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Mad City (1997)

★ 6.3PG-13110 minDirector: Costa-Gavras

1997 film by Constantin Costa-Gavras

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.

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What is Mad City about?
Mad City (1997) — 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
Is Mad City based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Mad City scary?
Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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