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Mad City (1997) · Cineora

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A COSTA-GAVRAS FILM

Mad City

19971h 54mPG-13Movie

DramaThriller

IMDb6.3/ 10 · 22.1K votes

ONE MAN WILL MAKE A MISTAKE. THE OTHER WILL MAKE IT A SPECTACLE.

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.

Tense
Thought-provoking
Quirky
Workplace
Corruption

Pace: Brisk
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Easy watch

Good for talking about after. Contains a child in peril.

DirectorCosta-Gavras

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.2 / 10

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John TravoltaSam Baily

Dustin HoffmanMax Brackett

Mia KirshnerLaurie Callahan

Alan AldaKevin Hollander

Robert ProskyLou Potts

Blythe DannerMrs. Banks

William AthertonDohlen

Ted LevineLemke

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