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Release Date:
7 November 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
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 synopsis
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Museum
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Hostage
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Helicopter
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Box Office Flop
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Media
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(4 articles)
Interview: Julie Gavras
(From ioncinema. 10 August 2007)
Will Canton Become Production Chief At Warner'S.?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 November 1997)
(From ioncinema. 10 August 2007)
Will Canton Become Production Chief At Warner'S.?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 November 1997)
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Another Costa-Gavras Movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Max Brackett |
 | John Travolta | ... | Sam Baily |
 | Alan Alda | ... | Kevin Hollander |
 | Mia Kirshner | ... | Laurie Callahan |
 | 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.
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Runtime:
114 min | Argentina:115 min | Turkey:101 min (TV version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
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-13
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Max Brackett:
You've got to ask for a fast car, a Learjet or a Greyhound bus.
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References Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
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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.