Mad City


A fired museum security guard goes back to the museum - gun in hand - to claim his job back. Things don't work out quite as planned, and he ends up the unwilling baddie in a hostage situation. Enter a sleaze-bag reporter looking to make his name rather than report the news. They cut an 'exclusive' deal, resulting in massive media coverage of the situation.

The film is supposed to examine the role of the media in modern society but critics complain that it does not break any fresh ground.

114 minutes.
Parental Guidance under 13 .
Drama

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda, Mia Kirshner, William Atherton
Director
Costa-Gavras
ScreenplayTom Matthews, Eric Williams
MusicThomas Newman, Philippe Sarde
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in1997
Produced byArnold Kopelson Productions, Punch Productions

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus
Gary van Dyk
15
The Cape Times
Angelo Fick
10
The Star
Peter Feldman
16
Die Burger
Cobus van Bosch
10
Sunday Times
William Pretorius
10
Rapport
Paul Boekkooi
14
TV3 Screenplay
Barry Ronge
16
TV2 Leon at the Movies
Leon van Nierop
14
TV2 Top Billing
14
eye Weekly
Gemma Files
5
Box Office
Melissa Morrison
8
Film Review
James Cameron-Wilson
5

What the People say

Internet
151 Netizens
12

Average .. 57%

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