Heat (film)

Heat is an American made crime/thriller/drama film released on December 15, 1995. It was written and directed by Michael Mann. Robert De Niro plays a professional robber named "Neil McCauley," who is a calm, methodical loner and an introvert, while Al Pacino's cop, "Vincent Hanna," is a veteran LAPD homicide detective whose devotion to his job leads to a doomed marriage that is collapsing around him. This is the first movie that Pacino and De Niro have appeared in together onscreen.

The central conflict of the film was based on the experiences of former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson and his pursuit of a criminal named McCauley in the 1960s.

The film is a remake of L.A. Takedown, a 1989 made-for-television film also written and directed by Mann. Heat was a critical and commercial success, grossing $187,436,818 worldwide.