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Jan 9, 1998 · Wag the Dog: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson. Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Barry Levinson
- 1998-01-09
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal. After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected.
Wag the dog is, as a political term, the act of creating a diversion from a damaging issue usually through military force. It stems from the generic use of the term to mean a small and seemingly unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog).
Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche ...
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- Barry Levinson
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- Dustin Hoffman
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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- Barry Levinson
Jul 21, 2016 · Wag the Dog is a 1997 American political comedy-drama film produced and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. The screenplay centres on a spin doctor and...
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Dec 20, 2022 · Twenty-five years after its release on Christmas Day 1997, the political comedy Wag the Dog —centered on a fake war cooked up to distract from a presidential scandal—can’t help but still...
