Body Heat [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
  • Lifted scenes
  • 3 steamy featurettes: Body Heat: The Plan - Screenplay and casting
  • The Production: Filming
  • The Post-Production: Editing, scoring and release
  • Vintage interviews with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt
  • Theatrical trailer

AWARDS

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated New Star of the Year - 1981 (Kathleen Turner)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       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
       Kim Zimmer - Mary Ann Simpson
       Jane Hallaren - Stella
       Lanna Saunders - Roz Kraft
       Carola McGuinness - Heather Kraft
       Michael Ryan - Miles Hardin
       Larry Marko - Judge Costanza
       Deborah Lucchessi - Beverly

• Director:

  Lawrence Kasdan

• Producer:

  Fred T. Gallo, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas

• Screenwriter:

  Lawrence Kasdan, Vaclav Matejka, Milan Steindler

• Cinematographer:

  Richard H. Kline, Jiri Macak

• Composer (Music Score):

  John Barry

• Editor:

  Carol Littleton

• Production Designer:

  Bill Kenney

• Associate Producer:

  Robert Grand

• Set Designer:

  Rick T. Gentz, Richard McKenzie, Sig Tingloff

• Costume Designer:

  Renie Conley

• Special Effects:

  Howard Jensen, Hal Bigger

• First Assistant Director:

  Michael Grillo

• Camera Operator:

  Michael McGowan

• Stunts:

  Steve Chambers, Gary Combs, James M. Halty

• Production Manager:

  Robert Grand

• Casting:

  Wallis Nicita

REVIEW:

• It's very warm in the stuffy interiors of this thinly disguised remake of Double Indemnity. Kathleen Turner is so sultry in this Deep South film noir potboiler that it's hard to imagine that this was her first starring role. She plays a devious wife who spins a web that traps a naive, mesmerized lawyer (William Hurt) in a scheme to kill her husband. Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, in his directorial debut, keeps the suspense and eroticism at full power, with plot twists aplenty. He expertly uses the heat of the coastal Florida milieu; the film practically sweats. The film launched the careers of Turner and Kasdan and jump-started a noir revival. Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke, and Richard Crenna provide solid support. Kasdan, Turner, and Hurt reunited in 1988 for The Accidental Tourist. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi