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1981
Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan in his directorial debut. It stars William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, featuring Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J. A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. The film was inspired by the 1944 film noir Double Indemnity, in turn based on the 1943 novel.
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Lawrence Kasdan wrote and directed this 1981 film noir which stars William Hurt, as a small town lawyer, and Kathleen Turner, as the woman he has an affair with. During a heat wave in Florida, Hurt’s Ned has an affair with Turner’s Matty. Complications arise when she asks him to murder her rich husband. This is one of the first of the modern noir erotic thrillers and it is surprisingly good. Hurt and Turner give str…More
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Lawrence Kasdan wrote and directed this 1981 film noir which stars William Hurt, as a small town lawyer, and Kathleen Turner, as the woman he has an affair with. During a heat wave in Florida, Hurt’s Ned has an affair with Turner’s Matty. Complications arise when she asks him to murder her rich husband. This is one of the first of the modern noir erotic thrillers and it is surprisingly good. Hurt and Turner give str…More
