City Hall (film)
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| Directed by | Harold Becker |
| Produced by | Harold Becker Kenneth Lipper Charles Mulvehill Edward R. Pressman |
| Written by | Kenneth Lipper Paul Schrader Nicholas Pileggi Bo Goldman |
| Starring | Al Pacino John Cusack Bridget Fonda Danny Aiello David Paymer and Martin Landau |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Michael Seresin |
| Editing by | Robert C. Jones |
| Release date(s) | February 16, 1996 |
| Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 000 000 |
| Gross revenue | $33 300 000 |
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City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. Al Pacino and John Cusack star as the idealistic Mayor of New York John Pappas, and Deputy Mayor, Kevin Calhoun respectively.
The plot follows the aftermath of the death of a boy caught in the crossfire a drug dealer/detective shootout. Calhoun's investigations, as well as those by Marybeth Cogan (Bridget Fonda), eventually uncover a scandal.
[edit] Trivia
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- U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings (Democrat from South Carolina) played a cameo role as Senator Marquand.
- The writer of the screenplay, Kenneth Lipper, also wrote a novelization of the screenplay for the film Wall Street. David Paymer, Richard Schiff, Martin Landau and Danny Aiello also star
[edit] External links
- City Hall at the Internet Movie Database
- Mayor Papas' Eulogy in Text and Audio from AmericanRhetoric.com
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