![Mad City VHS movie collectible [Barcode 085391543336] - Main Image 1](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/movie/main/85/857635_1.jpg)
![Mad City VHS movie collectible [Barcode 085391543336] - Main Image 2](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/movie/main/85/857635_2.jpg)
Title:
Mad City
Synopsis:
A fired man blows his top, and is sensationalized by the media.
Description from back cover of the slipcase is below.
HOFFMAN AND TRAVOLTA ARE SHEER DYNAMITE.”
Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
- freeway pursuit. A domestic spat gone over the edge. You’re watching it live at home, news as it happens. But wait a minute. Is the reporter on your TV screen shaping the story, extending its life, making it happen? Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta team with award-winning filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing) in a fierce tale of ratings-driven TV news gone mad.
Travolta is Sam, a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Hoffman is Max, a local TV reporter taken hostage with a group of schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum.
It’s a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. He’s on the inside of a live exclusive.
Now all he has to do is give Sam’s story a heroic spin, keep a headline-grabbing network anchor (Alan Alda) at bay and above all, keep America watching. And as Max pulls the strings even tighter, the stakes grow higher, darker, madder.
Description from back cover of the slipcase is below.
HOFFMAN AND TRAVOLTA ARE SHEER DYNAMITE.”
Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
- freeway pursuit. A domestic spat gone over the edge. You’re watching it live at home, news as it happens. But wait a minute. Is the reporter on your TV screen shaping the story, extending its life, making it happen? Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta team with award-winning filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing) in a fierce tale of ratings-driven TV news gone mad.
Travolta is Sam, a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Hoffman is Max, a local TV reporter taken hostage with a group of schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum.
It’s a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. He’s on the inside of a live exclusive.
Now all he has to do is give Sam’s story a heroic spin, keep a headline-grabbing network anchor (Alan Alda) at bay and above all, keep America watching. And as Max pulls the strings even tighter, the stakes grow higher, darker, madder.
Format:
VHS
Show More
Movie Release Year:
1997
Rating:
PG-13
Barcode:
085391543336
Genre:
Action
Drama
Crime
Mystery
Suspense
Show More
Subgenre:
Car Chase Thriller
Edition:
VHS•Slipcase
Show Type:
Movie
Volume:
VHS•Slipcase
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:28:57
Original Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Actors:
John Travolta
Dustin Hoffman
Show More
Directors:
Costa-Gavras
Show More
Runtime:
115
Country of Purchase:
United States
Studios:
Warner Broothers
Show More
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$5.09
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-10-01
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:28:57
