Heat Shootout Behind the Scenes Feature

[JackeShanTwo]

One of the best shoot out scene ever.

[pccoder2671]

Awesome movie. I almost selected a life of heists and high end crime because of it.

Instead I completed college and am a 15 year software developer and architect. I often wonder how things could have been if I'd made different decisions.

[kdum8]

@pccoder2671 lol, chances are you'd either be dead or in prison. Software developer sounds like the better choice to me!

[piliage]

How good is this film? The Marines have shown this scene to recruits as an example of how to execute a tactical withdraw under fire.

[troglodyto]

wow this looks like it was actually dangerous to film--- blanks can kill!! and they're shooting so close to each other.. :O

[diditdieify]

@trollcrusher242 Nice.

[jakoson7]

i am the third person to thumb down the video. ha.

[trollcrusher242]

A HIGHLY underrated film.

One of my my most favourite films ever (along with Apocalypse Now).

So much so, that I was able to track down an autographed Heat theatrical poster signed by Al Pachino, Robert DeNiro, and Val Kilmer. One of my most prized posessions. :P

Killer shootout scene. One of the best in cinematic history.

:)

[adsahar]

@trollcrusher242 I'd so want such as poster too. This is along couple more, one of the best movies ever made.

[trollcrusher242]

@adsahar

I was able to get mine a little over ten years ago.

I believe that I paid close to $400 for it.

Not sure what it is worth now.

;-)

[hurleyOC]

val kilmer did change his mag real quick

[codename617]

In my opinion, the greatest shootout ever filmed. You've got a gangster/western feel to the cops n robbers in the scene and all the training they got differences with how the careful police used their weapons as opposed to the careless criminals kinda had a sense of realism. And to think, not long after this movie, the LAPD faced big shootout in north hollywood.

[60515so]

Great movie, its up there with Training Day

[InsaneSnipesIZI]

Danny Trejo, CALL OF THE DEAD ZOMBIES!

[kuldeepbabbar]

Ahh blacked out man

[91exile]

Heat and dark night are the 2 best movies ive seen in 20 years

[djmixmac]

@91exile Both have excellent bank robbery action sequences.

[moviebuff383]

..HEAT makes The Town look like disney land ;)

[FrshJurassicPrnceYA]

@DJSexLeopard i respect that!

[TheVladimirovich13]

i love Heat movie best movie me i love qqqqq

[redneck500]

AWESOME!

[granpapi29]

@blacksound87its MACHETE!

[nkingman]

@DJSexLeopard I gave your comment a thumbs down... LOL.

[activedentalfloss]

Best film shootout ever.

[PrimeTimeJokesta]

NO Oscar nominations for this movie? None? Unbelievable!

[waldentree]

Best fucking movie ever

[orlandothx]

90's Cinema gold age.

[greytailz]

Sizemore called it a "trip" get it?

[MrAxeEdent]

Marines saying "get out of my Army?" Should have been "get out of my corp!"

[TheOnlyRiktor]

oh man, this would be a highlight of being in a movie like Heat. Learning to operate a rifle properly by professionals!

[flattop44sc]

Tried to get Mann to put my team of trained spider monkeys in the movie, refused.We robbed a bank in east LA once, got almost 300,000 in food stamps.

[TheRumJumbie]

@flattop44sc

Those food stamps taste terrible...

BTW, NEVER use baboons. It ain't pretty, I'll tell ya that.

[flattop44sc]

@TheRumJumbie Hear ya Bro, won't make that mistake twice,them babs is a bitch

[Greenmailerr]

@THEKAKI2012 I know this is old just pointing out more not- noing-ness. it's a magazine... not a "clip", a clip is something you find in M1 Garand... but you could try and put a bloc clip in an M4, I mean, it'd work in call of duty...winning

[TalesOfWar]

@Greenmailerr Clips are used to reload magazines too these days, their new roll after magazines became detachable rather than an internal thing.

[RICHYrichMEOW]

so your the famous johnny 23, it would be johnny 600 if they knew the truth!! :)

[KeithWasHere1]

val needs to get that thing taken off his face...looks weird.

[cleancutish]

MIKE MANN IS THE SHIT : ) GREAT MOVIE

[jimbobhk2009]

@cleancutish his shootouts are more realistic because he doesn't use fake gun sound effects, they're genuine

[Sablicious]

Wonder what kind of shame Hollywood feel when they look back on films like this compared to the bile they vomit up today...

