Body Heat

Body Heat is a 1981 neo-film noir written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. A remake of 1944's Double Indemnity, it stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J. A. Preston and Mickey Rourke.

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Ned Racine (Hurt), a small-town Florida lawyer, becomes entangled with Matty Walker (Turner), who is plotting to murder her husband (Crenna) and collect his insurance money. Racine's best friend, tap-dancing District Attorney Peter Lowenstein (Danson) is hot on the couple's trail.

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Body Heat may be cited as an example of postmodern pastiche, as its sets are an intentional mix of visual eras.

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1981: 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar....

Film noir: Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world. Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era, (many films noir were adaptations of such novels)...

Lawrence Kasdan: Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January, 1949) is an Jewish-American movie producer, director and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan....

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