Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

By Barry Levinson

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1998-01-09
  • Advisory Rating: 15
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Barry Levinson
  • Production Company: New Line Cinema
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: GBP 7.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: GBP 3.49
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Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Robert De Niro ("Raging Bull," "Godfather: Part II") and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman ("Rain Man," "Kramer vs. Kramer") star in a tale of politics, power and Hollywood so outrageous it could be true! Two weeks before re-election, the President of the United States is accused of accosting a girl scout. Before the news reaches the media, his advisors call in a political consultant specializing in image rescues. What to do? Hire a Hollywood producer to create a war -- distracting public attention from the scandal and rallying Americans to their President in surge of patriotic fever. Also starring Denis Leary, Kirsten Dunst and Woody Harrelson. Directed by Academy Award and Emmy Award-winner Barry Levinson ("Rain Man," TV's "Homicide: Life on the Street"). Based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart.

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  • An Eye Opener

    5
    By rocheyb
    Required viewing for anybody so ill informed as to still believe that 911 was an act of "middle eastern terrorists" and that the war in Iraq is about "protecting our freedoms".

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