Wag the Dog

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-09

Languages:

English, Albanian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (64519 Reviews)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Anne Heche Denis Leary

Writer:

Larry Beinhart (book)

Hilary Henkin (screenplay)

David Mamet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.

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