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Body Heat - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Debut cinema movie in any cast or crew capacity of Meg Kasdan, wife of the film's writer-director Lawrence Kasdan.
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In the last scene, there is no indication where Matty Walker is, other than on a beach. However, the gentleman, that you only see part of, says to Matty, "Muito Quente." (pronounced "MUY-too QUEEN-chee"), which is Portuguese. When Mattie says "What?", he says "It is hot.", which is the general English translation (the literal translation is "Very Hot."). So one would assume they are on a beach in Brazil.
Body Heat - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Meg Kasdan: The wife of the film's writer-director Lawrence Kasdan as a nurse.
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The film was largely influenced by Double Indemnity (1944). Richard Crenna appeared in the remake Double Indemnity (1973), as Walter Neff, the man lured into murdering his lover's husband. In this film, he plays the doomed husband.
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The name of the small diner where the legal eagles hung out was "Stella's Coffee Shop".
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Mimi Rogers and Angel Tompkins tried out for the role of Matty Walker which in the end was cast with Kathleen Turner.
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At least one commercial television print, for some reason, completely eliminates the key sequence where Richard Crenna's character is killed.
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The picture is included in film critic Roger Ebert's "10 Best List" for 1981.
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Lawrence Kasdan was unaware for many years that George Lucas, for whom he had worked as a writer on Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), acted as a guarantor to Ladd Company studio head Alan Ladd Jr., offering his fee as a guarantee if Kasdan happened to go over budget, thereby covering any overages.
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The Matty Walker character was modeled on film noir legend Lauren Bacall. Kathleen Turner was cast in the role due to her similarities to Bacall, including a distinctive husky voice and distinguishable long, shapely legs.
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Lawyer Peter Lowenstein (Ted Danson) states that oral sex is not illegal in Florida. However, Florida statute 800.02 made "unnatural and lascivious acts", which included oral-genital contact, a misdemeanor. In 2003 the US Supreme Court struck down all sodomy laws.
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Whilst developing and making this picture, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan did not know whether he would ever get to make another movie.
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The main trailer features scenes and sound from the picture, particularly its chimes, but features no dialogue from the film's actors.
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Kathleen Turner's next film, The Man with Two Brains (1983), was a spoof of the "femme fatale" character she played in this film.
Body Heat - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts