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Mad City

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.

19971h 54mPG-13Thriller, Drama

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About Mad City

Directors
Costa-Gavras
Cast
John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Robert Prosky, Blythe Danner
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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