The L.A. Riot Spectacular

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.

Cast

Snoop Dogg

as Erzähler

T.K. Carter

as Rodney

Charles S. Dutton

as The Mayor

Emilio Estevez

as Officer Powell

George Hamilton

as The King of Beverly Hills

Charles Durning

as The Lawyer

Christopher McDonald

as Officer Koon

Jonathan Lipnicki

as Tom Saltine Jr.

Ted Levine

as Tom Saltine

William Forsythe

as George Holliday

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