Mad City

Sacked museum security guard Sam Bailey (John Travolta) returns to his old place of employment to beg for his job back. Unfortunately, his method of negotiation involves pulling a gun on his boss and the situation suddenly escalates into a siege. TV reporter Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman) happens to be in the building at the time and senses the scoop of his career. However, when the story goes nationwide, the big networks try to muscle in and claim it as their own. Meanwhile, the increasingly edgy security guard reveals what is in his holdall: enough dynamite to blow the museum to bits.

Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras
Producer: Anne Kopelson
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Writer: Tom Matthews
Writer: Eric Williams
Music: Thomas Newman
Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Actor: John Travolta
Actor: Alan Alda
Actor: Mia Kirshner
Actor: William Atherton
Actor: Raymond J. Barry
Actor: Ted Levine
Actor: Robert Prosky
Actor: Blythe Danner
Actor: Akosua Busia
Actor: Randall Batinkoff
Actor: Lucinda Jenney
Actor: William O'Leary
Actor: Tammy Lauren
Actor: Ebbe Roe Smith