""The day we flew out to LA to screen the four-hour cut, it turned out, while we were screening the film, the uprising happened,""
""I could never forget that day,""
""And to Terry and Bob's credit, they stayed throughout the whole four-hour screening. They could have easily said, 'Spike, I'm sorry, the city is in flames, and we gotta get home.' So, no matter what our differences were, making that movie, I have to give respect to both of them because they stayed throughout the full four-hour cut. I thank them for that.""
Spike Lee screened the four-hour cut of Malcolm X in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992, as the city erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict. The riots produced looting, fires, thousands of injuries, and 63 deaths. Warner Bros. executives Terry Semel and Bob Daly attended and remained through the entire screening despite the surrounding chaos. The film's production faced budgetary battles and a temporary shutdown that prompted donations from Oprah Winfrey, Prince, and Michael Jordan to resolve the issue. Denzel Washington starred as Malcolm X. Lee expressed lasting gratitude to Semel and Daly for staying through the screening.
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