Oscar® winners Al Pacino* and Robert De Niro** both drive one of the most powerful and complex crime dramas of all time – four-time Oscar nominee Michael Mann’s*** 1995 classic “Heat,” arriving in an all-new Director’s Definitive Edition May 9th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
In the wake of a precision heist of an armored van, the crew of a fierce, professional thief (De Niro) and an obsessively driven LAPD detective (Pacino) are locked in deadly opposition as they vector towards each other in Mann’s dazzling, twilight vision of Los Angeles. As the stakes escalate and their lives begin to unravel, the crew initiates its most dangerous and complex heist.
Taking inspiration from the late Chicago police detective Charlie Adamson – who killed the actual Neil McCauley in a shootout in 1963 – “Heat” was the culmination of years of research by Mann resulting in its depth and range of characters and choreography of action. With its epic scale and stunning performances from Pacino, De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Diane Venora, Natalie Portman, and Jon Voight, “Heat” is as incendiary as it was 20 years ago.
- *Actor, “Scent of a Woman,” 1992
- **Actor, “Raging Bull,” 1980; Supporting Actor, “The Godfather: Part II,” 1974
- ***“The Aviator,” 2004, Best Picture (Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers)
- “The Insider”: Directing, Best Picture (Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers), Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth, Michael Mann).
Blu-ray Special Features Include:
- NEW Academy Panel reuniting Mann, Pacino and De Niro and moderated by Christopher Nolan
- NEW Toronto International Film Festival Q&A with Mann
- Commentary by Michael Mann
- The Making of Heat
True Crime
Crime Stories
Into the Fire - Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
- Return to the Scene of the Crime
- Additional Footage – Deleted Scenes
Scene 5 – Season’s starting early
Scene 42 – Nicest guy on the block
Scene 55 – Albert and Hanna (Alternate Take)
Scene 62 – Shakedown
Scene 76 – Murder in C-Block
Scene 96A – Let’s Dance
Scene 125 – Late arrival
Scene 148/147 – Where’s Anna?
Scene 177B – Double the worst trouble
Scene 191 – Nate delivers
Scene 204A – No response - Theatrical Trailers
Surprise of a Lifetime
Two Actors Collide
Closing In
Available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD May 9th
