Mad City

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

Nov 7 1997 PG-13 1h 54m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage. Max Brackett, journalist, is in the museum when this occurs, and gets the scoop. The story spreads nation wide, and soon it is all anyone talks about. The story itself is the news, not the reason why or the real people behind it.

Written by

Tom Matthews, Eric Williams

Directed by

Costa-Gavras

Cast

John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Punch Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Arnold Kopelson Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Mad City (1997) Official Trailer - John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman Movie HD
Scores
# of Votes
21,479
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
45
Popularity
NA