Heat - La sfida

Titolo originale: Heat
Regia: Michael Mann |
Anno: 1995
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Azione
Tag: robbery | chase | obsession | detective | heist | thief | honor | murder | betrayal | gang | los angeles, california | cat and mouse | bank robbery | criminal mastermind | cynical | ex-con | one last job | loner | bank job | neo-noir | crime epic | tense | antagonistic | audacious | bold |
Cast: Al Pacino | Robert De Niro | Val Kilmer | Jon Voight | Tom Sizemore | Diane Venora | Amy Brenneman | Ashley Judd | Mykelti Williamson | Wes Studi | Ted Levine | Natalie Portman | William Fichtner | Kevin Gage | Hank Azaria | Dennis Haysbert | Tom Noonan | Danny Trejo | Kim Staunton | Susan Traylor | Henry Rollins | Ricky Harris | Jerry Trimble | Martin Ferrero | Tone Loc | Begonya Plaza | Hazelle Goodman | Ray Buktenica | Jeremy Piven | Xander Berkeley | Rick Avery | Brad Baldridge | Andrew Camuccio | Brian Camuccio | Max Daniels | Vince Deadrick Jr. | Charles Duke | Thomas Elfmont | Kenny Endoso | Kimberly Flynn | Steven Ford | Farrah Forke | Hannes Fritsch | Amanda Graves | Emily Graves | Niki Haris | Ted Harvey | Patricia Healy | Paul Herman | Cindy Katz | Brian Libby | Bill McIntosh | Dan Martin | Rick Marzan | Terry Miller | Paul Moyer | Daniel O'Haco | Mario Roberts | Phillip Robinson | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Rainell Saunders | Kai Soremekun | Rey Verdugo | Wendy L. Walsh | Yvonne Zima | Monica Lee Bellais | Peter Blackwell | Trevor Coppola | Bud Cort | Annette Goodman | Mick Gould | Mary Kircher | David Koseruba | Darin Mangan | Melissa S. Markess | Andre McCoy | Darren Melton | Robert Miranda | Kathryn Mullen | Manny Perry | Jimmy N. Roberts | Iva Franks-Singer | Jimmy Star | Gloria Koehn Straube | Viviane Vives | Tim Werner | Heidi Miller |

Neil McCauley è un pericoloso criminale che ha passato molti anni della sua vita in galera ed è fermamente deciso a non metterci mai più piede. Ma ora a Los Angeles c'e Vincent Hanna, un detective del dipartimento di polizia che da la caccia a lui e alla sua gang.

Approfondimenti

Xander Berkeley plays Ralph, a minor character. He also played Waingro in Sei solo, agente Vincent ( [...] D
Earlier drafts had Nate getting caught by Hanna, and facing accessory charges, for the armored car r [...] D
Trejo's name was originally Towner. D
Johnny Depp was considered for the role of Chris Shiherlis, but his asking price was deemed too high [...] D
The scene involving the shoot-out after the bank robbery was particularly tricky to film, since they [...] D
A few subtle bits of foreshadowing occur with the hockey masks Neil's crew wear during the armored c [...] D
The scene where Pacino leaves with his TV originated in the series Crime Story S1E7. D
Lieutenant Hanna is shown "checking the chamber" on his handgun in at least one scene. This is a tra [...] D
The two main characters used to be in the Marine Corps. Detective Hanna (Al Pacino) is talked about [...] D
Jon Voight's first film to get a wide theatrical release since A 30 secondi dalla fine (1985). Un fi [...] D
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro were Michael Mann's first choices for Hanna and McCauley. D
According to Val Kilmer's autobiography, his agent tried to convince him not to act in this film bec [...] D
During the bank shootout Mann wanted to realistically portray the damage caused by gunfire. Several [...] D
Gong Li was offered the role of Justine Hanna. She refused, unless the script was translated into Ma [...] D
Michael Mann pressured Val Kilmer to visit Folsom State Prison so that he could get further into the [...] D
A poster of Miles Davis is featured in the background during a scene with Al Pacino. A live performa [...] D
Al Pacino had a full facelift before filming began. D
From Al Pacino's line, "Gimme that shotgun," to Robert DeNiro's penultimate line, "Told you I'm neve [...] D
The "Console TV Man" who witnesses the armored car robbery was an actual homeless man who lived near [...] D
The armored car robbery in earlier scripts is a bit different. Its street location is much different [...] D
Keanu Reeves. fresh off his role in Speed, turned down the role of Chris Shiherlis to do Hamlet on s [...] D
For the restaurant sequence where McCauley and Hanna finally meet, Michael Mann ran two cameras simu [...] D
