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Three decades later, and we are still fully seated for Michael Mann’s undeniable heist epic. 30th anniversary screening.
One of the most powerful crime dramas of all time, Heat is more incendiary than ever. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro dually power the momentum and enormous scale of this groundbreaking crime epic. In the wake of a precision heist of an armored truck, an obsessive detective (Pacino) begins to hunt Neil McCauley (De Niro), a ruthless professional thief, and his crew through the streets of Los Angeles. As the stakes escalate, their lives begin to mirror and unravel, and McCauley’s crew initiates its most dangerous and complex job ever. Val Kilmer anchors an all-star supporting cast that includes Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, and Natalie Portman. [170 min; action, crime, drama; English, Spanish with English subtitles]
“Heat is a giant of a film, a god among American crime thrillers … Masterpiece is an overused term. Here it barely comes close.” — Mike Davies, Birmingham Post
"There's not a boring building in the film. Mann is the best director of architecture since Antonioni. In fact, few filmmakers at work today can rival Mann's control of every detail of the film-making process." — John Wrathall, Sight & Sound
"Time and again, Heat veers sharply out of the groove worn by a thousand other movies ... it's not an ordinary movie—indeed, it's an extraordinary one, with compelling performances, a fascinating mix of characters and a riveting story line." — Harper Barnes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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