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TIL the 1995 movie Heat was one of the inspirations behind the highly influential 2001 video game GTA3 as well as GTA4, notably the mission "Three Leaf Clover", which was inspired by the climactic bank robbery scene. Christopher Nolan was also inspired by the movie when he made the Dark Knight

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