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Mad City
1997
In one of his strongest performances, John Travolta plays Sam Baily, a museum security guard who holds visitors hostage in an attempt to win back his job when he falls foul of museum cutbacks. Dustin Hoffman co-stars as Max Brackett, a local news reporter who seizes the hostage situation as a chance to revive his flagging .. Read more
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda, Mia Kirshner |
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| Director | Costa Gavras |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Mad City
In one of his strongest performances, John Travolta plays Sam Baily, a museum security guard who holds visitors hostage in an attempt to win back his job when he falls foul of museum cutbacks. Dustin Hoffman co-stars as Max Brackett, a local news reporter who seizes the hostage situation as a chance to revive his flagging career and get back into the big time. Within minutes he is broadcasting live, within hours the entire nation is watching with baited breath. A timely, poignant examination of the role that the media plays in day to day lives in contemporary America, director Costa Gavras' Mad City is truly engaging in its search for and manipulation of the truth. Unrelenting, the film will make the viewer re-examine the way they watch the news on television.
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda, Mia Kirshner, William Atherton, Blythe Danner, Robert Prosky, Ted Levine, Randall Batinkoff, Larry King, Jay Leno |
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| Director | Costa Gavras |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 1997 To Rent: DVD: 22 Apr 2002 |
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Deft satire on the live television media circus that accompanies modern-day crime and terrorism; in part, it was suggested by the Waco siege in 1993, and is also an updating of Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (qv).
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waste of talent
This film didn't exactly set the world on fire at the box office and after recently viewing it is easy to see why. The plot is predictable and moves in a ... read more »
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- 18 Feb 2005 at 10:54
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Well, I enjoyed it.
Seems I am presently in the minority of thinking this was quite a good film, about how the media manipulate, distort and destory in a very short time - but we ... read more »
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Dissapointing
The film had 2 big stars but it wasnt good at all.
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- 13 Nov 2006 at 09:39
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Predictable
Even the magnificent Dustin Hoffman couldn't rescue this formulaic bilge. Why he took the gig, Gawd only knows? Travolta also tries his best, but, alas, you... read more »
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- John White
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In one of his strongest performances, John Travolta plays Sam Baily, a museum security guard who holds visitors hostage in an attempt to win back his job when he falls foul of museum cutbacks. Dustin Hoffman co-stars as Max Brackett, a local news reporter who seizes the hostage situation as a ...
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