Mad City
Thriller
Drama
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.
1997-11-07
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Cast
Director
Costa-Gavras
John Travolta as Sam Baily
Dustin Hoffman as Max Brackett
Mia Kirshner as Laurie Callahan
Alan Alda as Kevin Hollander
Robert Prosky as Lou Potts
Blythe Danner as Mrs. Banks
William Atherton as Dohlen
Ted Levine as Lemke
Bill Nunn as Cliff Williams
John Landis as Doctor
William O'Leary as CTN Junior Executive
Jay Leno as Jay Leno
Lucinda Jenney as Jenny
Tammy Lauren as Miss Rose
Kyla Pratt as The Kids
Raymond J. Barry as Dobbins
Akosua Busia as Diane
Ebbe Roe Smith as Bartholomew
Scanlon Gail as Bob
Charlie Holliday as Banker
Kevin Cooney as Principal
Susan Segal as Tabloid Reporter
Richard Portnow as Brackett's Agent
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier as Max's Mother
Velina Brown as Bonnie's Mother
Patricia Smith as Jenny's Mother
Richard Gross as FBI Agent
Allan A. Apone as Makeup Man (uncredited)
David Clennon as Street Preacher
Larry King as Larry King (uncredited)