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City Hall is a 1996 American suspense drama film directed by Harold Becker and starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda and Danny Aiello.[3] The film was Becker's second collaboration with Pacino, having directed him in Sea of Love (1989).

City Hall
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Directed by	Harold Becker
Written by	Kenneth Lipper Paul Schrader Nicholas Pileggi Bo Goldman
Produced by	Harold Becker Kenneth Lipper Charles Mulvehill Edward R. Pressman
Starring	Al Pacino John Cusack Bridget Fonda Danny Aiello David Paymer Martin Landau
Cinematography	Michael Seresin
Edited by	David Bretherton Robert C. Jones
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	February 16, 1996 (1996-02-16)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million[1]
Box office	$33.4 million[2]

Plot summary

In New York City, Detective Eddie Santos and mob figure Tino Zapatti kill each other in a shootout; a stray bullet also kills a child passing by. In the wake of the tragedy, questions are raised as to why Judge Walter Stern, an old friend of the ambitious Mayor John Pappas, had previously set the criminal responsible free on probation. Pappas' loyal deputy mayor, Kevin Calhoun, decides to dig for answers. Meanwhile, legal aid Marybeth Cogan uncovers a conspiracy to smear Santos.

Calhoun's investigation leads to Frank Anselmo, a Brooklyn politician who has connections to Tino's uncle, crime boss Paul Zapatti. Anselmo plants money at Zapatti's behest to frame Santos. Calhoun and Cogan continue to seek the truth from a number of sources, including Santos' partner and another Zapatti relative. After the murder of probation officer Larry Schwartz, they ultimately conclude that Judge Stern had to be on the take. Pappas agrees that Stern must resign.

The scandal snowballs to the point where Zapatti instructs Anselmo to commit suicide rather than become an informer or go to jail. To protect his family, Anselmo shoots himself. Calhoun uncovers evidence that Pappas put Stern together with Anselmo to receive a bribe and leave the young Zapatti on the street. Shocked and disheartened by the revelation, Calhoun talks to Pappas and tells him there is only one choice—to quit as mayor and leave politics for good ("You're gonna take yourself out, John. You're gonna take yourself out."). Even though Pappas initially wants to fight the nearing scandal, he has great respect for Calhoun's integrity and acquiesces to his request. Pappas and Calhoun share an emotional goodbye, and Pappas retires from politics.

Some time later Calhoun runs for city councilor and loses the election, remaining steadfast on trying to make a place for himself in politics and also make the city a better place in which to live.

Cast

• Al Pacino as Mayor John Pappas
• John Cusack as Kevin Calhoun
• Danny Aiello as Frank Anselmo
• Murphy Guyer as Captain Florian
• John Finn as Commissioner Coonan
• Bridget Fonda as Marybeth Cogan
• Anthony Franciosa as Paul Zapatti
• Martin Landau as Judge Walter Stern
• David Paymer as Abe Goodman
• Richard Schiff as Larry Schwartz
• Harry Bugin as Morty the Waiter

Fritz Hollings, the then-current U.S. Senator from South Carolina, plays Senator Marquand, whom Pappas & Calhoun lobby in order to land the Democratic National convention.

Former New York City mayor Ed Koch also has a brief cameo in a political commentary segment of a TV news broadcast.

Reception

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Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 56% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "City Hall explores political corruption with commendable intelligence, but this web of scandal struggles to coalesce into satisfying drama."[4] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.[5]

Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote, "Many of the parts of City Hall are so good that the whole should add up to more, but it doesn't."[6]

Box office

The film was released on February 16, 1996 in 1,815 theatres. It debuted at number 4 at the United States box office, grossing $8 million.[7] For its second weekend, it landed at number 6, grossing $13.8 million. The film grossed $20.3 million in the U.S. and Canada[8] and $13.1 million internationally for a worldwide total of $33.4 million.[2]

References

External links

• City Hall at IMDb
• City Hall at the TCM Movie Database
• City Hall at Rotten Tomatoes
• City Hall at Box Office Mojo
• City Hall at the American Film Institute Catalog

На других языках

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[de] City Hall

City Hall ist ein Politthriller aus dem Jahr 1996. Regie führte Harold Becker, in den Hauptrollen waren Al Pacino, John Cusack und Bridget Fonda zu sehen.

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- [en] City Hall (1996 film)

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[ru] Мэрия (фильм)

«Мэрия» (англ. City Hall) — кинофильм 1996 года режиссёра Харолда Беккера с Аль Пачино и Джоном Кьюсаком в главных ролях.

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