COUNCIL SAYS NO TO MOVIE SHOOTOUT.Byline: Rick Orlov Orlov (Орлóв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Daily News Staff Writer With real gunfire and violence a constant fear in South Central Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the City Council on Tuesday rejected a film company's plan to stage a shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. at a church in the area. The filming of ``L.A. Heat,'' a movie about the burning of an African-American church by a group of skinheads Noun 1. skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks , was halted when Councilwoman Rita Walters Rita Walters (1930-) is currently the commissioner of the Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to this position, she served on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 9th district. During that time, she chaired the Arts, Health & Humanities Committee. objected to it because of the simulated gunfire. ``I don't think that it takes a whole lot to understand that shooting in this neighborhood - all night shooting - is not appropriate for this neighborhood,'' Walters said of the permit request to film from noon to 4 a.m. at a church at 4607 S. Normandie Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent . ``A lot of people wouldn't realize this was a simulation and would be subject to unnecessary fear.'' Officials with the film company, Pepin, Mehri Entertainment Group of Sun Valley, did not return telephone calls. Cody Cluff, director of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., which issues film permits, said he had contacted the company and was trying to get them to abandon the use of any weapons. ``Our concern is that if we cancel the permit outright, we might be subject to some liability,'' Cluff said. ``We'll have to have the attorneys work on that.'' Walters, however, was steadfast in her opposition to the continued filming. ``We don't need them out there until 4 in the morning filming and shooting up the streets,'' Walters said. |
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