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City Hall
City Hall 18+
Country
USA
Runtime
1 hour 51 minutes
Production year
1996
World premiere
16 February 1996
Release date
| 16 February 1996 | Russia | 16+ | |
| 9 May 1996 | Australia | ||
| 19 June 1996 | France | ||
| 27 June 1996 | Germany | ||
| 12 April 1996 | Great Britain | ||
| 22 March 1996 | Italy | ||
| 16 February 1996 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 23 November 1996 | South Korea | 15 | |
| 16 February 1996 | USA | ||
| 16 February 1996 | Ukraine |
MPAA
R
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$20,340,204
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Also known as
City Hall, City Hall: La sombra de la corrupción, A Sombra da Corrupção, City Hall: Conspiração no Alto Escalão, City Hall. La sombra de la corrupción, Complot dans la ville, Escalão, Gradska vijećnica, Ludzie miasta, Maktspel, Merija, Mestna hisa, Minden gyanú felett, Pormestari, Vyšší zájem, Vyšší záujem, Градска скупштина, Кметството, Мерія, Мэрия, 檔案風暴, 訣別の街
Director
Herold Bekker
Cast
Showtimes
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Mayor John Pappas
I was warned not to come here. I was warned. They warned me, "Don't stand behind that coffin." But why should I heed such a warning, when a heartbeat is silent and a child lies dead? "Don't stand behind" this coffin. That boy was as pure and as innocent as the driven snow. But I must stand here, because I have not given you what you should have. Until we can walk abroad and recreate ourselves; until we can stroll along the streets like boulevards; congregate in parks free from fear, our families mingling, our children laughing, our hearts joined - until that day we have no city. You can label me a failure until that day. The first and perhaps only great mayor was Greek. He was Pericles of Athens, and he lived some 2500 years ago, and he said, "All things good on this Earth flow into the City, because of the City's greatness." Well, we were great once. Can we not be great again? Now, I put that question to James Bone, and there's only silence. Yet could not something pass from this sweet youth to me? Could he not empower me to find in myself the strength to have the knowledge to summon up the courage to accomplish this seemingly insurmountable task of making a city livable? Just livable. There was a palace that was a city. It was a PALACE! It was a PALACE and it CAN BE A PALACE AGAIN! A PALACE, in which there is no king or queen, or dukes or earls or princes, but subjects all: subjects beholden to each other, to make a better place to live. Is that too much to ask?
Audience
No!
Mayor John Pappas
Are we asking too much for this?
Audience
No!
Mayor John Pappas
Is it beyond our reach?
Some Audience Members
No!
Mayor John Pappas
Because if it is, then we are nothing but sheep being herded to the final SLAUGHTERHOUSE! I will not go down, THAT WAY!
[the audience begins shouting approval]
Mayor John Pappas
I choose to FIGHT BACK! I choose to RISE, not fall! I choose to LIVE, not die! And I know, I know that what's within me is also WITHIN YOU.
Audience Member
Amen!
Mayor John Pappas
That's why I ask you now to join me. Join me, RISE UP with me, RISE UP on the wings of this slain angel.
[Audience members begin shouting "Yes" at every pause]
Mayor John Pappas
We'll rebuild on the soul of this little warrior. We will pick up his standard and RAISE it high! Carry it forward until THIS CITY - YOUR CITY - OUR CITY - HIS CITY - IS A PALACE OF GOD! IS A PALACE OF GOD! I am with you, little James. I am you.
