Heat Wave
Heat Wave
1990
Drama
TV Movie
1h 40m
The promise of better race relations and economic prosperity lure a young man from Alabama to the Watts District of Los Angeles in 1965. After landing a job as a messenger for the L.A. Times, he becomes responsible for much of the reporting that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize when a minor traffic arrest by two white officers sets off a week of brutal rioting on August 11, 1965. (cduniverse.com)
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Directed by:
Kevin Hooks
73 total credits
Credits include: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder
Writer:
Michael Lazarou
Starring:
James Earl Jones
124 total credits
James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only) (imdb)
61 total credits
Credits include: Fried Green Tomatoes, Last Flag Flying, Alex Cross, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Because of Winn-Dixie
116 total credits
David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor.Strathairn was nominated for an Academy Award for his starring portrayal of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in the biopic Good Night, and Good Luck. The movie explored Murrow's clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy over McCarthy's Communist "witch-hunt" in the 1950s. Strathairn also received Best Actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations for his performance...(Wikipedia)
51 total credits
Credits include: Speed, Saw II, Showgirls, Menace II Society and Colors
54 total credits
Credits include: Gattaca, Longlegs, Rules of Engagement, Malibu's Most Wanted and The Art of Getting By
26 total credits
Credits include: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
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Directed by:
Kevin Hooks 73 total credits
Credits include: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder
Writer:
Michael LazarouStarring:
James Earl Jones 124 total credits
James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only) (imdb)
61 total credits
Credits include: Fried Green Tomatoes, Last Flag Flying, Alex Cross, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Because of Winn-Dixie
116 total credits
David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor.Strathairn was nominated for an Academy Award for his starring portrayal of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in the biopic Good Night, and Good Luck. The movie explored Murrow's clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy over McCarthy's Communist "witch-hunt" in the 1950s. Strathairn also received Best Actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations for his performance...(Wikipedia)
51 total credits
Credits include: Speed, Saw II, Showgirls, Menace II Society and Colors
54 total credits
Credits include: Gattaca, Longlegs, Rules of Engagement, Malibu's Most Wanted and The Art of Getting By
26 total credits
Credits include: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
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