime films of all time, inspiring several other works. A sequel novel, Heat 2, was written by Mann and Meg Gardiner and released in 2022, with a film adaptation to be written and directed by Mann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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