Heat

Starring: Al Pacino, Jon Voight Original UK Premiere: 1995 Dvd Release: 25th April, 2005 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Heat is a crime thriller / action film released on December 15, 1995. It is written & directed by Michael Mann & its ensemble cast includes Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd & Natalie Portman. 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 & his crew, including compulsive gambler Chris Shiherlis & family man Michael Cheritto, take part in an elaborate highjacking of an armored car. They make away with 1,5 million dollars in bearer bonds, but not without accidental bloodshed. Enter Vincent Hanna, one of the top detectives in the Robbery Homicide Division of the LAPD. Vincent & his crew immediately go to work, utilizing a number of leads & snitches to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, McCauley is busy planning another major score -- a bank heist with a twelve-million dollar paycheck. Posters Of Heat

Featuring cinemas greatest ever shoot-out, this remains among my favourite films of all time. Beyond the expertly staged action set pieces, lies a multi-layered plotline with a teeming cast of believable characters & mood of tragic portent. The existential torment of the charcters is played out against an LA landscape that is itself a character - indeed the city has never looked as stunning & alluring.

The disc comes jam-packed with extras to please the die-hard fan, including a series a exhaustive documentaries charting the creation of this landmark movie. A visceral & emotional thriller that stands alone as a stone cold classic.

Al Pacino is an American film actor. He was born Alfred James Pacino in The Bronx, New York, the son of Salvatore & Rose Pacino. His parents divorced while Pacino was still a child. He is of Sicilian heritage; Pacinos maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from Corleone, Sicily. In the late 1960s, Pacino studied under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg, finding acting a therapeutic outlet in a youth which saw him depressed & so impoverished he could barely afford the bus fares required to get him to his next audition. His talent shone through & by the end of the decade he had won an Obie award for his stage work in The Indian Wants the Bronx & a Tony Award for Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie ? His big screen debut came in 1969 s Me, Natalie but it was the 1971 film The Panic in Needle Park that would really show off his talents & bring him to the attention of director Francis Ford Coppola. His meteoric rise to fame came after portraying Michael Corleone in the blockbuster Mafia film The Godfather 1972. Posters Of Al Pacino

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Jonathan Voight is an American actor. Voight received an Academy Award for his performance in the film Coming Home. He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for his performances in both the films Midnight Cowboy & Runaway Train. Voight married American actress Marcheline Bertrand on December 12, 1971. The couple had two children, actress Angelina Jolie & James Haven. Voight & Bertrand seperated in 1976 & divorced in 1978. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Eddie. SuperBabies. Baby Geniuses 2 - Bill Biscane/Kane. The Manchurian Candidate - Senator Thomas Jordan. Lara Croft. Tomb Raider - Lord Richard Croft. Pearl Harbor - President Franklin D Roosevelt. Enemy of the State - Thomas Brian Reynolds. Catch-22 - First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder. Posters Of Ali

Editors Choice: Holes, Ali, Noahs Ark, Heat, Tin Soldier, Return To Lonesome Dove, Runaway Train, Coming Home, View DVDology

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