Robert De Niro & Scott Plank | Heat & L.A. Takedown | Video Essay

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In 1979, Michael Mann wrote an early 180-page draft of a complex, multi-layered crime drama based on the experiences of the Chicago ex-police officer Chuck Adamson.
After the end of Miami Vice, NBC commissioned Mann to produce a new television series. Mann felt the draft would make a good pilot episode. He took the 180-page screenplay and edited out roughly 110 pages to make room for a 90-minute pilot. However, the new series was not picked up by the network. Instead, it was released as a television film entitled L.A. Takedown.
After directing The Last of the Mohicans, Mann decided to remake L.A. Takedown into a wide release cinema feature. He viewed the film as a dry run for the original story. He returned to his 180-page original script and in 1995 Heat was premiered to widespread acclaim.
Heat was the first time Al Pacino and Robert De Niro shared the screen. An epic duo for a masterpiece. LA Takedown starred Scott Plank and Alex McArthur.
The dialogues of the movies are almost the same, so for this Video Essay I've decided to take the famous diner scene in which the police detective and the bank robber shared a conversation, and make a new version combining both performances. Al Pacino and Alex McArthur and Robert De Niro and Scott Plank. Hopefully throughout this mash up we'll see the subtle (and not so subtle) differences in the performances.

Link for the Al Pacino & Alex McArthur video:    • Al Pacino & Alex McArthur | Heat & L.A. Ta...  

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