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...that has changed. "The funny thing is," Damon told me last week, "that as soon as you get big, the studios send you these scripts that they've been trying to get made for 20 years, that were originally written for Dustin Hoffman. They've been sitting on the shelf. You get their old standbys." What he didn't mention is that the roles also come with $2 million offers...
...sights pretty high," said junior Dustin DeNunzio. "This weekend is very representative of [the level where we hope to compete...
This just in! The media distorts the truth for its own nefarious purposes! Mad City focuses on Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman), a reporter who "crosses the line" between reporting the news and fabricating it when he turns a hostage crisis involving a fired janitor (John Travolta) into a media circus. Unfortunately, this preachy film also crosses a line--the one that separates commentary from polemic. Despite fine performances from Hoffman and Travolta, it suffers from a fatal heavy-handedness...
This just in! The media distorts the truth for its own nefarious purposes! This movie focuses on Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman), a reporter who "cross the line" between reporting the news and fabricating it when he turns a hostage crisis involving a fired janitor (John Travolta) into a media circus. Unfortunately, this preachy film also croosses a line--the one that separates commentary from polemic. Despite fine performances, it suffers from a fatal heavy-handedness...
...time to put events into perspective." Gavras makes an excellent point. Mad City could also have profited from a little perspective. Its creators failed to notice that they themselves had crossed a line--the one that separates shrewd commentary from polemic."Photos courtesy of Warner Bros,TWO RING CIRCUS: DUSTIN HOFFMAN (left), shines as a hard-boiled reporter who exploits the story of a simple-minded janitor's (JOHN TRAVOLTA, below) revolt against society...