Editing Heat Vision and Jack

{{Short description|Television pilot featuring Jack Black and Owen Wilson}}
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{{Infobox television 
| image              = Hvaj.jpg
| image_size         = 240
| runtime            = 30 minutes
| genre              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Television comedy|Comedy]]
* [[Science fiction]]
}}
| creator            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rob Schrab]]
* [[Dan Harmon]]
}}
| writer             = {{Plainlist|
* Rob Schrab
* Dan Harmon
}}
| director           = [[Ben Stiller]] 
| starring           = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jack Black (actor)|Jack Black]]
* [[Ron Silver]]
}}
| voices             = [[Owen Wilson]]
| opentheme          = "Situation"<br>by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_episodes       =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Ben Stiller
* Robert Greenblatt
* David Janollari
}}
| producer           = Steve Beers
| cinematography     = Clyde Smith
| editor             = Steve Welch
| company            = {{Plainlist|
* {{nowrap|The Greenblatt Janollari Studio}}
* [[Red Hour Productions]]
}}
| network            = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| first_aired              = {{start date|1999|1|10}}
}}

'''''Heat Vision and Jack''''' is a 1999 American [[comedy]] [[science fiction]] [[television pilot]] created and written by [[Rob Schrab]] and [[Dan Harmon]], directed by [[Ben Stiller]], and starring [[Jack Black]], [[Owen Wilson]], and [[Ron Silver]]. The pilot was originally ordered by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], which ultimately did not order it to series. While the show was not picked up, the pilot became a cult classic and gained an online following.

==Plot==
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The pilot opens with Ben Stiller talking about the cancelled ''[[The Ben Stiller Show|Ben Stiller Show]]'', the Emmy Award he won for the show, and sarcastically criticizing [[George Lucas]] for having not won an Emmy. After a short [[Sting (percussion)|sting]], ''Heat Vision'' then opens with a [[title sequence]] explaining how Jack gained his new powers, and how Heat Vision came into existence.

==Cast and characters==
===Main===
* [[Jack Black]] as Jack Austin, a former [[astronaut]]. He was exposed to inappropriate levels of [[solar power|solar energy]], giving him [[superintelligence]]. He appears to lose this intelligence at night, requiring only Earth-normal levels of daylight to reactivate it. His catchphrases are "I know EVERYTHING!" and "Knowledge is power... for real."
* [[Owen Wilson]] as Heat Vision, a talking [[motorcycle]]. He was created when Jack's unemployed roommate Doug was shot by an experimental ray gun, causing him to merge with his motorcycle. He is capable of speech and can fight by ramming into opponents. He is unable to use doorknobs and is unable to right himself if pushed over.
* [[Ron Silver]] as himself, the main villain. He works for [[NASA]], and will stop at nothing to capture or kill Jack Austin, but he also dabbles in acting, perhaps as a diversion, perhaps as a cover. He appears to be invulnerable, shrugging off the threat of being shot and later displaying great annoyance but no injury or pain when he is actually shot.

===Guest===
* [[Christine Taylor]] as The Sheriff
* [[Vincent Schiavelli]] as Frank, a cook who becomes possessed by an alien broadcast and thereafter calls himself Paragon
* [[O-Lan Jones]] as Patrice
* [[Sy Richardson]] as Doctor

==Legacy==
''Heat Vision'' was featured as a part of the [[mockumentary]] ''[[Tropic Thunder#Faux websites and mockumentary|Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness]]'', only stating that the character of "Jeff Portnoy" played the role of Jack Austin.

In a March 27, 2007 interview, Rob Schrab stated that a script for the ''Heat Vision and Jack'' feature film was in the works.<ref name="wizarduniverse">{{cite web |date=March 27, 2007|url = http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/004063569.cfm?page=2 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071104050658/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/004063569.cfm?page=2 |archivedate = 2007-11-04|title = Schrab saves scud |publisher = wizarduniverse| accessdate = 2008-01-12 | last=Kiel Phegley |quote=<br>WIZARD:And the “Heat Vision and Jack” screenplay is waiting for approval, or where is that?<br>SCHRAB: Yeah, we’re still in the first draft stage. It’s like right now everyone is onboard, and Jack wants to do it, and [Ben] Stiller has his own personal project, but he’s saying he loves it and he wants to do it. I just have to get the right script and make sure that everyone who wants to be involved with it has the time to do it because Jack’s doing a movie like every other month, and he has a kid now.}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0363668}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWbDjt17NPI Heat Vision and Jack - Behind the Scenes]

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