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Writer:
Lawrence Kasdan (written by)
Release Date:
28 August 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
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. more
Plot:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 3 nominations
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(9 articles)
Jism - Movie Review
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 27 September 2009, 5:16 PM, PDT)
'Project Runway' and film noir: What are your favorite femme-fatale fashions?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 25 September 2009, 1:24 PM, PDT)
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 27 September 2009, 5:16 PM, PDT)
'Project Runway' and film noir: What are your favorite femme-fatale fashions?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 25 September 2009, 1:24 PM, PDT)
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Breaking the Code
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Hurt | ... | Ned Racine |
 | Kathleen Turner | ... | Matty Walker |
 | Richard Crenna | ... | Edmund Walker |
 | Ted Danson | ... | Peter Lowenstein |
 | J.A. Preston | ... | Oscar Grace |
 | Mickey Rourke | ... | Teddy Lewis |
| Kim Zimmer | ... | Mary Ann |
| Jane Hallaren | ... | Stella |
| Lanna Saunders | ... | Roz Kraft |
| Carola McGuinness | ... | Heather Kraft |
| Michael Ryan | ... | Miles Hardin |
| Larry Marko | ... | Judge Costanza |
| Deborah Lucchesi | ... | Beverly |
| Lynn Hallowell | ... | Angela |
| Thom Sharp | ... | Michael Glenn (as Thom J. Sharp) |
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113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M (original rating) |
Singapore:M18 |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
South Korea:18 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (PCA #26275) |
West Germany:18 |
Ireland:18 |
UK:X (original rating) |
Iceland:16
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This movie is a modern take on the movie Double Indemnity (1944). Richard Crenna, who plays Edmund Walker in this film has portrayed the character of Walter Neff (Ned Racine in this movie) in a TV version of Double Indemnity.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Lowenstein states that oral sex is not illegal in Florida. Florida statute 800.02 made "unnatural and lascivious acts", which included oral-genital contact, a misdemeanor until all sodomy laws were struck down by the US Supreme Court in 2003.
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
That Old Feeling
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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.