Movie
Mad City
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-11-07
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Arnold Kopelson Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Punch Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Travolta as Sam Baily
- Dustin Hoffman as Max Brackett
- Mia Kirshner as Laurie Callahan
- Alan Alda as Kevin Hollander
- Robert Prosky as Lou Potts
- Blythe Danner as Mrs. Banks
- William Atherton as Dohlen
- Ted Levine as Lemke
- Milton Davis Jr. as The Kids
- Bill Nunn as Cliff Williams
- John Landis as Doctor
- William O'Leary as CTN Junior Executive
Crew
- Costa-Gavras - Director
- Tom Matthews - Screenplay
- Tom Matthews - Story
- Eric Williams - Story
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