Wag the dog / New Line Cinema presents a Tribeca/Baltimore Pictures/Punch production ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert DeNiro, Barry Levinson ; screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet ; directed by Barry Levinson.
Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy. Based on the book American hero by Larry Beinhart. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. Widescreen version (1.85:1 aspect ratio) side A. Full screen version side B. Interactive menu includes: scene selection, language & subtitle selection, special features. Special features include: cast & crew biographies & filmographies, feature length audio commentary by director Barry Levinson and actor Dustin Hoffman, original theatrical trailer, essay on politics and the media "The line between truth and fiction", featurette "From Washington to Hollywood and back" which contains interviews with Tom Brokaw, Barry Levinson, John Frankenheimer and others, interview with William H. Macy "Macy on Mamet".
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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