The L.A. Riot Spectacular

APPROPIATE

2005 / 80min.

Rating2.5

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Marc Klasfeld

Actors

Ted Levine

Snoop Dogg

David Rasche

Emilio Estevez

Christopher McDonald

Jonathan Lipnicki

George Hamilton

Charles Durning

Ron Jeremy

Michael Buffer

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