Body Heat [Deluxe Edition]

Director: Lawrence Kasdan Lawrence Kasdan

Overview

Lawrence Kasdan's first directorial effort is a throwback to the early days of film noir. The scene is a beastly hot Florida coastal town, where naive attorney Ned (William Hurt) is entranced by the alluring Matty (Kathleen Turner in her film debut). Ned is manipulated into killing Matty's much older husband (Richard Crenna), the plan being that Ned's knowledge of legal matters will enable both conspirators to escape scott-free. This might have been the case, had not Matty been infinitely craftier than the cloddish Ned. Just when it seems as though the film has run out of plot twists, we're handed yet another surprise.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2006
UPC:	0012569813786
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:53:00
Sales rank:	5,021

Special Features

New digital director-approved transfer; 3 new featurettes; Body Heat: The Plan: screenplay and casting; The Production: filming; The Post-Production: editing, scoring, and release; Vintage interviews with William Hurt and Kathleen Turner; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français, & Español (feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

William Hurt	Actor
Kathleen Turner	Actor
Richard Crenna	Actor
Ted Danson	Actor
J.A. Preston	Oscar Grace
Mickey Rourke	Teddy Lewis
Kim Zimmer	Mary Ann
Jane Hallaren	Stella
Lanna Saunders	Roz Kraft
Michael Ryan	Miles Hardin
Carola McGuinness	Heather Kraft
Larry Marko	Judge Costanze
Deborah Lucchessi	Beverly
Lynn Hallowell	Angela
Thom Sharp	Michael Glenn
Ruth Thom	Mrs. Singer
Diane Lewis	Glenda
Robert Traynor	Prison Trustee
Meg Kasdan	Nurse
Ruth P. Strahan	Betty, the Housekeeper
Filomena Triscari	Hostess at Tulios
Bruce A. Lee	Man on the Beach

Technical Credits

Lawrence Kasdan

Vaclav Matejka

Lawrence Kasdan	Director,Screenwriter
Fred T. Gallo	Producer
George Lucas	Executive Producer
Patrick Drummond	Sound Effects
Robert Grieve	Sound Effects
Vaclav Matejka	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

It's very warm in the stuffy interiors of this thinly disguised remake of Double Indemnity. Kathleen Turner is so sultry in this Deep South film noir potboiler that it's hard to imagine that this was her first starring role. She plays a devious wife who spins a web that traps a naïve, mesmerized lawyer (William Hurt) in a scheme to kill her husband. Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, in his directorial debut, keeps the suspense and eroticism at full power, with plot twists aplenty. He expertly uses the heat of the coastal Florida milieu; the film practically sweats. The film launched the careers of Turner and Kasdan and jump-started a noir revival. Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke, and Richard Crenna provide solid support. Kasdan, Turner, and Hurt reunited in 1988 for The Accidental Tourist.