Mad City

Name: Mad City
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1997-11-07
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 6.20
Cast: Alan Alda, John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner

– A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.20 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 55 Minutes

Release Year:

1997

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.

Styles:

Intense, Tense, Dark Humor, Talky, Clever, Bleak, Thought Provoking, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Producing Country:

USA

Genre:

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Release Date:

07 Nov 1997

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Mad City

Directed by:

Costa-Gavras

Story Written By:

Eric Williams, Tom Matthews

Main Actors:

Alan Alda, John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner

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.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production Company:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

36%

Metacritic:

45%