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Body Heat
Director: Lawrence Kasdan (Dir)
Release Date:   1981
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles and New York openings: 28 Aug 1981
Duration (in mins):   117
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Cast:   William Hurt (Ned Racine)  
    Kathleen Turner (Matty Walker)  
    Richard Crenna (Edmund Walker)  
    Ted Danson (Peter Lowenstein)  
    J. A. Preston (Oscar Grace)  
Summary:  
Production Company: The Ladd Company  
Distribution Company: The Ladd Company  
Director: Lawrence Kasdan (Dir)
Producer: Fred T. Gallo (Prod)
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (Wrt)
Photography: Richard H. Kline (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Bill Kenney (Prod des)
Film Editor: Carol Littleton (Film ed)
Music: John Barry (Mus comp)
MPAA Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English
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Source Text:
Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
The Ladd Company 24/8/1981 dd/mm/yyyy PAu329461
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Genre: Drama
  Mystery
  Romance
Note:  
Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   17 Oct 1981   p. 10.
Los Angeles Times   28 Aug 1981   p. 1.
New York Times   28 Aug 1981   p. 14.
Variety   19 Aug 1981   p. 20.
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