Mad City

Oct 10, 1997

1h 54m

★ 6.2

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Arnold Kopelson Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Punch Productions

Mad City Trailers

Cast

Sam Baily

John Travolta

Max Brackett

Dustin Hoffman

Laurie Callahan

Mia Kirshner

Kevin Hollander

Alan Alda

Lou Potts

Robert Prosky

Mrs. Banks

Blythe Danner

Dohlen

William Atherton

Lemke

Ted Levine

The Kids

Milton Davis Jr.

Cliff Williams

Bill Nunn

Doctor

John Landis

CTN Junior Executive

William O'Leary

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6.3

Bordertown

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6.0

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7.0

A Thousand Billion Dollars

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7.2

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5.7

Sardinia Kidnapped

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0.0

The Restoration

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6.7

Ransom

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5.9

Roar

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7.4

His Girl Friday

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5.0

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5.0

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6.5

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5.2

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5.2

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No Image

4.3

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5.7

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