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Former child star Joe Davis (Joe Dallesandro), reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd (Andrea Feldman), a tightlywound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally (Sylvia Miles), an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.

Critics Reviews

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Judith Crist New York Magazine/Vulture 06/11/2020
Morrissey proves himself a filmmaker on the way up and well worth watching in the process. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 04/06/2006
3/5
Bill Gibron DVD Verdict 11/30/2005
82/100
Heat feels like a cobbled-together conclusion to this so-called trilogy, a movie that offers little of what made the other offerings...so terrific in the first place. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 08/26/2005
3.5/5
Morrissey turns to fame and travels from New York to Los Angeles for this outrageously funny but almost painfully sharp comedy. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/17/2005
4/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/17/2005
B+
I got off on it. Go to Full Review
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11/02/2015 one of Andy's better efforts at least I think so See more 08/19/2015 Good stuff! Buy them all! See more 04/28/2014 A send up of SUNSET BOULEVARD, we finally have an honest to goodness plot and the damn thing actually works. See more 01/09/2014 Most definitely this is a Cult Classic that does not shy from going into "camp" -- but there is a great deal more to be found in Paul Morrissey's odd art film. From a film theory perspective, this is an effectively engaging time capsule film with fairly potent cultural commentary. Just on the cusp of true film art. See more 01/10/2013 Tried to enjoy this as I once owned a free copy of this but it didn't have any sort of production value, which isn't always needed but can make a piece of crap better, and didn't seem to fit into the other Warhol films. Very dull with lively performances from the cast but not enough to make up for an already stale plot See more 09/17/2011 The idea to de-glam "Sunset Blvd" is a good one, but the problem with showing that has-beens and drifters can be unpleasant and dull is that the movie itself ends up sort of unpleasant and dull. The final joke is a great one, though. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Former child star Joe Davis (Joe Dallesandro), reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd (Andrea Feldman), a tightlywound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally (Sylvia Miles), an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.
Director
Paul Morrissey
Producer
Andy Warhol
Screenwriter
Paul Morrissey
Production Co
Andy Warhol Enterprises
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 18, 2005
Runtime
1h 40m