Christopher **lan, Robert De Niro and Al Paci** 'Heat' up the Academy
Did you k**w that Al Paci**’s character in Heat was a secret cokehead? That was just one of several interesting tidbits revealed during a once-in-a-lifetime screening of Michael Mann’s 1995 crime classic on Wednesday night at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.*
**t only did the screening bring out A-listers such as Sean Penn and numerous other industry power players, but the Academy also managed to score Christopher **lan to moderate a post-screening Q&A with Paci** (Lt. Vincent Hanna), his Heat nemesis Robert De Niro (master thief Neil McCauley), and writer-director Mann. The trio were later joined onstage by a group of colleagues including Val Kilmer (De Niro’s trusted right hand Chris), Amy Brenneman (De Niro’s girlfriend Eady), Diane Ve**ra (Paci**’s third wife Justine) and Mykelti Williamson (Paci**’s LAPD partner Sgt. Drucker), among others. * Read more...