Mad City (1997)

Released: 1997-11-07 Duration: 1hr 54min

Genres: Thriller Drama

Rating 6.2

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One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Arnold Kopelson Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Punch Productions

Additional Info

Budget	$50,000,000.00
Revenue	$10,500,000.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	9.895

Directed By

Costa-Gavras

Crew

Editor
Françoise Bonnot

Producer
Arnold Kopelson

Producer
Anne Kopelson

Director
Costa-Gavras

Screenplay
Tom Matthews

Director of Photography
Patrick Blossier

Original Music Composer
Thomas Newman

Script Supervisor
Pamela Alch

First Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire

Dialogue Editor
Pauline Dairou

Music Editor
Bill Bernstein

Key Grip
Emmanuel Vouniozos

Special Effects Coordinator
David P. Kelsey

Hairstylist
Bob Ryan

Sound Effects Editor
Michèle Boëhm

Second Assistant Director
Kent Genzlinger

Story
Tom Matthews

Orchestrator
Thomas Pasatieri

Supervising ADR Editor
Jessica Gallavan

VFX Supervisor
François Vagnon

Story
Eric Williams

Sound Designer
Bertrand Lenclos

Camera Operator
Chris Squires

Unit Production Manager
Wolfgang Glattes

First Assistant Director
Julian Wall

Visual Effects Producer
Christian Guillon

Stunt Coordinator
Bud Davis

Executive Assistant
Maria Norman

Executive Producer
Stephen Joel Brown

Executive Producer
Jonathan D. Krane

Set Decoration
Jan Pascale

Casting
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond

Makeup Department Head
Allan A. Apone

Hairstylist
Nancy Tong

Makeup Artist
Robert Ryan

Makeup Artist
Janis Clark

Casting
Amanda Mackey

Production Design
Catherine Hardwicke

Makeup Artist
Michelle Bühler

Hairstylist
Susan V. Kalinowski

Makeup Artist
Kyle Thomson

Makeup Artist
June Westmore

Associate Producer
Linda Warren

Art Direction
Ben Morahan

Costume Design
Deborah Nadoolman Landis

Executive Producer
Wolfgang Glattes

Key Hair Stylist
Nina Paskowitz

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