Mad City (film)

Mad City
Mad City
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Costa-Gavras
Screenplay by	Tom Matthews
Story by	Tom Matthews; Eric Williams;
Produced by	Arnold Kopelson; Anne Kopelson;
Starring	Dustin Hoffman; John Travolta; Alan Alda; Mia Kirshner; Ted Levine; Robert Prosky; Blythe Danner;
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier
Edited by	Françoise Bonnot
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production; companies	Arnold Kopelson Productions; Punch Productions;
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 7, 1997;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$10.5 million

Mad City is a 1997 American thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Tom Matthews based on a story by Matthews and Eric Williams, and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, with a supporting cast featuring Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry and Larry King. This is Costa-Gavras's first English-language film since Music Box. The title comes from a nickname of Madison, Wisconsin, where it originally was going to be set, and was used for its multiple meanings.