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Heat (1995)
In Michael Mann's cop thriller, featuring DeNiro's
and Pacino's first appearance together on-screen:
- the exciting opening sequence of a deadly heist
by criminal mastermind Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) and a gang,
taking possession of a Gage armored-van in Los Angeles, with the
criminal bank robbers posing as paramedics wearing hockey-goalie
masks, to steal $1.6 million in bearer bonds
- the first wary, face-off meeting between aging professionals:
LAPD top cop LAPD Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and Neil McCauley
over a cup of coffee in a coffee-shop/diner when they talked - "like
a couple of regular fellows" - about their respective lives
and duties
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LAPD Lt. Vincent Hanna
(Al Pacino)
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Neil McCauley
(Robert DeNiro)
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- the climactic final botched heist of the downtown
LA branch of the Far East National Bank, and the subsequent shootout
on city streets, when two of the bank robbers, McCauley and his
partner, wounded Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), were able to hold
off and escape from the authorities with expert gun-handling and
duck-and-cover tactics
- the conclusion, on an LAX airport tarmac, when Hanna
single-handedly pursued McCauley and mortally wounded him, after
which he took McCauley's hand as he died
LAX Airport Tarmac Concluding Shoot-Out
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Opening Robbery of Armored Van in Los Angeles
Climactic Bank Heist and Shootout with LAPD
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