Wag the dog [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Tribeca/Baltimore Pictures/Punch production ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson ; screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet ; directed by Barry Levinson.
Based on the book American hero, by Larry Beinhart. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. "Includes featurette "From Washington to Hollywood & back," containing interviews with Tom Brokaw, Barry Levinson, John Frankenheimer and others"--Box. Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche.
Summary:
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, his Washington spinmaster decides they need a war to distract the public's attention so he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
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