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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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One of Those Films That Is So Hot and Humid That It Makes All the Glass Fog Up.
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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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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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Crew or equipment visible: When Heather is picked up after her stay at Matty's house, the boom operator is reflected on the car.
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Referenced in Salinui chueok (2003)
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Feel Like a Number
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A lightning fast affair develops between the ultra-hot and erotic Kathleen Turner and small-time Florida attorney William Hurt in the middle of an unprecedented heatwave in "Body Heat", arguably the most under-rated and most under-appreciated movie of the 1980s. Turner is the wife of a ridiculously rich businessman (Richard Crenna) and soon an elaborate plan hatches to kill him so the duo can be together forever. Naturally there is a lot more to Turner than meets the eye (Boy that is an understatement!) and Hurt becomes trapped in a super-steamy, but also highly dangerous relationship. Will the heat be too much for him in the end and are Turner's motives as clear as they appear? "Body Heat" could best be described as "Double Indemnity" for the sexed-up 1980s crowd. The sex is excessive and intense. By the end of the picture you feel like you had known Turner and Hurt for years (even though both were relative newcomers). Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan hit a major grand-slam with his first film-making venture. He had done work writing for the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" group of films, but this was the first project where he went exclusively out on his own. No one knew really what to make of the movie in 1981 and thus it did fair business at the box office and was indifferent with the critics (it failed any Oscar consideration). As the years pass it becomes monumentally important to modern film-making and a classic homage to film noir-styled over-excesses. Brilliantly made in every way, well-acted, superbly written and directed, "Body Heat" is one of those films that forces you to look, let your hair down and eventually loosen your collar. 4.5 out of 5 stars.