Mad City
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UPC: 7-321921-154331 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 2
Production Year: 1997
Rating: FSK-12 (Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren)
Running Time: 110 min.
DVD Release: 9/25/1998
Case Type: Snapper
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Single Layered
SRP: €15.00
Der Museumswärter Sam Baily verliert seinen Job und dreht durch: Mit vorgehaltener Waffe zwingt er seine Chefin, ihn anzuhören. Er ist verzweifelt, aber kein Amokläufer, und schon gar nicht gewalttätig. Doch der zufällig anwesende Sensationsreporter Max Brackett wittert seine Chance: Ohne Skrupel bauscht er den harmlosen Zwischenfall zu einer politisch motivierten Geiselnahme auf. Unter den Augen der ganzen Nation wird das Leben eines Unschuldigen gnadenlos der Jagd nach Einschaltquoten geopfert ...
Brandheiße Themen, spannend und voller Action inszeniert - das ist das Markenzeichen von Star-Regisseur Costa-Gavras (Vermißt, Z), und Mad City ist sein Meisterwerk. Mit dem zweifachen Oscar®-Preisträger Dustin Hoffman (Outbreak) und Superstar John Travolta (Im Körper des Feindes, Pulp Fiction) in den Hauptrollen.

Genres
Suspense/Thriller
Drama


Studios
Warner Bros.
Punch Productions
Media Companies: Warner Home Video
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Subtitles
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast
John Travolta as Sam
Dustin Hoffman as Brackett
Mia Kirshner as Laurie
Alan Alda as Hollander
Robert Prosky as Lou Potts
Blythe Danner as Mrs. Banks
William Atherton as Dohlen
Ted Levine as Lemke
Tammy Lauren as Miss Rose
William O'Leary as CTN Junior Executive
Raymond J. Barry as Dobbins
Lucinda Jenney as Jenny
Akosua Busia as Diane
Ebbe Roe Smith as Bartholomew
Bingwa as Nat Jackson
Chris Byrne as KXBD Cameraman

The Kids
Bobby Brewer
Max Becker
Philip David Robinson
Milton Davis, Jr.
Jeremy Espinoza
Nicole Fellows
Victoria Gregson
Molly Hager
Sarah Haney
Kyla Pratt
Paige Tamada
Hannah Vaughan


Dyllan Christopher as Sam's Son
Kiersten Nally as Cliff's Daughter
Sylvia Short as Mrs. Baily
Scanlon Gail as Bob
Charlie Holliday as Banker
Kevin Cooney as Principal
John Landis as Doctor
Susan Segal as Tabloid Reporter
Jenna Byrne as Reporter KMUR
Jason Cottle as Hollander's Assistant
Randall Batinkoff as CTN Junior Executive
Julian Wall as British Reporter
Laura Davis as Hollander's Producer
Nick Scoggin as Statz
Julio Oscar Mechoso as Air Force Sergeant
Rueben Grundy as Reporter Reuben
David Clennon as Street Preacher
Jay Leno as Himself
Stephen E. Kaufman as Hollander's Lawyer
Richard Portnow as Brackett's Agent
Bill Rafferty as Bill Gottsegen
Kurt Johnson as Macho Parent
Susan Burig as Stage Manager
Pastor D. Seifert as Minister
J.P. Bumstead as Fisherman
Sean O'Kane as Lemke's Assistant
Donal O'Sullivan as Policeman
Lee Ann Manley as Rachel's Mother
Velina Brown as Bonnie's Mother
Michelle Pelletier as Max's Mother
Patricia Smith as Jenny's Mother
Adina Goldman as Lou's Assistant
Roger Shamas as Hollander's Driver
Stephen Brown as Hollander's Associate
Richard Gross as FBI Agent
Adam M. Koppekin as Assistant
Aaron Lucich as Sniper
Caryn Matchinga as Mother
Tom Fridley as Young Man
Christopher Michael Moore as Bowler #1
Dirk Blocker as Bowler #2

Folk Singers
Pamela S. Laws
John Halbleib
Shannon L. Linke



Rap Singers
Eric Wycoff
Norman Berry
Chad Russell
Stephen Lazaneo
Omar Lima
Crew
Direction:
Costa-Gavras: Director
Writing:
Tom Matthews: Story By
Eric Williams: Story By
Tom Matthews: Screenwriter
Production:
Wolfgang Glattes: Executive Producer
Stephen Brown: Executive Producer
Jonathan D. Krane: Executive Producer
Arnold Kopelson: Producer
Anne Kopelson: Producer
Cinematography:
Patrick Blossier: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Françoise Bonnot: Film Editor
Music:
Thomas Newman: Composer
Sound:
John Coffey: Production Sound Mixer
Edward Tise: Production Sound Mixer
Bertrand Lenclos: Sound Designer
Dominique Gaborieau: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Philippe Escanecrabe: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Deborah Nadoolman: Costume Designer
Catherine Hardwicke: Production Designer
Ben Morahan: Art Director
David Kelsey: Visual Effects
Paul Lopez: Costume Designer
Allan Appone: Make-up Artist
June Westmore: Make-up Artist
Janis Clark: Make-up Artist
Michelle Buhler: Make-up Artist
Ex Machina
François Vagnon: Visual Effects