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Directed by | Costa-Gavras |
Screenplay by | Tom Matthews |
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Cinematography | Patrick Blossier |
Edited by | Françoise Bonnot |
Music by | Thomas Newman |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50 million[2][3] |
Box office | $10.5 million[2] |
Mad City is a 1997 American thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Tom Matthews based on a story by Matthews and Eric Williams, and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, with a supporting cast featuring Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry and Larry King. This is Costa-Gavras's first English-language film since Music Box. The title comes from a nickname of Madison, Wisconsin, where it originally was going to be set,[4] and was used for its multiple meanings.