Mad City (film)

Mad City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCosta-Gavras
Screenplay byTom Matthews
Story by
  • Tom Matthews
  • Eric Williams
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPatrick Blossier
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "MAD CITY (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 25, 1997. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Movie Mad City - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  3. ^ "Mad City (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Dudek, Duane. "Before the state Capitol protests there was 'Mad City'". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 4, 2015.