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  1. Wag the Dog
    R1997 · Comedy drama · 1h 37m

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  1. Awards

    • British Academy of Film & Television Arts Adapted Screenplay 1999 · Nominated

    • Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1998 · Nominated

    • Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1998 · Nominated

    • Academy Award Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 1998 · Nominated

    • Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1998 · Nominated

    • Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1998 · Nominated

    • Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 1998 · Nominated

  1. National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA. 1998 Nominee NSFC Award. Best Actor. Dustin Hoffman. Tied with Ian Holm for The Sweet Hereafter (1997) and Al Pacino for Donnie Brasco (1997) in 3rd place.

  2. 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.

  3. 1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award. Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical; Wag the Dog

  4. 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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  5. 3 Nominations. 0 Wins. Wag the Dog. 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. Golden Globe Awards. 1998 Nominee. Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. Wag the Dog. Hilary Henkin. 1998 Nominee. Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Wag the Dog.

  6. Film Details. Awards. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Less than two weeks before election day, a scandal erupts that threatens to cripple the President's bid for a second term. But before the incident can cause irreparable damage, a mysterious fixer is called to the White House.

  7. …at war with Albania in Wag the Dog (1997), a biting political satire that gave Hoffman his seventh Academy Award nomination. He later portrayed the grand inquisitor in the French production of Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), and in 2003 he appeared in the courtroom thriller Runaway…

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