Ted Levine was originally offered the part of Waingro, but turned it down because he felt that he wa [...] D
The famous French gangster Redouane Faïd, an armored truck robber, confessed in front of Michael [...] D
When Michael Mann filmed the restaurant scene at Kate Mantilini in Beverly Hills, he used the restau [...] D
Keanu Reeves was originally signed to play Chris Shiherlis, and Carsten Norgaard was also one of Mic [...] D
Val Kilmer was thrilled to learn that the moment in the gunbattle scene where he runs out of bullets [...] D
The gun battle scene used up 800 to 1,000 rounds per take. D
The scene where Vincent catches his wife cheating, removes the television set, and later throws it f [...] D
The train station shown in the beginning of the film is the same station featured at the end of Coll [...] D
Filmed without a single soundstage. D
In August 2022 Michael Mann released a novel that served as a prequel and sequel to the events portr [...] D
Hank Azaria based Moe's voice in The Simpsons on Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon and the actors appea [...] D
Rather than dubbing in the gunshots during the bank robbery shoot-out, Michael Mann had microphones [...] D
In a promotional interview for La fortezza (1983), Michael Mann stated that he wanted to see "Heat" [...] D
In the original script, the gunman at the drive-in was still alive after being shot at and run over. [...] D
In the original script, Casals was the detective wounded during the shoot-out sequence. D
Diane Venora was bemused that she got the part of Al Pacino's wife, seeing as the screenplay describ [...] D
Before Danny Trejo was hired to play the role of "Trejo" in this movie, he and Edward Bunker, a writ [...] D
In the director's commentary, Michael Mann said that Neil's trademark gray suits were designed to he [...] D
Interestingly, at the crime scene when Bosko describes to Hanna what they know about the robbery of [...] D
The ending shot at LAX was filmed on an actual approach runway. However the differences are that the [...] D
The explicit nature of several of the film's scenes was cited as the model of a spate of robberies s [...] D
In a Japanese television interview in 1995, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino got asked "which role-play, [...] D
Jean-Claude Van Damme was briefly considered for the role of Michael Cheritto. D
The actors who took part in the robbery sequence had to undergo power weapons training. D
Al Pacino and Diane Venora were both in Insider - Dietro la verità (1999), also directed by Micha [...] D
This is the second film in which Robert De Niro co-stars with a voice actor from 'The Simpsons'-Hank [...] D
Madeleine Stowe turned down the role of Justine Hanna. D
Hank Azaria was also working on Piume di struzzo (1996) while he filmed his scene in this film. The [...] D
In the original script, the burglary-cop Harry Dieter was questioned and threatened by Vincent Hanna [...] D
Natalie Portman's second film. D
The film features the track "Armenia" from German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, which w [...] D
William Fichtner (Roger Van Zant) appeared in the bank robbery sequence that opened Il cavaliere osc [...] D
An ending discussed featured Neil and Vincent shooting and killing each other, instead of Vincent sh [...] D
Michael Mann: [military training] Neil's crew shows evidence of military training when attempting th [...] D
Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford were considered for the lead roles of Vincent Hanna and Neil McCauley. D
The meeting between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino over coffee was shot at Kate Mantilini on Wilshire [...] D
Several tests were done to ensure that the armored car would tip over when struck by the tow truck d [...] D
During the famous bank robbery gunfight, Mann directed the actors portraying the police to aim delib [...] D
Mykelti Williamson, in the Special Edition DVD of the movie, said in an interview that Michael Mann [...] D
Tom Elfmont: The concierge at the airport hotel is played by a former L.A.P.D. detective, who served [...] D
For the sequence where Neil ( Robert De Niro ) and Eady ( Amy Brenneman ) discuss a possible future [...] D
Amy Brenneman disliked the script and didn't want to be in the movie, saying it was too filled with [...] D
Nate (Jon Voight) is based on real-life former career criminal Edward Bunker. Bunker had previously [...] D
