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Mad City(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-11-07
62%
359 Votes
Time: 1h 54m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $50,000,000.00
Revenue: $10,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Arnold Kopelson Productions
Punch Productions
Movie: Mad City
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Travolta
Sam Baily
Dustin Hoffman
Max Brackett
Mia Kirshner
Laurie Callahan
Alan Alda
Kevin Hollander
Robert Prosky
Lou Potts
Blythe Danner
Mrs. Banks
William Atherton
Dohlen
Ted Levine
Lemke
Bill Nunn
Cliff Williams
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