Afterburn (1992 film)

Afterburn
Genre	Drama
Written by	Elizabeth Chandler
Directed by	Robert Markowitz
Starring	Laura Dern Robert Loggia Michael Rooker Vincent Spano
Music by	Stewart Copeland
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steve Tisch
Producers	Paul Kurta Elizabeth Chandler
Cinematography	Isidore Mankofsky
Editor	Jerrold L. Ludwig
Running time	103 min.
Production company	HBO Pictures
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	May 30, 1992 (1992-05-30)
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Afterburn is a 1992 drama film written and produced for television, based on a true story where one woman takes on the United States military and General Dynamics, manufacturer of the F-16 jet fighter aircraft that took her husband's life. The docudrama starred Laura Dern, Robert Loggia, and Vincent Spano. The film's name is derived from the "Afterburner" bar where the central character (Janet Harduvel), who works as a waitress, met her future husband, a setting that forms the focus of the first part of the film.^[1]