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Heat (Original title)The Other Side (Working title)
Date: 1995 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Michael Mann

Production company billing: ©1995 Monarchy Enterprises BV/Regency Entertainment (USA) Inc Warner Bros. presents in association with Regency Enterprises a Forward Pass production A Michael Mann film Dolby Digital/SDDS Colour/Prints by Technicolor 2.35:1 [Panavision] MPAA: 34160
Synopsis: Thriller. LA detective Vincent Hanna engages in a battle of wits with top thief Neil McCauley, who is planning the heist of his life.Synopsis: Thriller about a Los Angeles detective on the trail of the most dedicated, hardened, professional criminal he has ever encountered. A battle of wits ensues, during which it is revealed that both men's intellects, motives and private lives are almost identical.

Genres:
Crime, Police drama

Subjects:
Detectives, Theft
Releases
Date: 15 December 1995Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby / SDDSRuntime: 171 mins Length: 15362 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (266)
©: Monarchy Enterprises B.V., ©/Presented in association with: Inc Regency Entertainment (USA), Production Company: Forward Pass Productions, In association with: Regency Enterprises, Presented by: Warner Bros., Executive Producer: Arnon Milchan, Executive Producer: Pieter Jan Brugge, Produced by: Michael Mann, Art Linson, Associate Producer: Kathleen M. Shea, Associate Producer: Gusmano Cesaretti, Unit Production Manager: Christopher Cronyn, Production Office Co-ordinator: Sharyn Shimada-Huggins, Asst Production Office Co-ordinator: Michael Dean Valeo, Marc A. Hammer, Production Accountant: Cheryl A. Stone, Assistant Production Accountant: Michael R. Kern, Edward Allen, Location Manager: Janice Polley, Location Manager: Lori Balton, Assistant Location Manager: Andrew L. Ullman, Assistant Location Manager: Ralph Coleman, Assistant Location Manager: Peter Martorano, Mike Fantasia, Post-production Supervisor: Kathy Virkler, Post-production Supervisor: Mark Stevens, Office Production Assistant: Al Lewis, Office Production Assistant: Samantha Roth, Office Production Assistant: Brian Spain, Venessa Verdugo, Set Production Aide: Jonathan McGarry, Set Production Aide: Jody Spilkoman, Set Production Aide: Tendaji Lathan, Set Production Aide: David Hyman, Set Production Aide: Josiah W. Hooper, Set Production Aide: Casey B. Collins, Selma Kora, Production Office Secretary: Shannon Hamed, Assistant to Michael Mann: Carlo Bernard, Executive Assistant to Michael Mann: Michelle Fielding, Assistant to Pieter Jan Brugge: Jamie D. Boscardin, Ami Canaan Mann, Assistant to Art Linson: Patty Roberts Nelson, Staff Assistant: Debra Puopolo, Staff Assistant: Andy Walraven, Staff Assistant: Jeff Berger, Ron Senkowski, Assistant to Al Pacino: Lou Crisa, Tim Judge, Assistant to Robert De Niro: Robin Chambers, Assistant to Val Kilmer: Jane Payne, 2nd Unit Director: Ami Canaan Mann, Assistant Director (1st): Michael Waxman, Assistant Director (2nd): Douglas S. Ornstein, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Julie Herrin, DGA Trainee: Rich Sickler, Script Supervisor: Cate Hardman, Casting: Bonnie Timmermann, Casting (Associate): Alison E. Mcbryde, Casting (Extras): Tammy L. Smith, Casting (Assistant): Cynthia Ellis, Written by: Michael Mann, Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti, Camera Operator: Gary Jay, Camera Operator (B): James Muro, Steadicam Operator: James Muro, Assistant Camera (1st): Duane 'DC' Manwiller, Chris Moseley, Assistant Camera (2nd): David Galbraith, Kelsey 'Kshaw' Mcneal, Loader: James Apted, Chief Lighting Technician: Jim Grce, Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: David R. Christensen, Rigging Gaffer: Frank Dorowsky, Key Grip: W.C. 