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The Big Picture Beneath the Los Angeles skyline, a shimmering grid of blue city lights connects a vast number of people throughout the course of Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece, Heat. The film is a large-scale crime epic that finds a robbery-homicide detective, Vincent Hanna , caught in a fateful tail spin with career criminal Neil McCauley and his proficient crew, including Chris Shiherlis .
Release Date December 15, 1995 Director Michael Mann Cast Al Pacino , Robert De Niro , Val Kilmer , Jon Voight , Tom Sizemore , Diane Venora Runtime 170 minutes Studio Warner Bros. Michael Mann Makes 'Heat' So Much More Than a Crime Movie Heat is one of the most acclaimed crime movies in modern history. However, the human drama at the heart of the story is so compelling that simply calling it a "crime movie" undercuts what makes it so special.
'Heat's Iconic Bank Heist Scene Pits Robert De Niro Against Al Pacino After the explosive armored truck robbery that opens the film, it is well over an hour before the next action set-piece. But nearly every story thread that is laid down during the film's first half comes to a head during the massive bank robbery and subsequent shootout in the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
1 The impressive set piece was shot on location in the city streets of Los Angeles. During filming, Mann captured live audio of the guns firing blank rounds, making for a sound mix that is likely to blow your speakers out when the deafening shots ring out. The gunfire echoing through the canyon of buildings builds an uncanny, unforgettable cacophony of sound that is a highlight of the sequence.
While this 1997 shooting turned the Heat heist into a news headline, it was already loosely based off another fatal encounter between a detective and a crew of thieves. Heat was partially inspired by a professional thief who shares the same name as De Niro's character, Neil McCauley.
The Fallout of 'Heat's Biggest Action Sequence Impacts Every Character Shiherlis is nearly fatally wounded during the heist, and with his cover blown, has to flee the country, abandoning his wife and child. Heat resolves with his future unclear. However, Mann and Meg Gardiner's 2022 novel, Heat 2, which is both a prequel and sequel, continues Shiherlis' story with thrilling results.
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