| Mad City (1997)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| John Travolta |
Sam Baily
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| Dustin Hoffman |
Max Brackett
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| Mia Kirshner |
Laurie Callahan
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| Alan Alda |
Kevin Hollander
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| Robert Prosky |
Lou Potts
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| Blythe Danner |
Mrs. Banks
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| William Atherton |
Malt Dohlen
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| Ted Levine |
Chief Alvin Lemke
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| Tammy Lauren |
Miss Rose
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| William O'Leary |
CTN Junior Executive #1
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| Plot |
| This earnest effort at media criticism is never convincing enough to stir a viewer's outrage in the way filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Music Box) might have intended. John Travolta plays a barely educated museum guard who is laid off from his job and ends up holding his former boss (Blythe Danner) and a bunch of schoolchildren hostage. Dustin Hoffman is a former television-network journalist making a grab at the limelight again by pushing and controlling press coverage of the story. What follows is by the numbers and not nearly as enlightening or enthralling as other films (such as Dog Day Afternoon or Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole) about simple events manipulated into a media circus. Despite Travolta's tragic performance and Hoffman's impassioned one, the film breaks up over efforts to blame electronic voyeurism for social chaos. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, production notes, theatrical trailer, television spots, optional French soundtrack, French or Spanish subtitles, and Dolby sound. --Tom Keogh |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Thriller |
| Director |
Costa-Gavras |
| Producer |
Anne Kopelson; Arnold Kopelson |
| Writer |
Tom Matthews; Eric Williams |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
115 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
11/7/1997 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
791 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
9/20/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085391543329 |
| Chapters |
32 |
| Release Date |
3/31/1998 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 5.1
 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Theatrical trailer
TV Spots
Scene Access |
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