Mad City Quotes

  • Max Brackett: Mrs. Banks, go make sure the buffalo are grazing properly.

  • Kevin Hollander: I'm who Americans trust for their news.

    Max Brackett: You really shouldn't let a marketing slogan go your head.

  • Kevin Hollander: This guy's a poster child for the disenfranchised.

  • Max Brackett: A man has been shot; a line has been crossed.

  • Max Brackett: You've got to ask for a fast car, a Learjet or a Greyhound bus.

  • Lou Potts: Jeez, I sent you to cover a piece of fluff, and you come back with a hostage situation.

  • Lemke: I don't want him understood. I want him out here and arrested.

  • [Sam finally decide's to let the hostages go]

    Kevin Hollander: [on megaphone] Sam Baily! You have 5 minutes to let the hostages go!

    Sam Baily: Damn. I wanted it to be my idea.

  • Sam: Don't negotiate my emotions!

  • [last lines]

    Max Brackett: We killed him.

  • Max Brackett: I think they'd want to know.

Extended Reading
  • Janelle 2022-03-19 09:01:11

    Such a simple incident involves all aspects of society. Manipulation, hype, exaggeration and distortion of facts by the media; numbness and blindness in society, which are easily misled out of context; more and more people watch the fun and take the opportunity to make a fortune and promote their own interests. . All this finally drove Sam to a dead end. The role of the female intern fully demonstrates the ruthless hypocrisy of the media. She always had a smile on her face and was indifferent to Sam and the hostage situation

  • Roberto 2022-03-25 09:01:23

    Except for the Chinese title, everything else is pretty good. The twist and the conflict. There are many characters, but each one is very useful and has a lot of drama. Dustin Hoffman plays really well.

Mad City

Director: Costa-Gavras

Language: English Release date: November 7, 1997

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