Mad City

One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.

1997Action, Drama, Thriller
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Overview

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

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Director Costa-Gavras
Runtime 1 h 54 min
Release Date 7 November 1997
Actors
Starring: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Robert Prosky, Blythe Danner, William Atherton, Ted Levine, Milton Davis Jr., Bill Nunn, John Landis, William O'Leary, Jay Leno, Lucinda Jenney, Tammy Lauren, Kyla Pratt, Raymond J. Barry, Akosua Busia, Ebbe Roe Smith, Scanlon Gail, Charlie Holliday, Kevin Cooney, Susan Segal, Richard Portnow, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, Velina Brown, Patricia Smith, Richard Gross

Entertaining and well-acted political thriller sacrifices some of its ideas for the easier watching experience, but still leaves you something to think about.

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