"A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad."
John Travolta
as Sam Baily
Dustin Hoffman
as Max Brackett
Mia Kirshner
as Laurie Callahan
Alan Alda
as Kevin Hollander
Robert Prosky
as Lou Potts
Blythe Danner
as Mrs. Banks
William Atherton
as Dohlen
Ted Levine
as Lemke
Milton Davis Jr.
as The Kids
Bill Nunn
as Cliff Williams
John Landis
as Doctor
William O'Leary
as CTN Junior Executive
Jay Leno
as Jay Leno
Lucinda Jenney
as Jenny
Tammy Lauren
as Miss Rose
Kyla Pratt
Raymond J. Barry
as Dobbins
Akosua Busia
as Diane
Ebbe Roe Smith
as Bartholomew
Scanlon Gail
as Bob
Charlie Holliday
as Banker
Kevin Cooney
as Principal
Susan Segal
as Tabloid Reporter
Richard Portnow
as Brackett's Agent
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
as Max's Mother
Velina Brown
as Bonnie's Mother
Patricia Smith
as Jenny's Mother
Richard Gross
as FBI Agent
Allan A. Apone
as Makeup Man (uncredited)
David Clennon
as Street Preacher
Larry King
as Larry King (uncredited)
Anthony Aibel
as News Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Fridley
as Young Man
Françoise Bonnot
Editor
Arnold Kopelson
Producer
Anne Kopelson
Costa-Gavras
Director
Tom Matthews
Screenplay
Patrick Blossier
Director of Photography
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Pamela Alch
Script Supervisor
Dennis Maguire
First Assistant Director
Pauline Dairou
Dialogue Editor
Bill Bernstein
Music Editor
Emmanuel Vouniozos
Key Grip
David P. Kelsey
Special Effects Coordinator
Bob Ryan
Hairstylist
Michèle Boëhm
Sound Effects Editor
Kent Genzlinger
Second Assistant Director
Story
Thomas Pasatieri
Orchestrator
Jessica Gallavan
Supervising ADR Editor
François Vagnon
VFX Supervisor
Eric Williams
Bertrand Lenclos
Sound Designer
Chris Squires
Camera Operator
Wolfgang Glattes
Unit Production Manager
Julian Wall
Christian Guillon
Visual Effects Producer
Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Maria Norman
Executive Assistant
Stephen Joel Brown
Executive Producer
Jonathan D. Krane
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond
Casting
Makeup Department Head
Nancy Tong
Robert Ryan
Makeup Artist
Janis Clark
Amanda Mackey
Catherine Hardwicke
Production Design
Michelle Bühler
Susan V. Kalinowski
Kyle Thomson
June Westmore
Linda Warren
Associate Producer
Ben Morahan
Art Direction
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Costume Design
Nina Paskowitz
Key Hair Stylist