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Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir [1] [2] 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 .
After some work on New York stages and a brief stint on the NBC soap The Doctors, Kathleen Turner made her stunning movie debut as femme fatale Matty Walker in Body Heat, the sweat-drenched, sex ...
Kathleen Turner reveals challenges of shooting her first movie "Body Heat" as the steamy neo-noir thriller turns 40. 'Body Heat' at 40: Kathleen Turner recalls 'misguided' decision to film all ...
After Body Heat, Turner steered away from femme fatale roles to "prevent typecasting" and "because femme fatale roles had a shelf-life". Consequently, her first project after this was the 1983 comedy The Man With Two Brains. Turner co-starred in Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito.
Noir Nights wraps up on Sunday, June 9, with "Body Heat" (1981). Starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, "Body Heat" is about a beautiful Florida woman who seduces a seedy lawyer, with the ...
Among the young unknown actresses who auditioned, but did not receive a part, was Kathleen Turner. However while Turner was in Los Angeles to audition for Marbles she also managed to secure an audition for Body Heat, which turned her into a star. [14] The women auditioned for the female leads were narrowed to eight and were sent to wrestling ...
Turner, whose acting career began in the 1970s, first achieved popular notice and critical acclaim as femme fatale Mattie Walker in “Body Heat,” the 1981 noir film in which she starred ...
In 1981, he had a leading role in the neo-noir Body Heat, co-starring Kathleen Turner. His starring roles in a series of critically acclaimed films garnered three consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor: Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), which he won; Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987).