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Heat is a crime thriller/action film released on December 15, 1995. It is written and directed by Michael Mann, and its ensemble cast includes Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd, and Natalie Portman. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (551x801, 79 KB) This is a copyrighted poster. ...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
Al Pacino, pictured at the age of 21. ...
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ...
Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA) is a virile American actor considered by peers and fans alike to be one of the most talented and versatile, yet under appreciated actors currently working in film. ...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
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1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. ...
Action movies usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. ...
December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
Al Pacino, pictured at the age of 21. ...
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ...
Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA) is a virile American actor considered by peers and fans alike to be one of the most talented and versatile, yet under appreciated actors currently working in film. ...
Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight Jonathan Voight (born December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor. ...
Tom Sizemore (born September 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor. ...
Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage television and film actress. ...
Ashley Judd on the cover of Harpers Bazaar Ashley Judd on the Jay Leno Show Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. ...
Natalie Portman Natalie Hershlag (stage name Natalie Portman; born 9 June 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. ...
Cast Al Pacino, pictured at the age of 21. ...
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ...
Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA) is a virile American actor considered by peers and fans alike to be one of the most talented and versatile, yet under appreciated actors currently working in film. ...
Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight Jonathan Voight (born December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor. ...
Tom Sizemore (born September 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor. ...
Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage television and film actress. ...
Actress Amy Brenneman (born June 22, 1964 in New London, Connecticut), known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. ...
Ashley Judd on the cover of Harpers Bazaar Ashley Judd on the Jay Leno Show Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. ...
Mykelti Williamson (born March 4, 1960 in St. ...
Ted Levine (born 29 May 1958 in Parma, Ohio) is an American actor. ...
Dennis Haysbert (June 2, 1954) is an African-American actor perhaps best known as the character David Palmer from the American television show 24. ...
William Fichtner (born November 27, 1956 at Long Island, New York) is an American actor. ...
Natalie Portman Natalie Hershlag (stage name Natalie Portman; born 9 June 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. ...
Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor and film writer, originally from tony Greenwich, Connecticut. ...
Plot summary Neil McCauley (De Niro) is an expert thief who has centered his life around one creed: Do not allow anything into your life that you cannot walk out on in thirty seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner. He and his crew, including compulsive gambler Chris Shiherlis (Kilmer) and family man Michael Cheritto (Sizemore), take part in an elaborate highjacking of an armored car. They make away with 1.6 million dollars in bearer bonds, but not without accidental bloodshed. A thief is someone or something that performs theft, a crime against property. ...
Gambling (or betting) is any behavior involving risking money or valuables (making a wager or placing a stake) on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity depends partially or totally upon chance or upon ones ability to do something. ...
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A Bearer Bond is a legal certificate that usually represents a bond obligation of, or stock in, a corporation or some other intangible property. ...
Enter Vincent Hanna (Pacino), one of the top detectives in the Robbery Homicide Division of the LAPD. Vincent and his crew immediately go to work, utilizing a number of leads and snitches to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, McCauley is busy planning another major score -- a bank heist with a twelve-million dollar paycheck. In one of the more thrilling action set-pieces in recent film history, the cops meet the robbers in the middle of their daylight bounty, leading to a massive shootout on a busy Los Angeles boulevard. A detective is an officer of the police who performs criminal or administrative investigations, in some police departments, the lowest rank among such investigators (above the lowest rank of officers and below sergeants), a civilian licensed to investigate information not readily available in public records (a private investigator, also called...
The Los Angeles Police Department (usually known as the LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of deposits and the extending of credit. ...
Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
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One area that separates this film from more routine action pictures is Mann's penetrating insight into the personal lives of both sides of characters, and in particular, the relationships they form with the opposite sex. McCauley is forced to break his credo when he receives the affections of Eady (Amy Brenneman), a librarian and graphic artist who shares his loneliness. Shiherlis' destructive behavior takes a toll on his marriage to Charlene (Judd), ex-Vegas showgirl and mother to his son. Her one penetrating fear is her husband's capture and her getting sent to prison as an accessory to his crimes. As the film reaches its climax, she is forced to confront these fears head-on. Hanna, a manic workaholic, has neglected his third wife Justine (Venora) and her troubled daughter Lauren (Portman). As Justine puts it, he doesn't live with her anymore, he lives among the remains of the victims he comes across daily. Their tenuous relationship also reaches a critical crossroads, and the final decision made is as much a downer as it is a relief. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (454x680, 44 KB) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ...
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Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ...
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Actress Amy Brenneman (born June 22, 1964 in New London, Connecticut), known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. ...
The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services that assist and instruct people in the most efficient ways to identify and access any needed information or information resource (article, book, magazine, etc. ...
Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ...
Michael Mann and his accompanying artistans' technical proficiency is in full-force here. The film resonates with an overwhelming sense of authenticity: the aforementioned shootout was supervised by SAS legend Andy McNabb, and the details of the heists (rigging junction boxes, cutting into telco lines and alarm circuitry) leave the viewer with the impression that yes, this is how that job gets done. Cinematographer Dante Spinotti's uses of angles and filters add the neo-noir flair to the proceedings. Composer Elliot Goldenthal, aided here by the Kronos Quartet, adds the requisite amount of ambience that has been made a Mann trademark. Music Supervisor/KCRW personality Chris Douridas leaves his stamp on the soundtrack; the use of Moby's God Moving Over the Face of the Waters at the film's ending is a masterstroke. Official Unit Names 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles) 22 Special Air Service Regiment 23 Special Air Service Regiment Nicknames The Regiment 21SAS, 22SAS, 23SAS The SAS sass Mottos Who Dares Wins (official) Speed Aggression Surprise (unofficial) Description Britains elite Special Forces unit. ...
Andy McNab (born 1959/1960) is a British former soldier turned novelist. ...
TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company A telephone company (or telco) provides telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications. ...
A cinematographer (from cinema photographer) is one photographing with a motion picture camera. ...
Neo-noir is a term given to the modern trend of incorporating aspects of film noir into films of other genres. ...
A composer is a person who writes music. ...
The Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. ...
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The main selling point is the onscreen confrontation between Pacino and De Niro. Their coffeehouse conversation, lasting several minutes and occurring at the film's halfway point, marks the first time the two have appeared together in the same scene. Coffeehouse in Damascus This article is about an establishment where coffee is sold and consumed. ...
Of note: the film is a remake of L.A. Takedown, a 1989 made-for-television film also directed by Mann.
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