[TheDonkyPuncher]

@Sablicious They probably do several lines of cocaine then proceed to roll around in their millions of dollars and then fuck super models, and probably feel pretty great about themselves, sad but true.

[Sablicious]

@TheDonkyPuncher lol @ fucking super models!

Masturbation would be far more satisfying than those dopey, skeletal coke whores.

[ancalites]

@Sablicious Shame? These asshats laugh all the way to the bank. They know exactly what they're doing and want to do it. Of course they don't feel any shame.

[dreamybear1]

@Sablicious well said. i wonder that too.

[kimbite]

Very good chinese movies ..........thai i ever seen

[cljohnston108]

Still amazes me that "Andy McNab" (a pseudonym) can be a best-selling author and movie consultant, and manage to keep his identity secret.

Go ahead, try and find a picture of the guy on Google!

[kdum8]

@cljohnston108 his image comes up straight away along with his real name.

[coop2587]

THEY NEED TO RE-RELEASE THIS MOVIE IN THEATERS FOR EVERYONE THAT WASN'T FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE IT IN '95!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[7Rayo13]

@coop2587

I was 15 in '95 so I couldn't get in. Even though I have seen this movie countless times (it's my favorite movie) and have the DVD, I would watch this in an IMAX theater just for the shoot-out scene alone.

[KusanagiMotoko100]

@coop2587 not a good idea cause they would digitally replace all the guns with radios....

[bigstabby]

@iknowwhereyoulive006 I would have to.lol I'm still always shocked/suprised as soon as Val Kilmer starts firing. If I could watch one scene in all of film history, in theaters, it would be that scene.lol

[desmondoo75]

The man blacked out is fomer SAS soilder

[TinnFroll86]

Awesome flick!! This shootout is tremendously fantastic, passing the barriers of The Wild Bunch and Hard Boiled, two other classics featuring memorable shootouts.

[jeffell]

Steven Mitchell, I mean Andy McNab, did a decent job as a tech advisor to this film.

[jorge091167]

2:13 LOL... well which is it, Val? The Marines or the Army?

[zerker12568901]

The cops come way too fast they literally know of the heist as soon as the robbers are unholstering their weapons! seriously !

[McRighty]

@zerker12568901 Van Zandt, the business man who betrayed them tipped off the cops, after being tipped off by Waingro. Remember?

[Coxailkopf]

1:34 Same move like Tom Cruise in Collateral ;)

[berner]

Man... if suddenly the entire population of the world became T1000's over night, we could all do cool shit like this and not have to worry about dieing!

[BlackJack52688]

Give me a sar-3 any day it shoots like a m-4 cause it takes the same round (223) but has a body of an Ak-47 so it gots accuracy and durability all in one. I know cause I own one :)

[LANO500]

Robbers around the world watch this movie first and then they rob banks, tryin to act like pacino or de niro

[UrbanTiger74]

OUTSTANDING!

[ElSlunko]

& this is why we use this scene from Heat to test out any new sound systems the family gets. Okay so it's not scientific but it sure is fun.

[10100003]

zero dislikes, the way it should be

[bigstabby]

All movies should have the actual sounds of the gunfire. One thing that always kills me about virtually all movies with guns, is the sounds of gunfire. I can always count on Michael Mann in this regard. In fact, the only non-Mann film I've seen that used actual gunfire sounds and tactics as realistic was Way of the Gun. Why on Earth use artificial sounds? Gunfire sounds so amazing and captivating. It demands attention and gets the heart racing. Especially in Heat.

[spins321]

@bigstabby You make a great point, Bigstabby. I never really understood why that scene, of all others I've ever seen, was so captivating. I never knew they used the real sounds, and that's what sets this apart. As they said, the sound is horrifying, the report reverberates in your brain and it literally makes you want to dive for cover or find something to fire back with. Truly amazing.

[bigstabby]

@spins321 Most definately! I envy everyone who got to watch this in theaters...

[gregbeth33]

The only thing that would have made the bad guys win, would have been a few smoke grenades. You can't shoot at what you don't see.

