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Synopsis. The President (Michael Belson) is caught making advances on an underage girl inside the Oval Office, less than two weeks before the election. Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), a top spin doctor, is brought in by presidential aide Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) to take the public's attention away from the scandal.
The tail wagging the dog is an idiom that usually refers to something important or powerful being controlled by something less so. Its earliest use is in the 1858 play Our American Cousin. The 1997 film Wag the Dog shortened the phrase and added the additional meaning of 'superfluous (military) action in order to distract from domestic scandal.'
Jan 2, 1998 · Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" cites Grenada as an example of how easy it is to whip up patriotic frenzy, and how dubious the motives sometimes are. The movie is a satire that contains just enough realistic ballast to be teasingly plausible; like " Dr. Strangelove ," it makes you laugh, and then it makes you wonder.
Dec 20, 2022 · Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Barry Levinson, and more look back at the political satire so ahead of its time it practically saw the future. By Kristopher Tapley. December 20, 2022. WAG THE...
Jan 25, 2009 · 25.8K subscribers. 2.2K. 749K views 15 years ago. Trailer for Barry Levinson's film starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst,...
Wag the Dog is a 1997 American political satire black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. The film centers on a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricates a war in Albania to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal.
Aug 17, 2015 · When a scandal threatens the president's re-election, a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer team up to create a fake war. Watch the original theatrical trailer of Wag the Dog, a hilarious satire ...
