The L.A. Riot Spectacular

Apr 25, 2005

1h 20m

★ 2.6

Overview

The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

RichKatz Entertainment

Rockhard Pictures

Visionbox Pictures

entitled entertainment

El Camino Pictures

Cherry Road Films LLC

The L.A. Riot Spectacular Trailers

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Cast

Erzähler

Snoop Dogg

Rodney

T.K. Carter

The Mayor

Charles S. Dutton

Officer Powell

Emilio Estevez

The King of Beverly Hills

George Hamilton

The Lawyer

Charles Durning

Officer Koon

Christopher McDonald

Tom Saltine Jr.

Jonathan Lipnicki

Tom Saltine

Ted Levine

George Holliday

William Forsythe

The Chief

Ronny Cox

The Assistant Chief

Jude Ciccolella

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