Val Kilmer was so experienced with heavy weaponry and ammunition, having earlier been taught to use [...] D
When Sergeant Drucker (Mykelti Williamson) says to Charlene (Ashley Judd) her son could end up at "g [...] D
Brad Pitt was considered for the role of Chris Shilerhis. D
In a deleted scene, Nate tells Neil that he and Chris will be set up with new lives in Ireland. D
Although this is the second film on which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have shared top billing, in I [...] D
Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, and Tom Noonan all appeared in Phoenix: Delitto di polizia (1998); Je [...] D
The current residents of the apartment where Danny Trejo's death scene was filmed got curious after [...] D
In June of 2002, the scene involving the shoot-out after the bank robbery was shown to United States [...] D
In the director's commentary, Michael Mann noted that Al Pacino improvised the line "Because she's g [...] D
Initially, Michael Mann shopped the script to Walter Hill to direct, but Hill turned him down. D
Waingro tells the bartender he spent time at Folsom State Prison and then at the "SHU" (Special Hand [...] D
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino both played versions of Satan. First was Robert De Niro in the (1987) f [...] D
U2 isn't mentioned during the song credits, because they contribute a track under the name of "The P [...] D
Composer Elliot Goldenthal wrote a piece of score to play over the final scene. Michael Mann replace [...] D
Drucker's name was Arriaga in the original film, Sei solo, agente Vincent (1989), though he was not [...] D
The drive-in sequence was shot at the Centinela Drive-in in Inglewood, California, which had been cl [...] D
The first film to feature Robert De Niro and Al Pacino acting together, which created much hype prio [...] D
During pre-production weapons trainer Mick Gould related a story from his time in the British Army. [...] D
James Caan has been rumored to have been considered for the role of Nate. Caan lamented to Michael M [...] D
Bosko, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his named Raoul. Michael Mann said th [...] D
The coffee shop scene sold Robert De Niro on the idea of making the film. He, Al Pacino, and Michael [...] D
McCauley's thirty-second rule in action: When McCauley comes out of the hotel to drive off with Eady [...] D
In April 1994, Michael Mann was reported to have abandoned his earlier plan to shoot a biopic of Jam [...] D
This movie features three actors who have played killers pursued by the FBI in movies based on Thoma [...] D
A video game adaptation was reported to be in development around 2009, but never came to fruition. D
The restaurant where Neil meets with Michael and Chris to expunge the rebel Waingro was called Johni [...] D
Michael Mann: He disowned the television version aired by NBC. Mann offered to restore seventeen of [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...] D
Deleted scenes found on the Special Edition DVD give more character development to Michael Cheritto, [...] D
In his book "Modern Romance", Aziz Ansari recounted a dating story when he was living in a rented ho [...] D
In the UK, the film was given a "15" rating for both its cinema and video release, and passed uncut [...] D
Dennis Farina, a former Chicago police officer, was a consultant on the film since the story was bas [...] D
While researching her role, Ashley Judd met several former prostitutes who became housewives. D
A Marine Corps plaque appears briefly in Vincent's office in the Major Crimes Unit, although the tra [...] D
Bosko (Ted Levine) is the detective that is killed during the bank robbery shoot-out. Originally, th [...] D
Body count: 21 D
Danny Trejo, who plays a member of the crew, has been an inmate at Folsom Prison in real life, just [...] D
Michael Mann visited inmates in Folsom prison to gain some insight into prison life, to aid his depi [...] D
During a February 2016 discussion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, Michael Mann reveale [...] D
The armored car robbery originally had a different street location, and the escape is a lot tighter, [...] D
Vincent Hanna's Armani suits and slicked-back hair are an homage to Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Ril [...] D
Jean Reno was considered for the role of Chris Shiherlis. D