[Ke1ithLemon]

One of my fave films...very slick very well filmed

[THEKAKI2012]

the part when he changing the clip is unrealistic. he needs to pull the handle first so the bullet will go to the chamber .

[nkingman]

@THEKAKI2012 He slapped the bolt release with his left hand, chambering a new round.

[PinataMan]

@nkingman Correct

[yortzandat]

@nkingman Because the bolt release is on the left hand side. It's the way I too was taught to fire this weapon.

[gregbeth33]

@THEKAKI2012 not really, when the magazine is empty the bolt will ride to the rear and wait for a mag exchange. On the left of the rifle is a mag release, slap it and the bold carrier slides the bolt forward chambering another round. Takes less than 2 sec.

[burnyourhonda]

@THEKAKI2012 You would only need to pull the bolt if the bolt was closed and the chamber was empty. Those weapons (usually civilian variants) operate from the open bolt position, so when he dropped his mag, the bolt was open and the chamber was empty. He inserted the new one, with the bolt still open, hit the bolt release, and chambered a new round. It was correct in every way. If the weapon operated from a closed bolt, then yes, he would need to pull back the charging handle

[DEFkon001]

@THEKAKI2012 The AR15/M16/M4 family of rifles incorporate a bolt hold feature. When the follower of an empty magazine is exposed it puts pressure on an internal mechanism that locks the bolt to the rear. After inserting a loaded magazine an operator can either slap the bolt release, or pull the charging handle and let it return to chamber a new round. Keep in mind this was 1995. It was cheaper and easier to use real rifles with blanks than airsoft props + post production CGI.

[wonewin]

@THEKAKI2012 man, a guy who calls a magazine a 'clip' dosent deserve to say that

[laffyta2]

@THEKAKI2012 Hey dumbass. Learn you're weapons before you make a stupid ass comment like that. He does NOT need to pull the Charging handle on the M733 back to rechamber a round.

The bolt locks back after the last round is fired, and when he puts a fresh magazine into the weapon the 'Bolt release' that is a small button on the left side of the receiver of the Colt gets pushed and it closes the bolt, thus allowing for the weapon to cycle the whole magazine over again.

[TheKenfig]

@laffyta2 All live amo was used during the filming

[dakeyjake]

@THEKAKI2012 It's actually a magazine, not a clip.

[HelloNewYorkCity]

@THEKAKI2012 did you operate one before? please.

[neard2000]

HOLY SHIT ITS MACHETE!!! 1:14

[lowsten]

Val Kilmer's quick mag change is my favorite part in the shootout.

[Fahstudios13579]

one of the only directors that isnt an idiot with sound, Mann's the man

[diablocoolo]

0:46 Lars Ulrich ??

[diablocoolo]

One of the most underrated movies EVER, The dark knight= sucks HEAT= RULES

[opmike343]

@diablocoolo

The Dark Night is in a different genre, and it doesn't "suck". And what makes you think Heat is underrated? The film has garnered almost universal acclaim. You don't hear much press about it because it's a 16 year old film.

[seanjeaici]

@diablocoolo Heat got massive acclaim in '95 and ya Heat's the Godfather of action movies. Dark Knight's awesome.Heat is not underrated is rated the way it is.AWESOME!!!!

[heavensarmory]

I love this Movie, but I cant believe you took the chance of failing a plan with an AR15 platform! lol

Ah, help, my Ar-15 Jammed! give me your weapon! lol

[hafetysazard]

@heavensarmory AR-15 platform is simple and very reliable. Do you own an AR?

[heavensarmory]

@hafetysazard - AR...not a chance with all the other goodies on the market.

I'm sure they satisfy most people though. An AR15 lower from polymer is out on the market as of now too.

I've bought the ACR, MSAR E4, Sig556, Rom. AK, Benelli M4, Franchi Spas12, Saiga12, just to start.

People are choosy. The AR just never impressed me besides the weight.

[professorshooter]

@hafetysazard

I own one, and its beautiful. Love the AR design

[InsanityManifest]

@heavensarmory

The AR-15 isn't really a bad gun. The whole "jamming" thing comes from the first M16's that rolled out during the Vietnam war which jammed like motherfuckers. Their choice makes sense though. Their carbines are compact and can be contained even in a jacket or heavy coat, the mags are compact enough to be worn on vests in their suits, the ammo is lighter than lugging around .308, and the accuracy doesn't hurt either.

