Shawn Van Horn has been a Senior Features Writer for Collider since 2022 with a focus on horror, and 90s TV and movies.
The Big Picture In 1995, director Michael Mann made arguably his most powerful and popular film, the crime drama known simply as Heat. In the 1990s, Mann was among the most sought out filmmakers, coming off of the success of The Last of the Mohicans in 1992. His next picture would be a heist flick that harkened back to Thief, his 1981 debut starring James Caan.
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 Main Genre Drama Writers Michael Mann Studio Warner Bros. Pacino's 'Heat' Character Was Modeled on an Actual Cop Sixteen years before it would become a blockbuster movie, Mann wrote the original script while working as a film and TV writer.
In the book, Michael Mann: Crime Auteur, the director talks about the connection between cop and criminal.
It’s shocking to know that this scene, which is meant to build tension and foreshadow their eventual bloody showdown, truly happened. In the film and in real life, however, it goes down in different ways, but with the same conclusion. Heat sees Pacino and De Niro on an airport tarmac at night, guns drawn, seeking each other out, before Pacino shoots De Niro dead. The good guy wins and the bad guy loses in a classic action movie trope finale.
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