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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321921200052
Format: PAL
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 164843
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1981
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Body Heat
I love this movie, the music, the sounds of the voices, the one liners,
the story. I don't normally watch movies over but I have watched this over and over, the story is amazing. 1981 when I first fell in love with
William Hurt.
Rating: - Body Heat Superfan
Body Heat is one of my all time favorite movies. It captures the full impact of the steamy Florida summers, interwoven with one of the best screenplays of all time. This remastered version is fantastic!
Rating: - Chapter 1: Kathleen Turner
A bucket of ice cubes in the bath is just not enough to cool down this steamy noir. Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 homage to Double Indemnity blows the mercury right out the top of the thermometer. Kathleen Turner is the sultry femme fatale who plays William Hurt's hapless pushover like a Stradivarius ("You aren't too smart. I like that in a man.") The combination of the Florida heat with Turner and Hurt's sexual chemistry will light your socks on fire. Outstanding support from Richard Crenna, ... Read More
Rating: - Loved this movie
This is one of those movies that never gets old. I loved Kathleen Turner in this. The casting was excellent and the characters were great.
Rating: - Wicked Duplicity
The film begins with a view of a fire at an old inn: something was being destroyed A lawyer makes a deal for his client. People are upset, "it's the heat". Lawyer Ned Racine meets a married woman, she likes a man who isn't too smart. Their dialogue is snappy, like in the film "Double Indemnity". The heat tells you it is Florida. Ned and Matty meet at her palatial mansion; her husband is quite wealthy. Only one servant? Their affair begins. Will their actions have unforeseen consequences? Does the heat ... Read More
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321921200052
Format: PAL
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 164843
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1981