Still, I'd rather have that Galil or AMD-65 with a drum mag.

[IMFDB]

@heavensarmory AR-15 jams are mostly caused in dusty environments such as the Irag/Afghanistan desert. Their in downtown Los Angeles with pavement covering the sand, all you need is to oil the gun up!

[ziggerification]

so what type of gun did they use for the mivoe .was it a movie gun or something @ 5:10-5:29

[4head11]

@ziggerification In that scene 5:10-5:29, It was a Colt Model 733

[zatoichi12345]

i loved it until val kilmer says clips :(

[hogger129]

This has to be the most realistic shootout I've seen in a movie before.

[haty24]

0:23 is he shooting fucking Rick Astley?

[nkingman]

@savage8008 Oh yeah, people get shot in LA all the time. ;-)

[GzUxclan]

@savage8008 They weren't live rounds. They were blanks.

[Paulosinitriozia]

@savage8008 no, live rounds on the shooting range, on the streets they use blanks

[hogger129]

@savage8008 - They trained on a range with live rounds. During filming they were using blank-converted guns.

[cod4isthebest324]

@savage8008 there are these cool things called blank rounds, they load just like normal cartridges and when fired create the same muzzle flash and sounds but without the flying shards of metal death

[TejasM14]

@savage8008 Yeah the did do it for real but with blank bullets though.

[jerseyemt]

@savage8008 No, they used live rounds during training at a shooting range, and used blanks when they filmed the scene.

[excaliber454]

@savage8008 You're a moron

[gmpm]

this is just incredibly cool

[AngelDecoys]

Gun shot sounds are NOT horrifying - its a symphony to shave to

[juice25210]

800 to 1000 rounds per take? holy shit that sounds fun

[MitchellCT]

Heat. The best movie of all fucking time.

[manns101101]

are the actors wearing hearing protection in the final scenes?

[Excalibur01]

@manns101101 I think actors in any more would always wear some kind of ear protection

[taylorferry7]

2:19

No one in the military says clip.

[SecretService80]

@taylorferry7 First he said "mag" then when he said "clip" (the first time) he was referring to the video clip, but yes, he called a magazine a clip...GRRR

[taylorferry7]

2:19 Clip lol

[SunnySkyNL]

I think that the choice to use the real sounds from the location is absolutely brilliant, and because of the sound and the amazing shootout this is one of the best shootout scenes in a movie ever when it comes to realism.

[banerjeea2]

hey, whats the background music???i suppose in violin... can you please let me know??? i have been searching for it since a long time...

[sweetmrniceguy]

this is the most highly organized shootout scene i have ever scene......their technique is so realistic

[shazaibkhan88]

pachino was shouting too much in this movie a lot of people notcied that since scarface in everymovie of pachino he shouts in most of the scenes deniro and kilmer were great

[gerby90]

this is the best shootout i have EVER seen. now that i've seen this, its become only better. they were so right keeping the original sounds. this is the only shootout i've seen that actually scared me when i first saw (and heard) it.. damn...

[azsmoke]

@gerby90 hey i know what u mean when i saw heat in the movie theater i felt like i was in the city when that shit popped off . it made my stomach sick i loved it

[deltajuliet]

@gerby90 Check out The Way of the Gun. It has the only shootout I'd argue is better.

[alphacause]

Wow! I did not realize that they got the most famous SAS soldier, Andy McNab, to train these guys. Now you have to give Michael Mann and the producers major respect for wanting this caliber of training for their actors, so as to add real authenticity to the film. You can't ask for more than getting one the most esteemed special forces soldiers, from one of the most legendary special forces units in the world - the SAS.

[3A7C]

During the target practice training, wonder if the cast kept bugging Pacino about the Scarface M16/M203 line.

[outkasst88]

@3A7C hahaha I think it would be even funnier if he brought it up himself, out of nowhere and with full intensity: "Say hello to my little fren!"

[fooloof]

sometimes random stuff, like the chink of a fork hitting a plate in a dinner scene, is done in post production by foley artists. footsteps, the rattle of keys, everything.

obviously, the main focus of any sound mixer is the dialogue and sometimes other sounds don't get picked up as well. so they get added later. and sometimes they have to dub in dialogue later, too. it's called ADR.

