APOCALYPSE ANONYMOUS by
ATOSHI ANARKOMOTO
In an interview with Al Pacino on the DVD Special Edition of "Heat" (1995), Pacino revealed that for the scene in the restaurant between the characters Hanna and McCauley, Robert De Niro felt that the scene should not be rehearsed so that the unfamiliarity between the two characters would seem more genuine. Director Michael Mann agreed, and shot the scene with no practice rehearsals.
The scene was shot at Kate Mantilini on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The Los Angeles mainstay was a noted top spot for a stylish late supper. The restaurant had "heat" spelled in neon above the door and a large poster of the actors in the now famous scene. Diners could request the very table featured in the scene, table #71, which wait staff were familiar with as "The Table," and were happy to seat De Niro and Pacino fans at their famous meeting place. The restaurant closed in late 2014.
Mann ran two cameras simultaneously in order to generate a greater level of fluidity between both rivals. Since there were no rehearsals for the scene, this approach afforded both men a more generous margin for improvisational experimentation.
Mann used the restaurant's actual employees as extras. Upon the last day of filming, he awarded them all with a SAG card.
That scene sold De Niro on the idea of making the film. He, Pacino, and Mann later admitted that they couldn't wait to shoot it.
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