Plot hole: Considering the incredibly elaborate plans Maddy makes to have her husband murdered after forging a will she knows is invalid so he dies intestate and she - as his widow - gets his entire fortune, you'd think she would have worked out one little fact - Edmund Walker does not die intestate. It is established in the film that the dud will supposedly written by Ned Racine replaces a previous, valid will which bequeaths half his fortune to his niece Heather. When the new will is declared invalid under Florida law the previous will takes precedence and Heather and Maddy split the fortune. In no way will Maddy get the lot.
Body Heat (1981)
Plot summary
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, William Hurt
Ned Racine (Hurt) is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker (Turner). A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund (Crenna). A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off?
Big Evil
More mistakes in Body Heat
Ned: You can stand here with me if you want but you'll have to agree not to talk about the heat.
Matty: I'm a married woman.
Ned: Meaning what?
Matty: Meaning I'm not looking for company.
Ned: Then you should have said I'm a happily married woman.
Trivia: Teddy Lewis tells Ned that "Matty" had him show her how to rig up a explosive with a delay to a door. So in theory Matty could have opened the door and escaped unscathed.
Question: If Ned couldn't open the boathouse door and got blown up at the end - how did Kathleen Turner do it and survive the explosion?
Answer: Timer.
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Answer: It wasn't revealed, but since she was the one who orchestrated the plot, there was likely an inside escape hatch for her to get out of the boat house before it exploded.
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