L.A. Takedown

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L.A. Takedown is a 1989 television crime film directed by Michael Mann that served as the prototype for his later feature film Heat.

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L.A. Takedown canonical 2
L.A. Crimewave 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
crime film
television film
basedOn unproduced TV pilot by Michael Mann
cinematographyBy Ron Garcia
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Michael Mann
distributor NBC
editor Dov Hoenig
genre crime
drama
police procedural
hasCastMember Alex McArthur
Daniel Baldwin
Ely Pouget
Michael Rooker
Peter Dobson
Richard Chaves
Scott Plank
Vincent Guastaferro
Xander Berkeley
hasTheme bank robbery
cat-and-mouse pursuit
police investigation
professional crime
hasWorkingTitle L.A. Takedown self-linksurface differs
surface form: L.A. Crimewave
mainCharacter professional thief
robbery-homicide detective
musicBy Gerald Gouriet NERFINISHED
notableFor being prototype for Heat (1995 film)
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
partOf Michael Mann filmography
producer Michael Mann
productionCompany Michael Mann Productions
releaseYear 1989
runtimeMinutes 90
screenFormat made-for-television
screenwriter Michael Mann
servesAsPrototypeFor Heat (1995 film)
settingLocation Los Angeles
sharesPlotElementsWith Heat (1995 film)
timePeriodOfSetting late 1980s

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Dante Spinotti notableWork L.A. Takedown
Heat basedOn L.A. Takedown
subject surface form: Heat (1995 film)
L.A. Takedown hasWorkingTitle L.A. Takedown self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: L.A. Crimewave