Mad City (1997)

Directed by

Costa-Gavras

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 370 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fired museum security guard takes hostages in a small-town museum. A TV reporter sees the situation as a career opportunity, and the standoff turns into a media circus.

tenseanxiousbleakmedia-chaosdarkly comicclaustrophobicunsettlinghigh-stakes

What happens

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. This is Costa-Gavras's first English-language film since Music Box. The title comes from a nickname of Madison, Wisconsin, where the film was originally going to be set and was used for its multiple meanings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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