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n. heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment
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Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna, and features Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. The film was inspired by Double Indemnity and Out of the Past.
The film launched Turner's career— Empire magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History". The New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her "jaw-dropping movie debut [in] Body Heat ... she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality."
The film was the directorial debut of Kasdan, screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Body Heat is a 1981 film by Lawrence Kasdan.
Body Heat may also refer to:
- Thermoregulation, the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries
- Body Heat (Blue System album)
- Body Heat (Quincy Jones album)
- " Bodyheat", a 1976 song by James Brown
- Bodyheat (album), a James Brown album containing the song
- "Body Heat", a 1989 single by Australian rock band Roxus
Body Heat is the second album by group Blue System, released in 1988.
There were 4 single releases from this album: "My Bed Is Too Big" was released in April 1988, "Under My Skin" in October 1988, "Silent Water" in December 1988 and "Love Suite" in April 1989.
Body Heat is a 1974 jazz album by Quincy Jones.
Usage examples of "body heat".
For a while he had been thirsty, but now, with his body heat siphoned, nearly torn from him by the wind, it was the cold that was beginning to make him truly uncomfortable.
Her body heat would register as a giff to any heavyworld overflight of the area.