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Name: Wag The Dog
Released: 1998-1-1
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson

Wag The Dog

R
1h 37m
1998

86%

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Academy Award winners Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman star in a tale of politics, power, and Hollywood so outrageous it could be true! Two weeks before re-election, the President of the United States (Michael Belson) is accused of accosting a girl scout. Before the news reaches the media, his advisors call in a political consultant (De Nireo) specializing in image rescues. What to do? Hire a Hollywood producer (Hoffman) to create a war--distracting public attention from the scandal and rallying Americans to their President in surge of patriotic fever.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Producer:

Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson, Michael De Luca, Ezra Swerdlow, Claire Rudnick Polstein

Writer:

Hilary Henkin, David Mamet

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, Woody Harrelson, Michael Belson, Suzanne Cryer

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Smart, well-acted, and uncomfortably prescient political satire from director Barry Levinson and and all-star cast.

Reviews

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Dan DiNicola

The idea sags near the end, but for some time, it is right on.

...I’ll simply let the movie explain itself and recommend it highly for anyone interested in satirical filmmaking.

...a vitriolic comedy/satire that venomously assesses the lack of morality in the modern media and politics...

Perhaps what's so surprising about 1997's Wag the Dog is how the political satire feels so realistic over twenty years following its theatrical release.

...a fairly static drama that contains few elements worth connecting to or wholeheartedly embracing...

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama, Comedy
Release Date:January 1, 1998
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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