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Audience Member It is great to see a low budget version of a great film. Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece Heat was actually conceived way back in the 80s by the director Michael Mann. He decided to make it then with the limited budget he had. The scenes and even dialogues are verbatim but it is great to see what a bigger budget can get- from better thespians of the class of Pacino and Deniro to some amazing locations. This is a good film for film students to sit and analyze.(A curiosity sake film if you loved Heat). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member It is great to see a low budget version of a great film. Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece Heat was actually conceived way back in the 80s by the director Michael Mann. He decided to make it then with the limited budget he had. The scenes and even dialogues are verbatim but it is great to see what a bigger budget can get- from better thespians of the class of Pacino and Deniro to some amazing locations. This is a good film for film students to sit and analyze. (earlier version of Heat). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A fine Michael Mann directed film, done in his "Miami Vice" way. Fabulous cinematography. Not always sure of what was going on in the dialog, but action supreme. [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSg0Q6Lf4TvXBkNbJLgGR1Ti2wjqh55z9bOCF5DAq8m2cTiewuk_Q[/img] Miami Vice SEE the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF1nglDFWr4 [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_oEWr2XBeidKjyvN8a4R13N5zIHqWGLTyDznlGFDLk1qBEGu9[/img] In late 1995, Mann released Heat, which he directed from his original script. Heat was made with an ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. Heat was met with critical acclaim and became a financial success. SEE the entire film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsPDzSbgts L.A. Takedown is a crime/thriller made for TV movie that aired on NBC on August 27, 1989 at 9 pm. It was written and directed by Michael Mann, and its ensemble cast includes Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Daniel Baldwin, and Xander Berkeley. [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYEGgCkhCbQTIEAEazpOIWJcoHi3qNTnhA8XUIXChuBNFiwaW8fw[/img] NOTES: 1 The majority of the main cast appeared as guest stars in episodes of one or both of Michael Mann's two shows produced in the 1980s, Miami Vice and Crime Story. 2 After making The Last of the Mohicans, Mann returned to a 1986 draft of L.A. Takedown, viewing the TV movie as a dry run for the film he had originally written, which was intended as a much more complex and elaborate story. [img]http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5681/fiveqb1.jpg[/img] CAST Scott Plank as Vincent Hanna Alex McArthur as Patrick McLaren Michael Rooker as Bosko Ely Pouget as Lillian Hanna Vincent Guastaferro as Michael Cerrito Laura Harrington as Eady Peter Dobson as Chris Sheherlis Xander Berkeley as Waingro Daniel Baldwin as Bobby Schwartz Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Hugh Benny [img]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xF1nglDFWr4/hqdefault.jpg[/img] Distributed by NBC Directed by Michael Mann Produced by Patrick Markey Written by Michael Mann Music by Tim Truman Cinematography Ron Garcia Editing by Dov Hoenig Release date 1989 Running time 92 min. [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4GOkRLyPNghZXRVdqanJs2PwEamfkkYM1LqReig4OWsAf9ARR3w[/img] Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member From humble beginnings.... 3 Natalie Portmans Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Remade as Heat in 1995, L.A. Takedown was Mann's original TV movie of what was to become (in Heat) his epic crime drama. The characters are lacking the depth which Pacino and De Niro would bring to the roles but as a blueprint for what was to come this is a decent enough "first draft" with an excellent shootout scene which still holds up today. But at 90 minutes (Heat was close to 3 hours) Takedown feels rushed and spliced together roughly. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a very good crime movie! This film was remade as Heat! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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