Body Heat
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 classic film noir Double Indemnity (1944), in turn based on the 1943 novel of the same name.
Plot
In South Florida, womanizing low-rent lawyer Ned Racine begins an affair with Matty Walker, the beautiful young wife of shady businessman Edmund Walker. The affair quickly becomes a consuming passion, but the two take care to keep it secret. Matty tells Ned that she wants a divorce, but a prenuptial agreement would leave her without Edmund's fortune. When she wishes Edmund dead, Ned suggests murdering him. Matty says she wants to forge a new will, but Ned warns her that would attract suspicion.
More details
| author | Lawrence Kasdan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Florida Miami Miami metropolitan area |
| director | Lawrence Kasdan |
| editor | Carol Littleton |
| genre | mystery thriller |
| keywords | abandoned building alibi arson blackmail build buy date draft femme fatale forge forgery how to incendiary device intestacy kill murder new life nullify pass pick up prenuptial agreement question rule against perpetuities south florida travel vamp want warn yearbook |
| musicBy | John Barry |
| producer | Fred T. Gallo Robert Grand |
| productionCompany | The Ladd Company |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Florida |
| theme | erotic thriller film noir high school mystery thriller neo-noir sexuality |