Heat Wave | |
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Genre | Drama History |
Written by | Michael Lazarou |
Directed by | Kevin Hooks |
Starring |
Blair Underwood Cicely Tyson James Earl Jones Margaret Avery David Strathairn |
Music by | Thomas Newman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner Steve Golin Sigurjón Sighvatsson |
Producer(s) |
Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner Blair Gilbert (line producer) Lisa Lindstrom (associate producer) Matthew Loze (associate producer) Blair Gilbert (line producer) Linda Berman (production executive) |
Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Editor(s) | Debra Neil |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Propaganda Films Avnet/Kerner Productions The Kerner Entertainment Company |
Distributor | TNT |
Release | |
Original network | TNT |
Original release | August 13, 1990 |
Heat Wave is a 1990 American action-thriller television film about 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, and David Strathairn.