| | Heat DVD (7 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Warner Store DVDs, Warner Theatrical Movies, Dramas Videos, Thriller, Suspense, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Detective, Thieves, Infidelity, Outlaws | | Starring | Val Kilmer, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Ted Levine, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman | | Director | Michael Mann |
Closed Captioned; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Behind The Scenes "Never have anything in your life you can't walk out on in thirty seconds" is the motto of expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro). After his next break-in, McCauley plans to retire from his outlaw life and move to New Zealand. However, Vincent Hanna (Pacino), a Los Angeles police detective, obsessively tracks McCauley's gang of thieves, who have left three security guards dead in an armored truck robbery. As the detective gets closer to tracking them down, the crooks plan another big heist, this time at a bank. Hanna soon gets a lead that helps him determine the identity of the criminal mastermind who engineered the thefts, and discovers McCauley is a man as driven and relentless as the detective himself.
Although he doesn't have enough evidence against the thief to make an arrest, Hanna convinces McCauley to join him for coffee, at which point the two engage in casual conversation and discover that their lives are remarkably similar. However, each man makes it clear he'll kill the other if necessary. Though they know the police are closing in on them, McCauley and his men risk going through with the bank job. A violent shoot-out and car chase result, but the criminals escape. Hanna continues to pursue them unceasingly, at the expense of his already-crumbling marriage. Eventually Hanna and McCauley face each other for the last time in a thrilling showdown at the Los Angeles airport.
With HEAT, director Michael Mann achieves the nearly impossible task of making three hours go by in a flash with his use of the hand-held camera for action scenes and a moody score that echoes the characters' emotions. Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, and others play characters that are also crucial to the plot, but never distract from the central conflict between McCauley and Hanna. The acting is outstanding, the story is riveting and the action scenes are breathtaking. Both De Niro and Pacino are perfect as two men driven to sacrifice nearly everything for their respective professions. With edge-of-your-seat action and insightful drama, HEAT is a crime film at its most intense and personal. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means destroying everything around them, including the people they love. With a solid supporting cast that includes Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Ashley Judd, and Natalie Portman, HEAT is a truly epic crime story. Theatrical release: December 15, 1995.
HEAT was filmed in 65 locations in and around Los Angeles. No soundstages were used.
HEAT marks the first time that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro shared the screen. Although they both appeared in THE GODFATHER PART II, they didn't have any scenes together.
The film was originally made as L.A. TAKEDOWN for television in 1989 with an entirely different cast.
Director Michael Mann disowned the edited television version of HEAT aired by NBC.
To create a realistic character for thief Neil McCauley, Mann visited Folsom State Penitentiary to interview inmates. As McCauley, De Niro's collars were always pressed and starched perfectly, just as they would have been in prison.
Al Pacino had a clause in his contract that allowed him to make up a certain number of his own lines.
The film grossed $67.4 million domestically. Heat Quotes/Excerpts: "Maybe we should both do something else, pal."--McCauley (Robert De Niro) to Hanna (Al Pacino) over coffee
"I don't know how to do anything else."--Hanna
"Neither do I."--McCauley
"I don't much want to either."--Hanna
"Neither do I."--McCauley
"It's like you said. All I am is what I'm going after."--Hanna, to his estranged wife
"Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in 30 seconds if you see the heat around the corner."--McCauley
Heat Reviews: "...A sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving. The dark end of the street doesn't get much more inviting than this..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...There is absolute precision of effect here, the feeling of roles assumed instinctively..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "[With] stunning cinematography, capturing an off-kilter LA, all metallic grey and widescreen sheen."
-- Daniel Webb, Total Film "...Gobs of talent are amassed..."
-- Christine Spines, Premiere "...This spellbinder vibrates with style, substance and humor, plus voluptuous camera work..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...[HEAT] serves to bolster the case for Michael Mann as the key American auteur of the last ten years..."
-- John Wrathall, Sight and Sound "...A film that deserves Oscars for photography, editing, sound and arguably scoring....Heat is packed with unforgettable subcharacters..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...[Mann's] .357 Magnum opus....Macho-intellectual chutzpah..."
-- Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly "...Stunningly made and incisively acted by a large and terrific cast....[HEAT] stands apart from other films of its type by virtue of its extraordinary rich characterizations..."
-- Todd McCarthy, Variety Heat DVD Region 1 Keep Case Dual Layer Letterbox - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Additional Release Material: Trailers: Theatrical Trailers (3) Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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$22.19 Johnny Depp and Christian Bale emerge from two of the biggest blockbuster series of all time (Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman, respectively) to star in this crime drama from HEAT director Michael Mann. Depp stars as charismatic 1930s gangster John Dillinger, whose notorious bank robberies have turned him into a celebrity during the Depression era. The rise in crime has J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) desperate to have his newly created FBI take down gangsters such as Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Channing Tatum), and "Baby Face" Nelson (Stephen Graham). Enter Agent Melvin Purvis (Bale), an ambitious crimefighter sent to Chicago to capture Dillinger and his gang. The criminal has evaded the law before, but he is drawn to the Second City by the beautiful Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard).
Though PUBLIC ENEMIES boasts big names, it feels more like an arthouse offering than a typical gangster picture. With its intimately shot violence and 1930s setting, the film is more BONNIE AND CLYDE than GOODFELLAS. Mann and director of photography Dante Spinotti alternate between hand-held, high-quality digital cameras and more traditional film stock, giving this crime drama a carefully composed, thoroughly modern look. But the casting of the leads is vintage Hollywood: Depp could be the modern incarnation of silent star Rudolph Valentino, and Cotillard’s wide-eyed beauty--and talent--would fit right in with the starlets of the golden age. Everyone else, including Bale, fades into the background, but it’s hard to complain when Depp and Cotillard give such magnetic performances.
Black & White; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Beatles - A Hard Day's Night DVDs (1964)
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$10.49 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, this film--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with the Fab Four boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in London. The antics of the band during rehearsals and makeup application provide a large part of the comic material in this feature, though there are other moments of pure hilarity. The unscripted vignette featuring a hangover-suffering Ringo is especially funny, particularly when he is arrested and risks having to miss the broadcast. None of this goes unnoticed by the director of the show, played by Victor Spinetti, who went on to become a recurring cast member in Beatles movies. As the clock ticks away dramatically, our heroes manage to free Ringo from jail and sneak onto the stage in the nick of time, delighted in the knowledge that they have nearly driven the director mad in the process. Arguably the first music video ever made, this faux documentary and its shooting style have been a tremendous influence on nearly every rock and roll feature since.
Black & White; Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English
| | California Kid DVD (2007)
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$7.65 Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Nick Nolte, and Michelle Phillips star in this overlooked action flick, which pits a young rebel against a murderous sheriff.
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| | Defiance DVD (2008) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
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$15.19 DEFIANCE is a different kind of World War II movie, one that looks at the Holocaust from a unique angle--telling the true story of a group of Jews in Eastern Europe who fought back. On the run from the Germans and the local police, the three Russian Bielski brothers--Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Zus (Liev Schreiber), and Asael (Jamie Bell)--hide out deep in the forest. Their numbers swell as more and more refugees join them, coming together to form a community while also patrolling with guns and shooting the enemy to stay alive. But Tuvia and Zus have a falling-out over what future direction to take: Tuvia thinks it best to remain in the forest despite the coming vicious winter, but Zus wants to join the Russian resistance, which is aggressively attacking the Nazis. Complicating the situation are the women in their lives, known as forest wives--Lilka (Alexa Davalos) shows interest in Tuvia, Bella (Iben Hjelje) grows close to Zus, and young Chaya (Mia Wasikowska) and Asael flirt with the tingles of first love. As food grows scarce, diseases increase, and the Nazis become determined to find and kill them, the Bielski Otriad struggles to survive, battling back when necessary, including taking up arms.
Directed by Edward Zwick (GLORY, BLOOD DIAMOND) and based on the nonfiction book by Dr. Nechama Tec, DEFIANCE is a powerful thriller filled with tense human emotion, a gripping story about brotherly love and the basic human instinct to survive against all odds. Craig (LAYER CAKE, CASINO ROYALE), Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED), and Bell (BILLY ELLIOTT) are terrific as the Bielski brothers, three very different individuals who simply refuse to just lie down and die.
Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Complete Fourth Season DVDs (2009)
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| | Eddie And The Cruisers/Eddie And The Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives! DVDs (1983) Widescreen; Subtitled
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$9.69 EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS: Back in the early 1960s, Eddie and the Cruisers, a (fictitious) rock band, was the hottest act around. However, in 1964 the group broke up, following the apparent suicide of the band's charismatic lead singer Eddie Wilson, who drove off a bridge. His body was never found. After 20 years, TV reporter Maggie Foley decides to do an investigative story on the band. At the same time, she searches for the missing tapes of the group's last recording, which could provide clues to Eddie's disappearance. The more Maggie researches her story, however, the more she suspects that Eddie Wilson may still be alive...
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS 2: EDDIE LIVES!: The rock star who disappeared when his car ran off the road years ago is living in Canada with a new identity. As the president of Eddie's old record company plans to make millions from the "Lost Tapes" of Eddie and the Cruisers, Eddie is starting up a new band which is soon discovered...and so is Eddie, who must come to terms with himself and his music.
Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Sensor Matic
| | Agatha Christie Megaset Collection DVDs (2004)
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$93.39 This 9-volume megaset features 13 full-length films based on the most popular novels of that perennial maven of mystery, Agatha Christie. Pairing the complete Miss Marple mysteries starring veteran stage actress Joan Hickson with 4 of David Suchet's trademark turns as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, this comprehensive collection offers the ultimate Christie experience. Includes the Miss Marple titles: A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY, THE MIRROR CRACKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, SLEEPING MURDER, 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON, THE MOVING FINGER, AT BERTRAM'S HOTEL, MURDER AT THE VICARAGE, NEMESIS, and THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS. The Poirot mysteries include: LORD EDGWARE DIES, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA, and EVIL UNDER THE SUN.
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English
| | Enigma DVD (1983)
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$7.09 Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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| | JTF: Inventions...Innovations DVD (1998)
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$9.75 Narrated by Tom Baker, this educational release focuses on Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, and the ways in which they changed the world forever.
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| | Shane Beschen - Monument Nation DVDs (2008)
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| | Country Legends Live Porter Wagoner DVD (2008)
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$7.29 Famous for his flashy sequined suits and trademark blond pompadour, Porter Wagoner is perhaps most famous for introducing the public to Dolly Parton. This classic performance at Orlando's Church Street Station includes his first number one hit "Satisfied Mind," as well as "Ole Slewfoot,""Y'All Come," and "Louisiana Saturday Night."
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Grindhouse Double Feature: Deadly Drifter/The Violent Professionals DVD (1973)
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$7.19 DEADLY DRIFTER: In this absurdist road film, Rex sets out from the counterculture locale of Greenwich Village on a farcical journey. He encounters everything from radical conspiracies and political paranoia to sex, drugs, gurus, marriage, and the New Age movement.
THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS: The friend of a murdered police commissioner infiltrates the mob in an attempt to discover the killer responsible for his former companion's death. His investigative methods are often both violent and illegal.
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Famous Authors Series - Emily Dickinson DVD (2008)
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$13.45 Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
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