Very few people have looked as awesome with ugly, matted hair as Al Pacino as he is attempting to rob a bank while getting the people of the city on his side. вЂњDog Day Afternoon.вЂќ ItвЂ™s an insanely hot New York day, it says so right in the title of Sidney LumetвЂ™s stone-cold '70s classic. Get your stinking paws off him, you damn dirty apes (because it is way too hot to be touched).ДҐ.

ItвЂ™s Taylor (Charlton Heston, chewing every bit of scenery that isnвЂ™t nailed down) who is shirtless and suffering in the sun. In the original, the apes look totally fine they are used to the heat. вЂњPlanet of the Apes.вЂќ This is the original we are talking about, not the misbegotten 2001 remake nor the more recent and much better reboots. And all those parts that ain't water already will surely be flooded.вЂќ) to the carnal (вЂњIt ain't never too hot or never too cold for (REDACTED)вЂќ). Features plenty of commentary on the weather from the prophetic (вЂњWell, gentlemen, the way I see it, if this hot weather continues, it's going to melt the polar caps and the whole, wide world. It also happens to be one of the greatest and most important American movies ever made, not to mention incredibly smart and deeply entertaining. вЂќDo the Right ThingвЂќ tells us immediately that it is set on the hottest day of the year, which adds to its mythic, classical-tragedy qualities. 'Do the Right Thing.вЂќ This occupies the top spot for a few reasons. LISTEN: The Heat Week edition of our podcast, 'I Love You So Much':ДЎ. Here are 10 movies that use heat brilliantly, and as we all know, the best thing about a movie set in the summer is that you can watch it in ice-cold air conditioning.

It sets a mood, it keeps tensions tight, it alters moods, it keeps everyone uncomfortable and on edge. Lake Worth even got a mention in the closing credits.Heat, as in the summer swelter, often functions almost as a character in motion pictures.

Hurt and Turner would soon receive Oscar nominations (with Hurt winning in the best actor category for 1985's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'), while Kasdan would receive further acclaim for directing and writing 1983's 'The Big Chill' and 1988's 'The Accidental Tourist,' both of which also starred Hurt.ДЇor South Florida and Palm Beach County (known as Okeelanta County in the movie), 'Body Heat' proved to be a bankable product that provided clout for the region. Produced on a modest (by Hollywood standards) budget of $9 million, 'Body Heat' would go on to gross more than $24 million at the domestic box office, becoming both a commercial and critical success. There's even a scripted mention of it when Ned first meets the man he'll eventually kill. Peter Burke/WPTV In this screen shot from the 1981 movie 'Body Heat,' William Hurt wears an FSU shirt while Ted Danson talks to him in this scene that was filmed in Lake Worth Beach, Fla. Set in the fictitious South Florida town of Miranda Beach, the steamy pulp crime drama stars Hurt as a disreputable lawyer who is lured into killing the wealthy husband (Richard Crenna) of a femme fatale (Kathleen Turner, making her film debut) with whom he is having an affair.ДЄlthough the Broward County municipality of Hollywood also stood in for Miranda Beach, Lake Worth (as it was known at the time) is the unquestioned star when it comes to screen time.ДЄ vacant store at the corner of Dixie Highway and Lucerne Avenue in what is now known as Lake Worth Beach was converted into Stella's Coffee Shop (813 Lucerne Ave.), where Hurt's Ned Racine and Danson's assistant deputy prosecutor Peter Lowenstein spend their time discussing Turner's Matty Walker and other women ('I happen to know that Glenda is seriously involved with a narc from Palm Beach,' Jane Hallaren, who plays Stella in the movie, tells them). 'You're not very smart, are you? I like that in a man.' 'When Ted is dancing on the pier and Bill is in shorts and a T-shirt, it was freezing.' 'You know that most of the movie takes place at night and it was especially cold, but we were trying to create the impression of heat,' Kasdan told the Post in 2000. Much of the movie was filmed in Palm Beach County.Д«ut the unseasonably cool temperatures would prove to be the ultimate illusion for the scripted heat wave, as actors William Hurt and Ted Danson could attest. Peter Burke/WPTV This is the DVD cover for the 1981 movie 'Body Heat,' starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner.

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