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Directed by | Paul Morrissey |
Written by | Paul Morrissey
John Hallowell[1] |
Produced by | Andy Warhol |
Starring | Joe Dallessandro Sylvia Miles Andrea Feldman |
Cinematography | Paul Morrissey |
Edited by | Jed Johnson[2] |
Music by | John Cale |
Distributed by | Levitt-Pickman |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15,000[3] |
Box office | $2,000,000[3] |
Heat is a 1972 American comedy drama film written and directed by Paul Morrissey, produced by Andy Warhol, scored by John Cale, and starring Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles and Andrea Feldman. The film was conceived by Warhol as a parody of the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. It is the final installment of the "Paul Morrissey Trilogy" produced by Warhol, following Flesh (1968) and Trash (1970).
The film depicts the life of a former child actor, who has become a male prostitute. He has an affair with a former starlet who tries to revive his acting career. Since she is a former actress herself, her assistance is useless to him.