'Chunky' Huse, Best Boy Grip: Daniel Haizlip, Dolly Grip: Gerrit Garretsen, Rigging Grip: Andrew Taylor, 24 Frame Video Operator: Larry Markart, Video Assist: Steven Mikolas, Still Photography: Frank Connor, Visual Effects Supervisor: Neil Krepela, Digital Compositing: Pacific Title Digital, Digital Effects Producer: Joe Gareri, Digital Effects Supervisor: David Sosalla, Digital Effects Artist: Patrick Phillips, Digital Effects Artist: Mimi Abers, John La Fauce, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Terry D. Frazee, Special Effects Foreman: Donald Frazee, Special Effects: Geno Crum, Special Effects: Logan Frazee, Special Effects: Donald Myers, Special Effects: Ralph Winiger, Special Effects: Bruce Y. Kuroyama, Special Effects: Paul H. Haines Jr, Special Effects: Rick Monak, Edited by: Dov Hoenig, Edited by: Pasquale Buba, Edited by: William Goldenberg, Tom Rolf, 1st Assistant Film Editor: Vicki Hiatt, 1st Assistant Film Editor: Matthew Booth, 1st Assistant Film Editor: Ray Boniker, Tom Bryant, Assistant Film Editor: Andrea Bottigliero, Assistant Film Editor: John Morrisey, Assistant Film Editor: Kristina Trirogoff, Assistant Film Editor: Mark Westmore, David Dresher, Electronic Assistant Film Editor: Nina Lucia, Electronic Assistant Film Editor: Lynn Leonhard, Electronic Assistant Film Editor: Julie Janata, Electronic Assistant Film Editor: Sondra Watanabe, Andi Kasen Van Kirk, Production Designer: Neil Spisak, Art Director: Marjorie Stone Mcshirley, Art Department Co-ordinator: L. Oscar A. Mazzola, Assistant Art Department Co-ordinator: Alexandra Milchan, Assistant Art Director: Dianne Wager, Set Designer: Robert Fectman, Set Designer: Steven Schwartz, Set Designer: Paul Sonski, Set Decorator: Annie H. Ahrens, Lead: Douglas E. Maxwell, Lead: Charles R. Lipscomb, Nigel A. Boucher, Set Dresser: Amy Beth Feldman, Set Dresser: Ross Harpold, Set Dresser: David Hopkins, Set Dresser: James T. Randol, Set Dresser: Brad Curry, Set Dresser: Robyn B. Holmes, Illustrator: Sean Hargreaves, Storyboard Artist: Jeff Balsmeyer, Property Master: Charles Stewart, Assistant Property Master: Amie Frances McCarthy, Teri Anne Kopp, Construction Co-ordinator: Anthony Lattanzio, Construction Foreman: Mike Sforza, Scott Hanson, Paint Foreman: Larry Clark, Sign Painter: Joe A. Hawthorne, Stand-by Painter: John Hinkle, Labour Foreman: Richard Hausfeld, Greens Foreman: Phil Hurst, Costume Designer: Deborah L. Scott, Assistant Costume Designer: David Levey, Costume Supervisor: Darryl M. Athons, Costumer: Priscilla B. Poore, Costumer: Tom Numbers, Costumer: Beth Koenigsberg, Lillian Lanette Little, Al Pacino's Costumer: Joseph T. Mastrolia, Robert De Niro's Costumer: Marsha Bozeman, Val Kilmer's Costumer: Brenda Donoho, Key Make-up Artist: John Caglione Jr, Make-up Artist/Tattoo Designer: Ken Diaz, Robert De Niro's Make-up/Hair: Ilona Herman, Val Kilmer's Make-up/Hair: Leonard Engelman, Key Hairstylist: Vera Mitchell, Hairstylist: Timothy Jones, Design/Animation of Main Title Sequence: Research Arts, Titles/Opticals: Pacific Title, Colour Timer: David Orr, Music Composed by: Elliot Goldenthal, Music Score Performances: The Kronos Quartet, [Music] Conducted by: Jonathan Sheffer, Stephen Mercurio, Orchestrated by: Robert Elhai, Elliot Goldenthal, Music Supervisor: Budd Carr, Assistant Music Supervisor: Amy Dunn, Music Score Produced by: Matthias Gohl, Electronic Score Produced by: Richard Martinez, Supervising Music Editor: Bill Abbott, Christopher Brooks, Music Editor: Lee Scott, Music Editor: Stephen Lotwis, Music Editor: Michael Connell, Music Editor: Jay Richardson, Music Editor: Denise Okimoto, Score Recorded/Mixed by: Stephen McLaughlin, Joel Iwataki, Music Consultant: Chris Douridas, Music Adviser: Curt Sobel, Production Sound Mixer: Lee Orloff, Sound: SounDelux, Utility Sound: Thomas A. Payne, Additional Audio: Kim Waugh, Boom Operator: Nicholas R. Allen, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins, Re-recording Mixer: Andy Nelson, Re-recording Mixer: Ron Bartlett, Re-recording Mixer: Anna Behlmer, Re-recording Mixer: Mark Smith, John Arrias, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Gary Alexander, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Dan Leahy, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Ken S. Polk, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Robert