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Body Heat [Region 2] | ![Body Heat [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/7185Q4ZJYBL._SL500_.gif) | Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston
Category: DVD
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Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 224293
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.6
EAN: 7321921200052
ASIN: B00004RYCQ
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1981
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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 Great Product for the money January 7, 2010
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0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Body Heat is one for the library. Always intriguing to watch. One tip. Why buy new DVD's when you can buy used from a reputable seller?. Used from a good seller is just as good as new (shssssss) trust me. The trick is, when you buy anything used from the Amazon web site, buy from "Amazon fulfilment" or a seller with at least a six figure rating. This works with almost anything you buy on Amazon. You'll always win.
Satisfied December 7, 2009
L. Casamento (Pittsburgh, PA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received the video in a very short time and it was in excellent condition. Thank you.
Great service December 1, 2009
John P. Hardison (Marshall, NC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this movie years ago and decided to order it. Not only did it arrive very quickly, but the DVD is in perfect condition. Thanks!
Body Heat... The Heat is On October 21, 2009
Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
Body Heat: 9 out of 10: Many successful movies lose their ability to shock over the years. After hundreds of copy cats Alien isn't as effective as when it first came out. Kramer vs. Kramer certainly isn't the shocking eye opener it once was.
Body Heat should suffer the same fate. It doesn't. Despite a hundred direct to video takes on the same story (six of them with the exact same title) the movie still works. In fact it works very well indeed.
Writer Lawrence Kasdan had just penned Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back so it is a surprise he chooses noir for his first directing outing. (His next film was The Big Chill so this is one guy hard to pigeonhole) He both updates and in many ways upgrades the noir of the past.
By setting the movie in a Podunk Florida town he invokes John D Macdonald the way no Macdonald movie treatment has successfully done. His then unknown actors William Hurt and Kathleen Turner are pitch perfect.
This is a movie that really brings some new things to the table as it does some old things very well indeed. Like the best noir you are too involved to even begin to try to guess the next twist and turn.
Like Scorsese in Goodfellas or Huston in the Maltese Falcon Kasdan's directing is obviously very good yet his tricks remain hidden from view. Not a wasted shot and your television will sweat from all the heat generated.
Highly recommended to all fans of noir or simply fans of movies.
 body heat September 22, 2009
Luis A. N. casares (usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is a sweat-inducing,remastered edition of perhaps the most stunning debut movie ever.a classy and seductive entertaiment. with:william hurt and kathleen turner. haunting tale of desire and skullduggery that echoes 1940 film noirs but is charged with an energy and passion that could only flare in the 80s.
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