The movie also kicked off the careers of Mickey Rourke and the ta p-dancing prosecutor - another ex-Doctors cast member - Ted Danson. Turner had been a regular on The Doctors. Known mostly for his work in theater, Hurt had won good notices for Altered States. The only star with any name recognition was Richard Crenna, whose lengthy résumé of film and TV work was topped by the The Real McCoys. Out next year, Darling Companion, starring Kevin Kline and Diane Keaton. Body Heat was his first shot at directing. Kasdan had written The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Too bad the company filmed under the radar. The company used the now-demolished Scotia Plantation in Hypoluxo for exteriors and some sexy scenes between Hurt and Turner. But I didn’t get involved, other than to approve the applications.”Ī vacant store at the corner of Lucerne and Dixie was converted into Stella’s Diner and a vacant lot across the street became a used car lot that caused some confusion for one commissioner until Dorsey reminded him about the film.

“The City Commission said it would be fine as long as filming didn’t disturb the city and affect its ability to do business. “The producers went to the city manager and asked what they had to do,” Dorsey recalled. Then-Mayor Dennis Dorsey was in his heyday - utilities were cheap, the city was growing - but at the time the movie wasn’t that big a deal to him. “I spent the 20 bucks or so I got in my Central Casting paycheck on cough medicine, as I recall. Filming went on overnight and during breaks I got hot tea from a Chinese food shop that stayed open for the business. And Kathleen Turner was getting spritzed to look like she was perspiring. “All the extras had sweaters and jackets, which we had to push down out of sight in the seats whenever the camera rolled. “Though it was supposed to be a heat wave, it was in fact quite cold out,” Preuss recalled. Victoria Preuss of West Palm Beach (and a copy editor for The Coastal Star) then lived in Hollywood and was an extra in that supposedly steamy beach scene that actually was shot 50 miles south at a band shell on Hollywood Beach. The movie may have sizzled, but the weather didn’t. The Palm Beach Post ran a brief note about casting for 400 extras and a few weeks later added a photograph of writer/director Lawrence Kasdan. Hard to believe the film that made Lake Worth famous was released 30 years ago.Īctually, the movie, which ignited the careers of several stars, was shot in November and December of 1980, with little fanfare. That’s the appraisal Kathleen Turner made of William Hurt in Body Heat. Posted by Mary Kate Leming on Augat 14:32

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