"Not only was it formally ambitious and wildly influential, but it also represented the first time that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro had ever shared a screen. This, more than anything, was the film's big draw. Two men, each justifiably thought of as the greatest actor to ever work in the medium, bristling against each other in real time."
"Their scene together in the diner was billed as the greatest spectacle in cinema since King Kong climbed the Empire State Building. Pacino v De Niro was Fischer v Spassky. It was Einstein v Bohr. It was Foreman v Ali. There was genuinely no way to overstate how momentous the pairing was. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat. Photograph: Ronald Grant"
Michael Mann's Heat (1995) had a major cultural impact and marked the first on-screen meeting of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, highlighted by a famed diner scene. Both actors were framed as towering cinematic figures and their pairing was likened to historic rivalries across chess, science and boxing. Decades later, Pacino and De Niro have combined forces for a joint brand campaign for luxury outerwear label Moncler. The campaign so far includes black-and-white photographs of the two actors and a YouTube video featuring two empty chairs, using nostalgia and star power to sell puffer jackets.
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