Heat (Special Edition) |  | Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Hank Azaria, Xander Berkeley, Ray Buktenica, Robert De Niro, Martin Ferrero
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  546 reviews
Sales Rank: 71192
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 257 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 70581
ISBN: 1419810707
UPC: 012569705814
EAN: 9781419810701
ASIN: B0008FXST2
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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| • | When Al Pacino and Robert De Niro squarer off, HEAT sizzles. A tale of a brilliant L.A. cop (Pacino) following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by an equally brilliant master thief (De Niro). Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman co-star. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R Age: 012569705814 UPC: 012569705814 |
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Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 22-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD
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Having developed his skill as a master of contemporary crime drama, writer-director Michael Mann displayed every aspect of that mastery in this intelligent, character-driven thriller from 1995, which also marked the first onscreen pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. The two great actors had played father and son in the separate time periods of The Godfather, Part II, but this was the first film in which the pair appeared together, and although their only scene together is brief, it's the riveting fulcrum of this high-tech cops-and-robbers scenario. De Niro plays a master thief with highly skilled partners (Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) whose latest heist draws the attention of Pacino, playing a seasoned Los Angeles detective whose investigation reveals that cop and criminal lead similar lives. Both are so devoted to their professions that their personal lives are a disaster. Pacino's with a wife (Diane Venora) who cheats to avoid the reality of their desolate marriage; De Niro pays the price for a life with no outside connections; and Kilmer's wife (Ashley Judd) has all but given up hope that her husband will quit his criminal career. These are men obsessed, and as De Niro and Pacino know, they'll both do whatever's necessary to bring the other down. Mann's brilliant screenplay explores these personal obsessions and sacrifices with absorbing insight, and the tension mounts with some of the most riveting action sequences ever filmed--most notably a daylight siege that turns downtown Los Angeles into a virtual war zone of automatic gunfire. At nearly three hours, the film qualifies as a kind of intimate epic, certain to leave some viewers impatiently waiting for more action, but it's all part of Mann's compelling strategy. Heat is a true rarity: a crime thriller with equal measures of intense excitement and dramatic depth, giving De Niro and Pacino a prime showcase for their finely matched talents. --Jeff Shannon
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 it's not Heat for nothing..!!..?? February 5, 2010
Magier (virginia)
Pacino and DeNiro together for the ride of your life. Supported by Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, and many more great neighbors, this is truly a DVD you must have, if you collect any movies at all. There is a brief scene in a diner between the leads that is worth the whole purchase, and that's just one scene. If you don't watch that one over and over, why do you watch movies at all ?
Every actor spot on, a good story about professional good and evil, romance, and how it can make your life a struggle, all filmed, directed, and edited with brilliance, make this movie superb for folks who like this sort of thing.
Put it on the shelf next to The Godfather and The Professional; watch it twice a year for the rest of your life.
 I would probably enjoy this movie if I could have heard it. January 18, 2010
Jacob Brown (St. Louis, MO USA)
I had never seen Heat until it came out on Blu ray. When it came out I just bought it because I figured I had to like this movie. Unfortunately I have still never gotten he chance to really enjoy this movie. They screwed up the audio on this Blu ray disk something terrible. I mean, for a large portion of this film, I could barely hear what the characters were saying. Let me just say that i have a pioneer elite receiver with def tech mythos speakers, so i have a system that can rock the room. At times I had it turned up all the way to try to understand and then i would get killed by the music or an action scene of course. I read all of the review sites and they are all rating the audio as near perfect and I cant believe they are watching the same disc. I even went to blockbuster and rented it, and I had the same problem. I also Put it into a different blu ray player and no luck. They just did an awful job with the audio on this blu ray. Also, I am 22 years old and have passed every hearing check with flying colors, just in case you thought I was an old fart with terrible hearing.
Perhaps I will rent the DVD to see if the audio is better so I can at least see if I enjoy the movie. I hope so. Id rather have have the video quality so that i can hear.
Great movie, got here quickly January 7, 2010
Jonathan R. Lotz (Tucson, AZ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prompt service, great movie, perfect quality. What more could you ask from a movie that originally came out on VHS?
 Overrated December 25, 2009
J. Arnold (CA)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Honestly, overrated. I had never watched the movie until recently. I really wanted to purchase Collateral in BR, but it is unavailable. I signed up to get notification when Collateral in BR becomes available from Amazon. When I signed up to get the notification, I was reading reviews about Heat. I've often thought about renting it, but I thought, oh well, it must be good with all the 4 and 5 star ratings, so I'll just buy it and it will hold me over until Collateral becomes available. It really was a waste of money. An okay movie, but far from great. I wouldn't call myself a huge big screen fanatic, but I do see many movies and appreciate a good movie, of any genre. Heat is not a good movie. If you have never seen Heat and are thinking about buying it for whatever reason, please rent it first. DeNiro was good. Pacino over-acted much of the time. Some of it (Pacino's acting), when you combine it with the script, was actually laughable (e.g., the hospital scene when Natalie P. goes to the hospital). And the "infamous" show down scene was a disappointment.
One of the best. December 23, 2009
Jordan
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Simply is one of the greatest films of all time. Even better on blu-ray, buy it.
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