Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of heat, as Burt Reynolds plays the soft-hearted bodyguard who's out to protect his friends.Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of heat, as Burt Reynolds plays the soft-hearted bodyguard who's out to protect his friends.Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of heat, as Burt Reynolds plays the soft-hearted bodyguard who's out to protect his friends.
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Did you know
- TriviaRobert Altman bowed out as the original director because US Immigration denied a visa to Altman's Canadian cameraman, Pierre Mignot.
- GoofsIn the fight lesson between Mex and Cyrus. Mex punches Cyrus in the face which result in a nose bleed. A couple of frames later the nose bleed is gone. But it reappears during their dialog later.
- Quotes
[His qualifications.]
Mex: Well, I've been knocked down, blown up, lied to, shit on, shot at, I'm not a virgin except in my heart, nothing much surprises me anymore except what people do to each other. I'm a licensed pilot, I lectured on economics at Yale, and I can memorize the front page of the New York Times in five minutes, and repeat it back to you in five weeks. I was National Golden Gloves Champion three years in a row and I'm fluent in four languages. And... I lie a lot!
- Alternate versionsAll UK releases of 'HEAT' omit the final scene, in which Peter McNicol's character survives his shotgun blast. This 'happier' ending can be found in the US DVD release only
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Heat/Lethal Weapon/Lily Tomlin/Raising Arizona (1987)
- SoundtracksAin't We Got Fun
Composed by Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn and Ray Egan
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Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,793,214
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,354,375
- Mar 15, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $2,793,214
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