Thirlwell, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Doug Hemphill, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Chris Carpenter, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Bill Benton, Bill Jackson, Supervising Sound Editor: Per Hallberg, Supervising Sound Editor: Larry Kemp, Negative Cutter: Mo Henry, 1st Assistant Sound Editor: Karen M. Baker, Assistant Sound Editor: Greg Plotts, Assistant Sound Editor: Judson Leach, Assistant Sound Editor: Bob Bowman, Assistant Sound Editor: Horace Manzanares, Assistant Sound Editor: Tim Groseclose, Assistant Sound Editor: Ann Fisher, Philip Morrill, Dialogue Editor: Dan M. Rich, Dialogue Editor: Lauren Stephens, Dialogue Editor: Neil Anderson, Dialogue Editor: Hector Gika, Dialogue Editor: Duncan Burns, [Sound] Effects Editor: Richard Dwan Jr, [Sound] Effects Editor: Christopher Assells, [Sound] Effects Editor: Peter Michael Sullivan, [Sound] Effects Editor: Mark Lapointe, [Sound] Effects Editor: Scott Gershin, [Sound] Effects Editor: Alan Rankin, [Sound] Effects Editor: Randy Kelley, [Sound] Effects Editor: Richard Bozeat, [Sound] Effects Editor: Mark Stoeckinger, [Sound] Effects Editor: Pete Lehman, [Sound] Effects Editor: Brian McPherson, [Sound] Effects Editor: Dave McMoyler, Rick Morris, ADR Supervisor: Joe Mayer, ADR Editor: Mary Ruth Smith, ADR Editor: Lou Kleinman, ADR Editor: Cliff Latimer, ADR Editor: Holly Huckins, ADR Editor: Zack Davis, Foley Artist: Ellen Heuer, Foley Artist: Chris Moriana, Foley Mixer: David Jobe, Foley Editor: Clint Hegeman, Foley Editor: Stuart Copley, Foley Editor: Mark Gordon, Foley Editor: Philip Hess, Stunt Co-ordinator: Joel Kramer, Stunts: Doug Coleman, Stunts: Cliff McLaughlin, Stunts: Tom Elliott, Stunts: Norman Howell, Stunts: Gary Mclarty, Stunts: Chuck Tamburro, Stunts: Tony Brubaker, Stunts: John Tamburro, Technical Adviser: Charles Adamsom, Technical Adviser: Tom Elfmont, Technical Adviser: Gil Parra, Technical Adviser: Rey Verdugo, Technical Support: Richard Smedley, Foxtrot Productions, Technical Weapons Training: Mick Gould, Andy McNab, Unit Publicist: Peter Haas
Cast (66)
Al Pacino (Vincent Hanna), Robert De Niro (Neil McCauley), Val Kilmer (Chris Shiherlis), Tom Sizemore (Michael Cheritto), Diane Venora (Justine), Amy Brenneman (Eady), Dennis Haysbert (Donald Breedan), Ashley Judd (Charlene Shiherlis), Mykel T. Williamson (Sergeant Drucker), Wes Studi (Casals), Ted Levine (Danny Bosko), William Fichtner (Roger Van Zant), Natalie Portman (Lauren Gustafson, Justine's daughter), Tom Noonan (Kelso), Kevin Gage (Waingro), Hank Azaria (Alan Marciano), Susan Traylor (Elaine Cheritto), Kim Staunton (Lillian), Jon Voight (Nate), Danny Trejo (Trejo), Henry Rollins (Hugh Benny), Jerry Trimble (Schwartz), Marty Ferrero (construction clerk), Ricky Harris (Albert Torena), Tone Loc (Richard Torena), Begonya Plaza (Anna Trejo), Hazelle Goodman (hooker's mother), Ray Buktenica (Timmons), Jeremy Piven (Doctor Bob), Xander Berkeley (Ralph), Rick Avery (armoured guard 2), Brad Baldridge (children's hospital doctor), Andrew Camuccio, Brian Camuccio (Dominick), Max Daniels (shooter at drive-in), Vince Deadrick Jr (driver at drive-in), Charles Duke (cop 5), Thomas Elfmont (desk clerk cop), Kenny Endoso (bartender), Kimberly Flynn (Casals' date), Steven Ford (Officer Bruce), Farrah Forke (Claudia), Hannes Fritsch (Miracle Mile bartender), Amanda Graves (Linda Cheritto), Emily Graves (Anita Cheritto), Niki Harris (Marcia Drucker), Ted Harvey (detective 2), Patricia Healy (Bosko's date), Paul Herman (Sergeant Heinz), Cindy Katz (Rachel), Brian Libby (Captain Jackson), Bill Mcintosh (armoured guard 1), Dan Martin (Harry Dieter), Rick Marzan (basketball player), Terry Miller (children's hospital nurse), Paul Moyer (news anchorman), Daniel O'haco (detective 1), Mario Roberts (bank guard 1), Phillip Robinson (Alphonse), Thomas Rosales (armoured truck driver), Rainell Saunders (dead hooker), Kai Soremekun (prostitute), Rey Verdugo (Vegas cop), Wendy L. Walsh (news anchorman), Yvonne Zima (hostage girl), Bud Cort ([Solenko, coffee-shop manager])