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Jan 9, 1998 · A 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro as a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer who create a war in Albania to distract from a presidential sex scandal. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (89K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Barry Levinson
- 1998-01-09
Wag the dog is, as a political term, the act of creating a diversion from a damaging issue usually through military force. It stems from the generic use of the term to mean a small and seemingly unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog).
Wag the Dog. 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...
- (78)
- Barry Levinson
- R
- Dustin Hoffman
Aug 20, 2019 · Wag the Dog is a comedy about a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who use falsenews to fabricate a war.
- 97 min
- 46K
- harryhaller02
Trailer for Barry Levinson's film starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy, John Michael Higgins,...
- 2 min
- 753K
- ryy79
Jan 2, 1998 · A comedy about a White House spin doctor who creates a fake war with Albania to distract from a sex scandal. Ebert praises the film's realistic and absurd elements, and the performances of Hoffman, De Niro and Harrelson.
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A comedy about a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer who create a fake war to cover up a presidential sex scandal. The plot involves media manipulation, deception, and a tragic twist with a POW named Schumann.
