LA Takedown Re-Edited (HEAT Style Scene/Waingro Escapes)

Описание: For this project, I wanted to recreate the scene where Waingro escapes from Neil/Patrick & his crew after botching the armored truck job and escalating it into a murder one beef for all of 'em. In LA Takedown however, they do in fact pay off Waingro and let him go but Waingro pursues them in the parking lot and that's where they decide to take him out (in broad daylight), whether they knew he would react that way or not is anyone's guess. I enhanced the audio and dialogue from LA Takedown as best I could along with the audio levels of the music so everything fit nicely. The music used in this scene which also appears in Heat is… "Heat” by Kronos Quartet. I used certain sound effects from Heat to add to the portions I had to lower to avoid having the background music from LA Takedown be heard.

I'll start by saying, Michael Mann's HEAT is my favorite movie of all time. To me, it's a perfect film in every way. I will also say, without shame that I own 11 different copies of Heat across multiple formats! In 1989, Michael Mann directed a made for TV film called LA Takedown which he has referred to as his prototype for his future film which was made into Heat. Given the small budget, it is difficult to have seen Heat and go on to watch LA Takedown but after multiple viewings, it is a lot of fun to watch. LA Takedown has grown on me a lot over the years and I love pointing out scenes from it that would be remade later on. As of right now, the film only exists on VHS and DVD although the DVD seems to be a direct rip of a VHS copy. Finally, the actor playing Vincent Hanna here is Scott Plank who tragically died in a car wreck in 2002 at the age of 43. The film "Holes" in which he starred is dedicated to him. Hope you enjoy!