Mad City
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Mad City is a 1997 American drama-thriller film starring John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman that explores media sensationalism and a hostage crisis in a small-town museum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mad City canonical | 4 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama-thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | “One Saturday Morning” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Tom Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | commercial disappointment ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Patrick Blossier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Thomas Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Costa-Gavras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses | ethics of journalism ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Françoise Bonnot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Max Brackett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sam Baily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | “One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.” ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | television news coverage of a crisis ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Max Brackett – Dustin Hoffman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sam Baily – John Travolta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Anne Kopelson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arnold Kopelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kopelson Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-11-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tom Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small-town museum ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Alda
NERFINISHED
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Dustin Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Travolta NERFINISHED ⓘ Mia Kirshner NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Prosky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
hostage crisis
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media sensationalism ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.