While scoring high-profile credits as a screenwriter (including The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark), Lawrence Kasdan made his directorial debut with this steamy, contemporary film noir in the tradition of Double Indemnity and other classics from the 1940s. In one of his most memorable roles, William Hurt plays a Florida lawyer unwittingly drawn into a web of deceit spun by Kathleen Turner (in her screen debut) as a married socialite who plots to kill off her husband with Hurt's assistance. Kasdan's dialogue is a hoot (sometimes... it borders on satire) and the sultry atmosphere is a perfect complement to the perspiration-soaked chemistry between Hurt and Turner, whose love scenes caused quite a stir when the film was released in 1981. John Barry's score sets the provocative mood and both Ted Danson and Mickey Rourke are splendid in memorable supporting roles. --Jeff Shannon [show more]
A very overused word today frequently describing movies, music, clothes etc is cool---- this Lawrence Kasdan (in a stunning directorial debut) movie is HOT!!Plus it's that rare animal in terms of movie watching--one to enjoy again and again.
Classy and stylishly erotic, sweatily atmospheric, ingeniously complex in its imaginative plot, consummately acted and hauntingly unfogettable, its sexually charged urgency is guaranteed to fascinate and envelop the captivated viewer.
This was the title that introduced us to the breathtakingly glamorous and highly sexy Kathleen Turner and what an introduction this turned out to be!
As Matty Walker, bored wife of a local businessman ,she turns every male head, in the local bar and generates a heat that quickly makes even the already sweltering Floridian surroundings more steamy than ever.
William Hurt as Ned Racine, local lawyer is extremely convincing in his well judged performance of a naive and impressionable victim who is willingly caught in Matty's expertly spun web.
The on screen chemistry between the two stars rivals even that of Bogart and Bacall and the memorable scene where Ned smashes the windows of Matty's villa so that he can seduce it's willing occupant, is definitely one of the most highly dramatic and explicitly erotic moments in Hollywood's entire cinematic history .Leave your maiden aunt safely at home with the X Factor!
Richard Crenna as Matty's unfortunate husband is, as usual, excellent and we are also treated to a quirky but likeable performance from Ted Danson and a brief but telling first movie appearance from Mickey Rourke. The film also features one of his best and most descriptive movie scores by ace composer Jonn Barry.
Lushy photographed and taking full advantage of the exotic Floridian setting, this is one storyline that will certainly keep you guessing right up to the moment when those final credits roll!
True its plotline has similarities to that great previous film noir hit, "Double Indemnity", but the movie has more than enough originality and highly involving excitement to satisfy even the most jaded viewer "Body Heat" deserves a place amongst the all time top thrillers and its witty and slick dialogue and surprising denouement will stay with you long after you have forgotten the clichéd and regurgitated plotlines of many contemporary movies.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Attorney Ned Racine’s life coasts along in neutral – until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker Ned knows Matty’s the kind of woman a man would kill to be with So he does William Hurt and Kathleen Turner strike sparks in Lawrence Kasdan’s &39;Body Heat&39; a sexy haunting tale echoing 1940’s film noirs but charged with an energy and passion that can only flare in the 80’s Kasdan’s assured directorial debut foreshadows the emotional textures he would bring too later films The Big Chill The Accidental Tourist and Grand Canyon Sit back and bask in this contemporary classic’s wicked warmth
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