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In Smog and Thunder

2003•46m
Comedy

California was teetering on the edge of doom. Animosity between Los Angeles and San Francisco had grown out of control. War was looming in the hearts of men and women from Petaluma to Pacoima. Then, in early May, General Juan Gomez de los Angeles led his Southern troops in an offensive against the Bay Area. Once the Battle of San Francisco began there was no turning back . . . In Smog and Thunder is a mockumentary about a California civil war set in a vaguely recent past. - Written by Sean Meredith

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EN

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Paul Zaloom

Paul Zaloom

Narrator

Meagen Fay

Meagen Fay

Huell Howser

Huell Howser

Laura Krafft

Ben Livingston

Ben Livingston

Kit Pongetti

Kit Pongetti

Mark Ritts

Mark Ritts

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