William Hurt and Kathleen Turner strike sparks in Lawrence Kasdan's Body Heat, a sexy, haunting tale of desire and skullduggery that echoes 1940s film noirs but is charged with an energy and passion that could only flare in the '80s. Aided by a sultry John Barry score, Kasdan's assured directorial debut foreshadowed the emotional textures he would bring to later films The Big Chill, The Accidental Tourist and Grand Canyon. Sit back and bask in this contemporary classic's wicked warmth.
DVD Features: Additional Scenes Featurette:Body Heat: The Plan Body Heat: The Production Body Heat: The Post-Prodution Interviews:1981 Interview Footage with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt Theatrical Trailer
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:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
"More Warming than Ben Gay":
This movie has echoes of "Double Indemnity" which I also loved. When you mix a female sociopath with a stale marriage and an easy to manipulate PI, throw in sweltering heat, a bathtub full of ice cubes, and just the right undergarmets for the occasion, well you have got an unstable explosive device. Kathleen Turner and William Hurt are sizzling when not designing diabolical plans. The person I watched most, however was Ted Danson, playing a nerd with hornrimmed glasses. Great! Little Stevie Wonder must have... more info
Film:
Still packs some heat after all these years: Turner at her best vamping an innocent into her web.
Good casting!
Body Heat is Hot Film Noir.:
"That man is gonna die for no reason but . . . we want him to." Body Heat is a steamy, neo-noir drama written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, also known for The Big Chill, The Accidental Tourist and Grand Canyon. Inspired by classic 1940's film noir like Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, Kasdan's 1981 directorial debut features an all-star cast including William Hurt, Kathleen Turner (in her film debut), Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, and Mickey Rourke (in his breakthrough role). It tells the story of a... more info
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.
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