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Mad City

One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.

1997 · PG-13 · 1h 54m

Directed by Costa-Gavras

6.2

TMDB audience score
382 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • John Travolta
    Sam Baily

  • Dustin Hoffman
    Max Brackett

  • Mia Kirshner
    Laurie Callahan

  • Alan Alda
    Kevin Hollander

  • Robert Prosky
    Lou Potts

  • Blythe Danner
    Mrs. Banks

  • William Atherton
    Dohlen

  • Ted Levine
    Lemke

  • Milton Davis Jr.
    The Kids

  • Bill Nunn
    Cliff Williams

  • John Landis
    Doctor

  • William O'Leary
    CTN Junior Executive

  • Jay Leno
    Jay Leno

  • Lucinda Jenney
    Jenny

  • Tammy Lauren
    Miss Rose

  • Kyla Pratt
    The Kids

  • Raymond J. Barry
    Dobbins

  • Akosua Busia
    Diane