Mad City

1997 film by Constantin Costa-Gavras
Movie film Q1208879
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Mad City

Summary

Mad City is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mad City's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Mad City's director is recorded as Costa-Gavras[4].
  • Mad City's composer is recorded as Thomas Newman[5].
  • Mad City's genre is recorded as crime film[6].
  • Mad City's genre is recorded as thriller film[7].
  • Mad City's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Dustin Hoffman[9].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as John Travolta[10].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Mia Kirshner[11].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Alan Alda[12].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Ted Levine[13].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as William Atherton[14].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Robert Prosky[15].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Blythe Danner[16].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Kyla Pratt[17].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as John Landis[18].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Bill Nunn[19].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Jay Leno[20].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Larry King[21].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Lucinda Jenney[22].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Raymond J. Barry[23].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Tammy Lauren[24].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Akosua Busia[25].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Kevin Cooney[26].
  • Mad City's cast member is recorded as Randall Batinkoff[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mad City's producer is recorded as Arnold Kopelson[28]. Its director is recorded as Costa-Gavras[4]. Cast members include Dustin Hoffman[9], John Travolta[10], Mia Kirshner[11], Alan Alda[12], Ted Levine[13], and William Atherton[14].

Publication

Publication dates include +1997-01-01T00:00:00Z[29] and +1998-02-19T00:00:00Z[30]. Mad City's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include crime film[6], thriller film[7], and drama film[8].

Reception

Reviews include 5.2/10[32], 45/100[33], and 30%[34].

Why It Matters

Mad City ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . adorocinema.com. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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