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7.0During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Released: 1981-08-28113 minDir: Lawrence KasdanThriller, CrimeBudget: $9.0MBox office: $24.1M
Cast
- William Hurt as Ned Racine
- Kathleen Turner as Matty Walker
- Richard Crenna as Edmund Walker
- Ted Danson as Peter Lowenstein
- J.A. Preston as Oscar Grace
- Mickey Rourke as Teddy Lewis
Themes
- prison
- infidelity
- florida
- smoking
- femme fatale
- murder
- no air conditioning
- neo-noir
- erotic thriller
- heatwave
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
42,973 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Composer
- John Barry
- Producer
- George Lucas
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Richard H. Kline
- Narrative location
- Miami
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 139144
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-03-09
- film editor
- Carol Littleton
- title
- Body Heat
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- executive producer
- George Lucas
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 96%
- box office
- 24058838
- capital cost
- 9000000
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