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...celebrity anchor Kevin Hollander (Alan Alda, in a stonier version of the egomaniacal media mogul he played in Crimes and Misdemeanors). The worldly, ambitious Brackett is earger to regain his position at the network. So when he finds himself locked in a museum with unstable gunman Sam Baily (John Travolta at his raunchiest), a class of rowdy schoolchildren and a developing hostage situation, he's overjoyed to have found his ticket back to the big leagues...
This parade of shallow characters and empty stereotypes is evidently unintentional. "People are not good guys or bad guys," Costa-Gavras says. "Nobody's an angel." Perhaps, but some of them certainly come off better than others in the world of Mad City. Travolta's Baily is the sweetest, most lovable terrorist ever created for the screen: a made-to-order innocent for the media to crucify. His childlike naivete is charming at first, but after a while, one begins to wonder if he could successfully floss his teeth without injuring himself. In short, Sam Baily is just 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...
...Scientology is our religion," Travolta said in a video message taped in Los Angeles where he is working on a new film. "It has helped us a lot, as it has helped so many others around the world...
...Police said there were up to 3,000 demonstrators at the rally on Monday, while Scientology organizers put the size of the crowd at 6,500. The group had hoped Travolta, one of the Los Angeles-based religion's most prominent disciples, would personally attend the demonstration. Two other celebrity Scientologists ? "Fatal Attraction" actress Anne Archer and "Shaft" composer Isaac Hayes ? joined the protest march through the streets of Berlin...