Rewatchables Reference

• The first robbery.
• The Big Boy's Diner scene (Waingro escapes).
• Edie and Neil meeting for the first time at the Broadway Deli.
• Neil's gang debates the heist near transmission towers – 'the action is the juice'.
• The coffee shop scene – Pacino and De Niro, three cameras, around take 11.
• The bank robbery and shootout.
• Neil walks away from Edie at the end.
• The ending – Hannah holding McCauley's hand as he dies on the runway near LAX.

• Keanu Reeves rumored for Chris Shiherlis – Mann says untrue, it was always Val Kilmer.
• Michael Madsen rumored for Michael Cheritto – Mann says untrue, Madsen was one of 15-20 actors considered.
• Ted Levine rumored to have wanted Bosko to avoid typecasting after Buffalo Bill – Mann says he doesn't think that's true.
• James Caan lamented on the Thief DVD commentary that Mann didn't put him in Heat – Mann confirms he never seriously considered it.
• Natalie Portman beat out Kate Winslet for the role of Lauren – Mann confirms it was a very tough choice.

• Mann's picks: Kevin Gage (Waingro) and Tom Noonan (Kelso).
• Danny Trejo, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert also mentioned.
• Kemp Staunton (Breedan's wife) singled out by Mann as particularly powerful despite a small role.

• Category is literally named after Pacino's character in this movie (the 'Vincent Hanna Overacting Award').
• Mann says he never once thought Pacino was going too far – 'He's on a high wire without a net all the time. He is fearless.'
• Earlier versions implied Hanna was doing cocaine to stay up all night, which was toned down in the final film.

• Kevin Gage (Waingro) – Mann's primary pick.
• Tom Noonan (Kelso) also highlighted by Mann.
• Dennis Haysbert (Donald Breedan) was Mann's third pick.

• Bill asks Mann which movie was his personal apex – Mann doesn't single out one film, says there were various moments in Heat when 'everything is harmony of the spheres'.
• Also mentions similar peak moments on 'The Insider', Ali (especially the Rumble in the Jungle sequence), and Mykelti Williamson as Don King.

• LA geography cheats: Mann admits Neil driving past the refineries in Terminal Island wouldn't make sense if heading to Sunset Hills, but he wanted the visual.
• After the big heist, Neil and the crew go out for a fancy Italian dinner with all the families – Mann explains Neil had no idea he was being surveilled at that point.
• Chris Shiherlis going to the basketball court after Charlene's hand signal – debate over the exact dialogue.
• Why did Edie like Neil? He's rude to her in the diner. Mann says she was lonely and just striking up a conversation with a customer she recognized.

• Bill asks if Heat could be remade as a 10-episode Netflix series.
• Mann's response: 'The idea is depressing.' He says even the best prestige TV 'just doesn't last' the way cinema does.
• Mann quotes Dino de Laurentiis: 'There's a small screen and then there's the big screen.'

• Never fall for a guy with no furniture.
• Never leave a living witness.
• Never sell bearer bonds back to the guy you stole them from.
• If you're dating a married lady and her husband is a robbery homicide detective, have her come to your place.
• Never have anything in your life that you can't walk away from in 30 seconds if the heat's around the corner.

Winner: Michael Mann – both Bill and Chris voted for Mann on the Reheat as well, saying this was an artist's movie from beginning to end, the culmination of a 15-year journey.