---
title: 'City Hall (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold Becker'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-hall-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115907/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City Hall (1996)

1996 · 107 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

City Hall is a 1996 American political thriller film directed by Harold Becker and starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda and Danny Aiello. The film is Becker's second collaboration with Pacino, having directed him in Sea of Love (1989). The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on February 16, 1996, and received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box office bomb as it grossed $33.4 million against a $40 million budget.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-becker)
- **Producer:** [Harold Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-becker)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader), [Nicholas Pileggi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-pileggi), [Bo Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-goldman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Seresin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-seresin)
- **Editor:** [David Bretherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bretherton)

## Cast

- [John Slattery](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-slattery)
- [Bridget Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-fonda)
- [Murphy Guyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/murphy-guyer)
- [Lauren Vélez](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-velez)
- [Danny Aiello](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-aiello)
- [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Richard Gant](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gant)
- [Fran Brill](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-brill)
- [Anthony Franciosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-franciosa)
- [John Finn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-finn)
- [Nestor Serrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-serrano)
- [Mel Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-winkler)
- [Lindsay Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-duncan)
- [Martin Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-landau)

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