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Certificate 18

Cast William Hurt Kathleen Turner Richard Crenna Ted Danson Mickey Rourke.

Directors Lawrence Kasdan.

Screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan.

Running Time 113 minutes

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Body Heat
An all star cast sizzle in this sexed-up tribute to 1940s noir

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Plot
When smalltown Florida lawyer Ned Racine falls for the sultry but very married Matty Walker, a torrid affair begins. They then hatch a plot to murder her rich husband, but things may not be what they seem.

Review

In an inspired creative move, the director takes the basic visual motifs of the genre — turn down the lights and let the shadows fall long — and adds stark humidity. The film is set during the sweltering prelude to a storm, a heated mirror to their illicit passions. And, as events so inevitably collapse around Racine’s ears, the natural recompense for the sordidness of his life, so Kasdan achieves his goal, creating a film to sit proudly in the legacy of those nihilistic standard bearers of the past.

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Erotic masterpiece...

...in my teens I would quite often "wear myself out" over Kathleen Turner in Body Heat. She just oozes sexuality. Great flick too. ... More

Posted by Jim Bob at 09:19, 25 September 2008 | Report This Post

RE: Body Heat

am officially never posting a review again. allys exactly what I said ... More

Posted by Jessica_ca_ca_ca at 17:48, 16 April 2006 | Report This Post

RE: Body Heat

Lawrence Kasdan's debut as director, ate of those rare animals in Hollywood-an "erotic thriller" that actually erotic. Kasdan sucks us in from the get-go, introducing us to dopey lawyer Ned Racine(William Hurt), an ambulance-chaser seemingly happy with his vacuous existence dallying with local bimbos, and defending obvious, but petty crooks with his more intelligent fellow lawyer and pal Peter(Ted Danson), and the more restained Oscar(J.A. Preston). On a steamy evening, he meets Maddie, played ... More

Posted by Peter A. Quinn at 14:04, 16 April 2006 | Report This Post

RE: Body Heat

This movie pulls you in as soon as you sit there and begin watching it. The content is engrossing - a heated affair conducted in the midst of a heat wave with a seedy lawyer and hard-hearted ambitious wife being at the heart of it all. It is probably one of William Hurt's and Kathleen Turner's greatest roles since it is listed as having one of the sexiest moments in movie history. ... More

Posted by Jessica_ca_ca_ca at 18:14, 14 April 2006 | Report This Post

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