CITY HEAT (DVD) DVD

City Heat
This standard, tongue-in-cheek, gangsters and good guys saga is carried on the star power and screen presence of Clint Eastwood as Lt. Speer, a taciturn, tough, play-it-by-the-book cop, and on Burt Reynolds as Mike Murphy, Speer's old friend in the force, now turned private eye but still a captivating rogue at heart. With a sub-text of playing their well-known screen personas off each other, Eastwood and Reynolds provide more than a surface interpretation of the characters that made them famous. After Murphy's partner is murdered, he focuses on pitting one mob boss against another in an attempt to have both mobsters kill each other. In the meantime, Lt. Speer -- who has never approved of Murphy's private detective business -- does not really know if Murphy is for or against the two top gangsters. Set in the era of speakeasies and Prohibition, an added layer of "film noir" can be discerned under the complex plot, verbal repartée, and episodes of toned-down violence (a kind of parody in themselves). Although this may not be the best film either star has made, it is still interesting to see them together on screen. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Cast Clint Eastwood as Lieutenant Speer Burt Reynolds as Mike Murphy Jane Alexander as Addy Madeline Kahn as Caroline Howley Rip Torn as Primo Pitt Irene Cara as Ginny Lee Richard Roundtree as Dehl Swift Tony Lo Bianco as Leon Coll William Sanderson as Lonnie Ash Nicholas Worth as Troy Roker Robert Davi as Nino Jude Farese as Dub Slack John Hancock as Fat Freddie

Crew Norman Salling - Costume Designer David Valdes - First Assistant Director Richard Benjamin - Director Jacqueline Cambas - Editor Lennie Niehaus - Composer (Music Score) Ted Koehler - Songwriter Bruce Roberts - Songwriter Clint Eastwood - Songwriter Mort Dixon - Songwriter Irene Cara - Songwriter Joe Williams - Songwriter Rudy Vallee - Songwriter Al Jarreau - Songwriter Tom Ellingwood - Makeup Dan Striepeke - Makeup Edward C. Carfagno - Production Designer Nick McLean - Cinematographer Fritz Manes - Producer George P. Gaines - Set Designer Joe Unsinn - Special Effects Darin Knight - Sound/Sound Designer Wayne Van Horn - Stunts Debby Porter - Stunts Sam O. Brown - Screen Story Sam O. Brown - Screenwriter Joseph C. Stinson - Screenwriter Harold Arlen - Featured Music Cole Porter - Featured Music Harry Warren - Featured Music Ira Gershwin - Featured Music George Gershwin - Featured Music Billy Rose - Featured Music

City Heat
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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish, Por Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Por Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD1: Dolby Digital Mono DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: All-new digital transfer Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Interactive menus Eastwood film highlights Theatrical trailer Scene access Languages: English, Français, Español, and Português Subtitles: English, Français, Español, Português, Japanese, Chinese, Bahasa, Thai, and Korean MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 97 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Lou's Diner [3:34] 2. Murphy's Situation [4:36] 3. Bouncing Bonus [4:30] 4. Double-Dealer Dehl [4:02] 5. Fight Night [4:27] 6. Coll's Threat [2:51] 7. Surprise Guests [4:22] 8. Financial Rearrangements [5:19] 9. Next Truck Coming Along [4:44] 10. Just Want the Bullet [3:48] 11. Lady in Distress [3:36] 12. Good at Taking Off [3:46] 13. Meeting Ginny [4:59] 14. Still Freezing [2:00] 15. Ginny's Accident [1:32] 16. The Goods [4:20] 17. Boulevard of Bullets [3:01] 18. Speer Calls the Shots [4:30] 19. Giving it to Pitt [4:06] 20. Big Guns Come Out [3:21] 21. Heating Things Up [1:34] 22. Lady and Her Rescuers [4:56] 23. Busting Up the Game [4:20] 24. Sooner [1:54] 25. Abhorrent Violence [2:31] 26. End Credits [4:31]