Mad City
(1997)
★ 6.2 IMDb · 374 votes
Year: 1997
Runtime: 114 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Κώστας Γαβράς
Cast: Джон Траволта, Дастин Хоффман, Миа Киршнер, Алан Алда, Роберт Проски, Блайт Даннер, William Atherton, Тед Левайн, Milton Davis Jr., Билл Нанн
Plot
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage. Max Brackett, journalist, is in the museum when this occurs and gets the scoop. The story spreads nationwide, and soon it is all anyone talks about. The story itself is the news, not the reason why or the real people behind it.