[OptimusPrimeribs]

I don't get it. If the real sound from the guns firing was so horrifying, why was all the sound created in a studio as the people in the video state?

[EugeneGer]

@OptimusPrimeribs They are talking about all the skyscrapers and how terrible that was so I guess because there was too much echo.

[69crafty]

best film EVER (in my opinion, fucking masterpiece) and it didn`t win ONE Oscar!? wheres the justice!?

[ohhhlethal]

Best movie action-sequence to this day. Mann's level of professionalism and authenticity is a new standard.

[maximuslaurius]

Mick gould is also SAS and trained tom cruise for collateral.

[killermod0]

just thinking about it... HOW FUN WOULD IT HAVE BEEN TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SCENE?

[Sovvolf]

@killermod0 Just imagine the look on the actors faces when Mick Gould and Andy McNab walked in. "Hello gentlemen, were Ex.S.A.S veterans and were going to teach you how to shoot guns and rob banks". When you have the S.A.S teaching you how to rob a bank and shoot guns...You are going to know how to rob a bank and shoot a gun. But yeah this is why I like Manns films, he hires the best of the best for training just to make the scene look and feel authentic. Also thumbs up for keeping Prod-sounds.

[killermod0]

@Sovvolf I know right? Now do all these tactical moves wearing a big bad and wearing nice suits haha. And I agree with you, badass realism can be better than badass Hollywood-ism.

[killermod0]

ANDY MCNAB! he's a good guy.

[kromed01]

@killermod0 actually he is a cock. He was responsible for the failure of Bravo Two Zero.

[zaphr89]

@kromed01 Omg here comes the armchair general, i bet you would've done it better, right?

[astrologio]

Andy McNab? isn't he in that Special Air Service group?

[AtticWarrior1994]

...wait, Andy MacNab? The 'Bravo Two-Zero' guy? Wow, they lucked out.

[fixdeluxe1]

One of the best shootouts ever!

[alessiosbudah123]

@fixdeluxe1 no, the best shootout ever, i remember first watching this, i was blown away, i was listening to it with bose surround sound, i can not describe how immersed i was in the movie, i felt like i was there, thoughts in my mind were (holllyyyy SHIIIIIIIIIIT!") and ("AHHHHHHHHHHH!")

[pe6obutilkata]

@fixdeluxe1 THE best

[hitmanash1]

@fixdeluxe1 no,correction the best shootout ever!!

[PRBBEUSMC]

God val K has to get rid of that awful ingrown hair on his right cheek. lol

[buick3074]

Lol, we had 1 whole day of firearms training. We were experienced. Jokers

[CitizenKANE2277]

I'm glad that Michael Mann keeps production sounds for shootouts. Edited gunshots sound too superficial.

[sparks444]

"the marines show these maggots, if you cant change a clip as fast as this actor then get out of my ARMY"

*pause for every single marine to headpalm at hollywood*

[Damoskinos]

this films sounds fantastic on DTS

[deadcell626]

Must be hard acting natural with so many crew members just outside the set.

[argus91]

WoH ! Ok ! Andy Mc Nab as technical weapons advisor ! ? I understand now why this film is the best shootout ever.

[USNavySEALs34]

@argus91 Haha exactly what i was thinking

[dojufitz]

How sad does it look to see Bob Deniro running round in front of 40 film people pretending to shoot people? lol!

[beentheredonethatm8]

Just curious how do they do the special effects for bullet holes for car doors and windows? and rickoshaying effects? how are they done? what is the procedure? thanks

[Ceejayanthirium]

@beentheredonethatm8 thats the same question i would like to know, i hate the CGI style, the older movies looks so real, i would love to do it too

[BelYo]

they use small devices called "squibs". Basically a miniature fire cracker or pneumatic device, look it up on Google, quite interesting!

[BelYo]

Oh and if you want to know more about those types of special effects take a look at the making of of Bad boys I and II. I believe in Bad boys II they show how a car is rigged with squibs and wires ;) I think I've got the dvd somewhere around here, I can upload the making of if you like.

[asterix645]

yes please do upload the making of that movie, I am an aspiring filmmaker and it would be great to see how the professionals use FX and that.

[TCFan25]

Alot of people dont know that McNab is a pseudonym...not his real name

[Sockerfader]

awesome