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   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.

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0119592Mad City (1997) - IMDb

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   Nov 7, 1997 · Mad City: Directed by Costa-Gavras. With John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda. A distraught man inadvertently takes a group of children hostage in a museum while a hungry, seasoned reporter tries to resurrect his career covering the story.

   • 6.3/10 (21K)
   • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

   • Director: Costa-Gavras
   • Release Date: 1997-11-07

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4. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › mad-city-1997Mad City movie review & film summary (1997) | Roger Ebert

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   “Mad City” arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs--last year's news. It's about the media feeding frenzy that erupts when a museum guard takes hostages. A TV newsman is one of them, the news channels carry the story around the clock, the museum is ringed with cops and cameras, and we get lots of scenes showing the vanity and hypocrisy of anchormen. This is not news. It ...

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   Is it based on a true story? Well, yes, but actually, no. In 'Unfrosted,' Jerry Seinfeld traces the events that led to the invention of the Pop-Tart. ...

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6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › mad_cityMad City | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Mad City. Simple security guard Sam (John Travolta) has lost his job at a museum, and in a fit of desperation, he returns and demands his boss, Mrs. Banks (Blythe Danner), rehire him. But he comes ...

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   • Director: Costa-Gavras

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: John Travolta

7. www.vox.com › 22611401 › amanda-knox-story-stillwaterStillwater is based on Amanda Knox’s story. She wishes ...

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   Aug 5, 2021 · Director and co-writer Tom McCarthy told Vanity Fair his film was directly inspired by the story of Amanda Knox, an American college student imprisoned for eight years in Italy over a murder of ...

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   Is 'Mad City' based on a true story?

   • Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times noted Mad City is inspired by the film Ace in the Hole, and gave the movie two stars of four, writing, "The movie knows what it wants to do, but lacks the velocity for lift-off."

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   Is city of Lies based on a true story?

   • Yes, ‘City of Lies’ is based on a true story. The film is based on the non-fiction book ‘LAbyrinth’ written by Randall Sullivan based on his experiences and collaboration with former LAPD Detective Russell Poole. The book details the real-life investigations revolving around the murders of rappers The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur.

   Is City of Lies a True Story? Is the Movie Based on Real Life?

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   What is 'mad city' about?

   • “Mad City” arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs--last year's news. It's about the media feeding frenzy that erupts when a museum guard takes hostages.

   Mad City movie review & film summary (1997) | Roger Ebert

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   Is 'Mad City' a satire movie?

   • But while Wilder's movie was smart and ironic, “Mad City” is dumbed down into a roundup of the usual suspects: the old-fashioned news director, the egotistical network star, the young intern on the make, etc. Costa-Gavras, who directed the film, should have remembered that satire depends on exaggeration, not attack.

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   Mar 17, 2021 · Yes, ‘City of Lies’ is based on a true story. The film is based on the non-fiction book ‘LAbyrinth’ written by Randall Sullivan based on his experiences and collaboration with former LAPD Detective Russell Poole. The book details the real-life investigations revolving around the murders of rappers The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur.