Wag the Dog

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1997

1h 37m

English

Comedy, Drama

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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.

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Wag the Dog

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1997

1h 37m

English

Comedy, Drama

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Cast

Stanley Motss

Conrad Brean

Winifred Ames

Sergeant William Schumann

Fad King

Johnny Dean

Liz Butsky

Tracy Lime

CIA Agent Charles Young

Director

President

Amy Cain

John Levy

Grace

A.D.

Pet Wrangler

Bob Richardson

Technician

Sharon

Kid with Shoes

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Pops Staples

Co-Pilot

Officer

Store Owner

Pilot

Directed By: Barry Levinson

Written By: David Mamet (Screenplay), Hilary Henkin (Screenplay)

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hitchhiker says...

13 years ago

80%? Come on, this is a classic! More relevant now than ever before!

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JeanEats says...

4 years ago

Watching this movie really makes you wonder what’s real and what’s fraudulent... even now in 2020. More people need to see this one!

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PorterUk says...

2 years ago

As soon as war breaks out, I think of this film. It should be mandatory viewing to wake up the sheeple. To think this came out pre-Lewinsky... And the phrases used were almost verbatim to how 9/11 was a war with Afghanistan (they actually referenced mountain caves!) and then magically a war with the (nothing to do with the fact he started selling oil in euros not dollars) Hussein Saudi regime. It's either astonishing or deeply saddening that this film is so believable. And here we go in 2022 where the optics of a humanitarian crisis are inseparable from the propoganda that we are fed with it... Who knows what to believe? (and as a Brit, I see an entire career for Armando Iannucci from this one film. The Thicknof It, In The Loop, Death of Stalin, Veep... They owe a debt for sure.) 8/10

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crc2018 says...

2 years ago

The best part is that Hoffman gets whacked at the end.

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7/10 7 months ago

The only thing I knew going into this film was that it starred Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro and that it had some Oscar noms. As it so happens, I recently watched _Don't Look Up (2021)_, which proved an appropriate modern companion piece, having a very similar vibe with its over-the-top satire More

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