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Mad City
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Mad City is a 1997 American crime thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras and produced by Arnold Kopelson. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Mia Kirshner, and Alan Alda in the cast. It was written in English and filmed in Los Angeles. The production companies involved include Warner Bros. Entertainment, Arnold Kopelson Productions, and Punch Productions. Thomas Newman composed the score, while Patrick Blossier served as director of photography. Catherine Hardwicke was the production designer, and Françoise Bonnot edited the film.
The film has a runtime of 114 to 115 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. Its plot involves a journalist and a hostage situation at a museum. Mad City was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, with a release date in November 1997. The production budget was $50,000,000, and the film earned $10,500,000 in revenue. It received one award nomination. Critical reception included a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a Metascore of 45, and an IMDb rating of 6.3.
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6.3A 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 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
Themes
- journalist
- hostage
- museum
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
21,798 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Arnold Kopelson
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Patrick Blossier
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 785021
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.warnerbros.com/madcity
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- publication date
- 1998-02-19
- film editor
- Françoise Bonnot
- title
- Mad City
- production designer
- Catherine Hardwicke
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 30%
- capital cost
- 50000000
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