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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.
- Barry Levinson
- 31 sec
On his death bed, Lee Atwater devises a plan to secure president George H. W. Bush 's reelection by having a war professionally produced by Hollywood agent David Hartman. The plan is set in motion after Atwater's death, and Hartman hires movie director John Lincoln Beagle to produce the fake war.
- Larry Beinhart
- 1993
Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson. The screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet was loosely adapted from Larry Beinhart's novel American Hero. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, with Anne Heche, Denis Leary, and William H. Macy in supporting roles.
Dec 25, 1997 · Synopsis by Bhob Stewart. In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel, American Hero. Two weeks prior to re-election, the President (Michael Belson) is accused of cornering an underage girl in the Oval Office.
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- Conrad 'Connie' Brean
- Stanley Motss
- Winifred Ames
- Cia Agent Charlie Young
- Johnny Dean
- Dialogue
- Cast
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.All combat takes place at night, in the rain, and at the junction of four map segments.54, 40 or fight. What does that mean?...Remember the Maine...Tippecanoe and Tyler, too...They're war slogans Mr. Motss. We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars. Y'know why?...This is a shitty business, and it needs no ghosts coming from the grave to tell us so. But Lord willing and Jesus tarries, in eight days I will be taking you into the second term.You take the fruit of 40 years - hard lessons, mistakes - and you call it wisdom.This is nothing. D'you ever shoot in Italy? Try three Italian starlets wacked out on Benzedrine and grappa, this is a walk in the park...Y'know, producing is being a Samurai warrior. They pay you, day in, day out, for years, so that, ONE DAY, when called upon, you can respond, your training at Its peak, and save the day.The war ain't over til I say it's over. This is my picture. You think you're in a spot? You think this is a tight spot? Try making the Hunchback of Notre Dame when your three lead actors die, two w...Oh, God. What do we do now? Huh? Huh? What do we do now, huh, boy producer? Huh? Mister win-an-Emmy, social-conscience, whale-shit, save-the-rain-forest, peacenik-commie, fuckin'-hire-a-convict-shi...
There are two things I know to be true. There's no difference between good flan and bad flan, and there is no war.When the fit hits the shan somebody's going to have to stay after school.Albania's hard to rhyme.I was just on my way to get drunk.Amy Cain: But there isn't a B-3 bomber.Conrad Brean: Where'd you go to school, kid? Wellesly?Cain: Dartmouth.Brean: Then show a little spunk. There Is no B-3 Bomber. General Scott, the best of your knowledge, is not in Seattle to talk with Boeing...Winifred Ames: It won't hold, Connie, it won't prove out.Brean: We don't need it to prove out. We've got less than two weeks till the election, so we just need to distract them.Dec 25, 1997 · Overview. 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. Barry Levinson.
Wag the Dog is a film directed by Barry Levinson with Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson .... Year: 1997. Original title: Wag the Dog. Synopsis: Less than two weeks before election day, a scandal erupts that threatens to cripple the President's bid for a second term.
