Heat
Retrospective
Feature | United States | 170 MINUTES | EnglishAction, Drama
The brilliantly written and directed crime drama from Michael Mann follows master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) as he pulls off a series of heists in LA. In pursuit of McCauley is the obsessive Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Both men at the same time are dealing with upheavals in their personal lives and form mutual respect even as they try to derail each other’s plans.
Before the Screening: A conversation with stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, director Michael Mann, and producer Art Linson. Moderated by journalist and filmmaker Bilge Ebiri.
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Michael Mann
Director
Michael Mann
Producer
Art Linson, Michael Mann
Executive Producer (Main Credit)
Pieter Jan Brugge, Arnon Milchan
Screenwriter
Michael Mann
Cinematographer
Dante Spinotti
Composer
Elliot Goldenthal
Associate Producer
Gusmano Cesaretti, Kathleen M. Shea
Cast
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd
Panelists
Art Linson
Art Linson is an award winning producer, author, screenwriter, and director. Linson has produced critically acclaimed movies in every decade since the seventies including Fight Club, Heat, The Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Scrooged, Into the Wild, and two time oscar winner Melvin and Howard. Currently, Linson is an executive producer with John Linson on the tv series Sons of Anarchy and the mega hit Yellowstone.
Michael Mann
Michael Mann is a world-renowned director, screenwriter, producer, and one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. He is a four-time Academy Award® nominee, two-time Emmy®-winner and recipient of WGA, DGA and BAFTA Awards as a director, producer and writer. His filmography includes The Jericho Mile, Thief, Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral, Heat, Ali, The Insider, Black Hat and the iconic series Miami Vice and Crime Story and most recently the pilot of Tokyo Vice. The publishing date for his debut novel, Heat Two is August 9th, 2022.
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Actor and director Al Pacino was born in East Harlem and grew up in New York City’s South Bronx. He attended the School of Performing Arts until he moved on to study acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio with Charles Laughton, and later, at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg. His first leading part in a feature film was in the 1971 drama Panic in Needle Park. The following year, Francis Ford Coppola selected him to take on the breakthrough role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award®.
Bilge Ebiri
Bilge Ebiri is a film critic and editor for New York magazine/Vulture. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Criterion Collection.