Michael Mann made the movie as tribute to a detective friend of his in Chicago, who obsessively trac [...] D
Among the parallels in the characters of Neil and Vincent are that both are stylish dressers, both a [...] D
The shooting at the drive-in movie theater differs in one way between the movie and script drafts: i [...] D
Moby's two contributions to the soundtrack were originally meant to be reversed, his cover of Joy Di [...] D
The camera used by both Neil and Casals in the "We just got made" scene is a Nikon F4, at the time N [...] D
In the trailer, McCauley tells the shade tree doctor "I'm double the worst trouble you've ever seen. [...] D
This is one of Christopher Nolan's favorite films. The film inspired his vision of Gotham City in Th [...] D
The final chase (on foot) and shootout is very similar to a long scene near the end of "Bullitt" (19 [...] D
Robert De Niro was the first cast member to get the film script. he showed it to Al Pacino, who also [...] D
Xander Berkeley (Ralph) and Tom Noonan (Kelso) both appeared in Caccia spietata (2006). D
The cast was given weapons and tactics training by former British Special Air Service members Andy M [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Goodhew Ambulance also shows up in the 1994 film, Speed. D
In an early draft of the script, Vincent Hanna had a cocaine habit, which, according to Al Pacino, e [...] D
Don Johnson was briefly considered for the part of Michael Cheritto. He was also discussed as a poss [...] D
Michael Mann had wanted to work with Robert De Niro ever since he first saw him in Mean Streets - Do [...] D
Actor and former thief John Santucci filmed scenes as a fence that were ultimately deleted from the [...] D
According to Michael Mann's official sequel novel, "Heat 2" (2022), after Neil abandoned her at the [...] D
According to Danny Trejo, Val Kilmer (who was still filming Batman Forever (1995) at the time) told [...] D
In order to prepare the actors for the roles of McCauley's crew, Michael Mann took Val Kilmer, Tom S [...] D
Michael Mann stated in an interview that Chris met Charlene in Las Vegas, when he was on a huge win [...] D
Much of the film is based on a real-life confrontation between Chicago cop Chuck Adamson and the rea [...] D
In the original script, Eady was Chinese. D
The date of birth given for Vincent Hanna's applications, reviewed by Neil and Nate, is 7/15/1953. A [...] D
Justine was called Lillian in the original film: Sei solo, agente Vincent (1989). D
Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges were discussed as a possible alternative for the two leading roles. D
Writer and Director Michael Mann is one of Robert De Niro's favorite Directors. D
The cast includes four Oscar winners: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jon Voight, and Natalie Portman. D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
The scene of McCauley standing against a window and watching the ocean was inspired by the painting [...] D
Al Pacino revealed in Argentina when he performed An Evening With Al Pacino at the Teatro Colón, [...] D
The scene of the armed robbery at a shopping mall is based on a real event. In the late eighties the [...] D
In an interview with Al Pacino on the DVD Special Edition, Pacino revealed that for the scene in the [...] D
When Kevin Gage was imprisoned for two years in 2003, he was universally addressed by fellow inmates [...] D
The place where Neil meets Eady for the first time is called The Broadway Deli, a more upscale versi [...] D
Before Van Zant is killed by Neil in his home he's watching a hockey game, Neil and his crew all wor [...] D
William Petersen turned down the role of Michael Cheritto. D
Val Kilmer stated the main reason he chose to act in this film was so that he would be able to call [...] D
This is Tom Hiddleston's favorite film. D
Waingro (Kevin Gage) is based on a real Chicago criminal named "Waingro", who ratted out some influe [...] D
Michael Mann stated in an interview that Cherrito is a recovering heroin addict, and the giant peaco [...] D
Jon Voight initially turned down the part of Nate, telling Michael Mann that there were several acto [...] D
During the scene when Detective Danny Schwartz is talking with Lieutenant Vincent Hanna over the pho [...] D
Neil McCauley is never seen driving the same car, which implies that he frequently abandons cars and [...] D