Body Heat (1981) is an American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan in his directorial debut, starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. The film launched Turner's career—Empire magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History".The New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her "jaw-dropping movie debut [in] Body Heat ... she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality". Kas