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Mad City

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

Film19971h 54mReleased

DramaThriller
Not rated

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Director
Costa-Gavras
Language
English
Released
1997-10-10
Runtime
1h 54m

Community score

6.2370 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.3

The story

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.

Cast

  • John Travolta
    John TravoltaSam Baily
  • Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin HoffmanMax Brackett
  • Mia Kirshner
    Mia KirshnerLaurie Callahan
  • Alan Alda
    Alan AldaKevin Hollander
  • Robert Prosky
    Robert ProskyLou Potts
  • Blythe Danner
    Blythe DannerMrs. Banks
  • William Atherton
    William AthertonDohlen
  • Ted Levine
    Ted LevineLemke
  • Milton Davis Jr. — artwork unavailable
    Milton Davis Jr.The Kids
  • Bill Nunn
    Bill NunnCliff Williams