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Overview
Release Date:
1 March 1996 (Austria) moreTagline:
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. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(12 articles)
New 'Righteous Kill' Clip with De Niro and Pacino (From Get The Big Picture. 28 August 2008, 6:36 AM, PDT)Gage Arrested In Drugs Bust (From WENN. 1 May 2008, 12:16 AM, PDT)
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Heat is truly epic, absolutely breathtaking moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)more
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Rated R for violence and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
171 min | USA:188 min (original pre-aired NBC version)Country:
USAColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Belgium:16 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Brazil:14 | USA:R (certificate #34160) | Philippines:R-18 | 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:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15MOVIEmeter: 
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The drive-in sequence was shot at the Centinela Drive-in in Inglewood, which had been closed since 1993. The theater was demolished in 1998, and the site is now occupied by an apartment complex. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Two police cars of different make approach the spike strip (and a third behind them). As the angle shifts just as they run over it, they switch positions. moreSoundtrack:
Gloradin moreFAQ
Were Pacino and Deniro in the same scene?How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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One of the most amazing things about Heat is the scale of the film; it is nearly three hours long and packed to bursting with mind-blowing visuals. It seems one of Michael Mann's main priorities was to make a film with a dreamlike feel to it, to portray LA as a dusty oil-painting on which complex characters could play out their lives. One of the main themes is the similarity of the career criminal and the street-wise cop. It is fascinating to find yourself really feeling for DeNiro's tragic bank-robber, a man of philosophical merit who realises he's stuck in a life of crime he doesn't want to lead. Pacino's cop is less easy to sympathise with, but he too leads an in-escapable life of guns and crime. What really stands out is the climax. On the whole, Heat has to be the best cops n' robbers film ever made, indeed, one of the best films. An epic, wonderful, sad, adrenaline-fuelled exercise in scale and grandeur.