# City Hall (1996)

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**Runtime**: 111 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Harold Becker
**Written by**: Nicholas Pileggi, Paul Schrader, Bo Goldman
**Starring**: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau, David Paymer

> *It started with a shootout on a rainswept street and ended in a scandal that shattered New York.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New York City summer streets a child's cry for help a gunshot 
Deputy Mayor investigating a boy's accidental shooting 
Harold Becker directs a complex drama.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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