okay, HEAT: SPECIAL EDITION DVD is coming this winter/Christmas shopping season, along with the DVD release of Michael Mann's COLLATERAL(which itself was quite good).

Anyway, the HEAT I assume will be part of the TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION line at Warner Brothers with 2 discs that contain at least a Michael Mann audio commentary track(sweet!), a 1 hour-plus documentary on the film, etc.

Of course from a dirty little bird I know, but not sure if its true or not, I heard that WB considered seriously putting L.A. TAKEDOWN on the HEAT SE DVD, mainly the 2nd disc.

As HEAT fans know, L.A. TAKEDOWN was the unsuccessful TV pilot that Michael Mann wrote/directed from his original HEAT script, then which years later he finally made HEAT the theatrical motion picture.

Either way, I would expect someone like Anchor Bay Entertainment to put out L.A. TAKEDOWN out on Region 1 DVD...but who knows!