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Murphy then proceeded to conduct a number of interviews outside the club to demonstrate that women actually enjoyed their visit. All of those questioned by Murphy said they had fun at the party although one complained that the "guys are a little bit sleazier" than at the other clubs and another said that there were too many women...
...other characters in the movie have too little substance to really care about, although it's hard not to be bowled over by 20-year-old Tyson's exotic beauty, and Michael Caine as chief bad guy has never been sleazier. Simone's evil sadistic ponce turns out to be a standard slick pimp, and the tragic Cathy is just another spacey blonde waif with a drug problem--and with a hard-to-believe twist, as we discover at the end of the movie...
...there is something distant and unemotional about the way Benton presents her mysterious case. As the movie proceeds, one finds oneself examining its references (Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Psycho, Spellbound) rather than getting truly involved with the story. Soon a longing for the rat-tat-tattiness of sleazier Hitchcock knockoffs like Dressed to Kill steals over the viewer...
...parts to chew on." Body Heat is full of meaty characters and pungent performances-Ted Danson as a tap-dancing prosecutor, J.A. Preston as a dogged detective, and especially Mickey Rourke as a savvy young ex-con who looks and acts as if he could be Ned's sleazier twin brother. Kathleen Turner's Matty mixes come-hither looks with a sultry, baritone voice. This is a creature of fire and ice, with no intermediate shadings of warmth or aloofness. Thanks largely to her presence, Body Heat is a film to be seen at a drive...
...well before the public had even seen the show. The ensuing fuss helped make last week's Soap premiere (TIME, Sept. 12) into something like a national event. And the campaign has only begun. Church strategists who have had a bootlegged look at future and, they contend, far sleazier episodes of Soap expect public antagonism to build steadily...