Heat

Oct 6 1972 R 1h 42m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.

Plot

Joey, an unemployed ex-child actor, uses sex to get his landlady, Lydia, to reduce his rent, and then tries to exert his influence on Sally, who is now washed-up and wasn't even more than slightly important at the height of her career. She tries to help him, until he realizes that she just isn't well-connected enough to be of any service to him. The affair is complicated by Sally's psychotic, maybe-lesbian-or-maybe-not daughter Jessica, who tries to muscle in on her mother's relationship with Joey.

Written by

Paul Morrissey, John Hallowell

Directed by

Paul Morrissey

Cast

Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Andy Warhol Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
1,931
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA