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Mad City

 

USA 1998, 111 minutes
Dir.  Costa-Gavras
Rating: [M]
Genres: Drama

Topics: Media.

Feat. Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Mia Kirshner, Robert Prosky, William Atherton, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry

 

Aroview: Straight-faced media satire involving ambitious reporter Dustin Hoffman, sidelined on smalltown assignment. However he soon whips up a news frenzy when disaffected security guard John Travolta takes hostages in a bizarre protest action. Close look at the media and its manipulations allows dir. Gavras (MISSING) to pick up on his customary themes.

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  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
 

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