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Mad City. (film) Mad City is a 1997 American thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Tom Matthews based on a story by Matthews and Eric Williams, and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, with a supporting cast featuring Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry and Larry King.
- November 7, 1997
- Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson
Nov 7, 1997 · Mad City: Directed by Costa-Gavras. With John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda. A distraught man inadvertently takes a group of children hostage in a museum while a hungry, seasoned reporter tries to resurrect his career covering the story.
- (21K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Costa-Gavras
- 1997-11-07
Rated: 1.5/5 • Jun 24, 2019. Simple security guard Sam (John Travolta) has lost his job at a museum, and in a fit of desperation, he returns and demands his boss, Mrs. Banks (Blythe Danner ...
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- Costa-Gavras
- PG-13
- John Travolta
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Directed by. Costa-Gavras. “Mad City” arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs--last year's news. It's about the media feeding frenzy that erupts when a museum guard takes hostages. A TV newsman is one of them, the news channels carry the story around the clock, the museum is ringed with cops and cameras, and we get lots ...
Review by Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti" ★★★. "Mad City" is a 1997 dramatic thriller directed by Costa-Gavras. Making a huge impact with his political thriller's "Z" (1969) and "State of Siege" (1972), Costa-Gravras (Konstantinos Gavras but simplified as a professional name) held quite a bit of prominence on the world stage of film ...
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