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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 11/19/1997 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan,Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 53 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Erotic Thriller See Also: Body Heat [Deluxe Edition], Body Heat [Blu-ray]

Lawrence Kasdan's first directorial effort is a throwback to the early days of film noir. The scene is a beastly hot Florida coastal town, where naive attorney Ned (William Hurt) is entranced by the alluring Matty (Kathleen Turner in her film debut). Ned is manipulated into killing Matty's much older husband (Richard Crenna), the plan being that Ned's knowledge of legal matters will enable both conspirators to escape scott-free. This might have been the case, had not Matty been infinitely craftier than the cloddish Ned. Just when it seems as though the film has run out of plot twists, we're handed yet another surprise. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

William Hurt - Ned Racine
Kathleen Turner - Matty Walker
Richard Crenna - Edmund Walker
Ted Danson - Peter Lowenstein
J.A. Preston - Oscar Grace
Mickey Rourke - Teddy Lewis

Body Heat is the explosive 1981 film noir tale of love and betrayal that first introduced a slinky Kathleen Turner to American film audiences and into the dreams of men everywhere. Unfortunately, the Warner Bros. =Body Heat DVD provides little in the way of special features to enhance understanding of the film. Body Heat stars Turner as the smoldering, sensual Matty Walker, William Hurt as Ned Racine, the shady lawyer whom she meets, and Richard Crenna as the husband. Lawrence Kasdan of Big Chill fame directed in his behind-the-camera debut. The film is presented in a normal pan-and-scan and a widescreen version, with a soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Production notes and the theatrical trailer are the only other extras included on the disc besides the usual items such as scene access and interactive menus. This moody thriller is a bold attempt by Kasdan to marry '40s film noir atmosphere with '80s frankness, and some explanation of the why's and how's would have been interesting. ~ Russell Roberts, All Movie Guide