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One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.Plot:
A normal guy blows his top, and a news reporter turns into a national spectacle. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Box Office Flop
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Helicopter
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Hostage
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Museum
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(3 articles)
Will Canton Become Production Chief At Warner'S.? (From Studio Briefing. 20 November 1997)
Box Office Goes Bugs Over Troopers (From Studio Briefing. 10 November 1997)
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Another Costa-Gavras Movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Travolta | ... | Sam Baily |
 | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Max Brackett |
 | Mia Kirshner | ... | Laurie Callahan |
 | Alan Alda | ... | Kevin Hollander |
 | Robert Prosky | ... | Lou Potts |
 | Blythe Danner | ... | Mrs. Banks |
 | William Atherton | ... | Malt Dohlen |
| Ted Levine | ... | Chief Alvin Lemke |
 | Tammy Lauren | ... | Miss Rose |
 | William O'Leary | ... | CTN Junior Executive #1 |
 | Raymond J. Barry | ... | Special Agent Dobbins |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Jenny Baily |
| Akosua Busia | ... | Diane Williams |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | ... | Travis Bartholomew |
| Bingwa | ... | Nat Jackson |
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Rated PG-13 for depiction of a hostage situation, including violence and brief language.Parents Guide:
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114 min | Argentina:115 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:12 | Canada:PA (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | UK:12 (video rating) | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 (video premiere) | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13MOVIEmeter: 
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Costa-Gavras is known as a political director and the most part of his movies are intriguing and makes us thinking about our way of see/accept the political facts in world. Although this movie is not necessarily political, makes us thinking at this time, about the influence of the media in the facts and in our lives. In this movies, two different lives had being linked by a casual meeting in a museum: A reporter (Dustin Hoffman) whose career was marked by a mistake made in a network, is trying to "resurrect" his work making a report about a financial scandal when he's sent to make a report in a museum. At the same time, a guard of the museum (John Travolta), fired some days before because of cut of budget, goes there trying to have a conversation with the manager and convince her to give his job back. At the same time that the reporter realizes it can be a resurrection for him, the things run out of control when other media reporter challenges the guard and him... Besides the excellent performances of Hoffman and Travolta, Costa-Gavras makes once more, a very smart movie that can't be missed.