the very best films, and Body Heat (1981) is surely one of them, can be viewed and enjoyed countless times over, to be savored scene by scene and then frame by frame. the first feature to be written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, it's not only one of his best, it's also the only time you'll ever see William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston and Mickey Rourke together on the same screen. and where else, besides Double Indemnity, would you hear such classic noir dialogue as this? simply the best. god, how i love this film.