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Body Heat (1981)
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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...
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| Body Heat Movie Review by Jarrod (12/25/2007) |
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'Body Heat' is a sexy, steamy thriller, an affectionate throwback to the classic film noir of the 1940s and 50s, in many ways, it could be a remake of Wilder's Double Indemnity, about a man (Fred MacMurray) who falls for a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) and agrees to help her murder her wealthy husband, so they can be together,...
(complete Body Heat review by Jarrod)
Body Heat (1981) is a sultry suspense thriller loosely based on Double Indemnity (1944), a film noir by Billy Wilder that became one of the most celebrated movies of this classical era. Although Body Heat is typical noir right down to the acting style, the big difference between these two movies is explicit sex, color,...
(complete Body Heat review by David Hurlbert)
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