'Heat' Director Michael Mann Honors Late Star Val Kilmer

Heat director Michael Mann responded to Val Kilmer’s death with a heartwarming tribute.

Mann released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter commemorating Kilmer, with whom he worked on the 1995 crime thriller which starred Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Kilmer played family man and robbery mastermind Chris Shiherlis in the film, which is considered to be one of the greatest thrillers ever made.

“While working with Val on Heat, I always marveled at the range, the brilliant variability...