Guide Note:

Michael Mann's Heat is a crime-thriller starring Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley and Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna. In the film McCauley and his team of criminals perform heists and robberies, while Hanna tries to catch them. Set in the city of Los Angeles, Heat is a remake of the 1989, made-for-television drama, L.A. Takedown, which was also directed by Mann.

Fast Facts:

1. Director: Michael Mann
2. Producer: Art Linson, Michael Mann
3. Distributor: Warner Bros.
4. Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Wes Studi, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora
5. Release Date: December 15, 1995
6. Running Time: 171 minutes
7. Budget: $60,000,000
8. Gross: $187,436,818
9. Is a remake of the 1989 TV series L.A. Takedown, directed by Michael Mann.
10. RottenTomatoes: 89%
11. Metacritic: 76
12. Music: Elliot Goldenthal
13. Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
14. Distributed: Warner Bros.
15. Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16. Tagline: "A Los Angeles crime saga"
17. 1995: Val Kilmer nominated for MTV's Movie awards "Most desirable male"
18. Editing: Pasquale Buba

"We're not watching McCauley and Hanna anymore; we're watching De Niro and Pacino trying to out-insinuate each other. For a few moments, Heat truly has some." — Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly

"I wonder if Pacino and De Niro flipped a coin before the movie began filming to see which of them would play which part?" — John J. Puccio from DVDTown.com

"There isn't much to recommend this movie until Pacino and De Niro finally share the first of their two scenes together." — Barbara Shulgasser from San Francisco Examiner