Heat (1986 film)
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| Directed by |
Dick Richards Jerry Jameson |
| Produced by |
Elliott Kastner Cassian Elwes |
| Screenplay by | William Goldman |
| Based on |
Heat by William Goldman |
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| Music by | Michael Gibbs |
| Cinematography | James A. Contner |
| Edited by | Jeffrey Wolf |
| Distributed by | New Century Vista Film Company |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $2,793,214 |
Heat is a 1986 American action-thriller film about an ex-mercenary working as a bodyguard in Las Vegas. The film was written by William Goldman, based on his 1985 novel of the same name.Heat was directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson. The film stars Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry, and Joseph Mascolo.
A woman in a Las Vegas bar is annoyed by a flirtatious drunk (Burt Reynolds). Her date, a milquetoast named Osgood (Wendell Burton), wants to do something about it. The woman, D.D. (Deborah Rush), begs him not to, but when the drunk turns mean, Osgood challenges him to step outside. To D.D.'s astonishment, Osgood wins the fight and even gets the tough-looking drunk to apologize. Next morning, it turns out that the drunk is Nick Escalante, known to his friends as Mex, who has been hired to make Osgood look tough in his lady's eyes.
Nick is a former soldier of fortune, lethal with his hands and an expert with weapons, in particular sharp objects. He now acts as a bodyguard for hire but is listed in the Yellow Pages as a "chaperone". Nick's goal is to make enough money to leave Vegas and move to Venice, Italy for good.
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