Wag the Dog

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film political satire film

Wag the Dog is a 1997 political satire film about a fabricated war used to distract the public from a presidential scandal.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political satire film ⓘ
basedOn American Hero ⓘ
novel by Larry Beinhart ⓘ
castMember Andrea Martin ⓘ
Anne Heche ⓘ
Denis Leary ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
Kirsten Dunst ⓘ
Robert De Niro ⓘ
Suzanne Cryer ⓘ
William H. Macy ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
Woody Harrelson ⓘ
cinematography Robert Richardson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Barry Levinson ⓘ
distributedBy New Line Cinema ⓘ
editedBy Stu Linder ⓘ
follows American presidential sex scandal in the story ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
hasAwardNominee David Mamet ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
Hilary Henkin ⓘ
hasTagline A comedy about truth, justice and other special effects ⓘ
influenced political discourse on media spin ⓘ
mainSubject fabricated war ⓘ
media manipulation ⓘ
presidential sex scandal cover-up ⓘ
musicBy Mark Knopfler ⓘ
narrativeLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Barry Levinson ⓘ
Jane Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert De Niro ⓘ
productionCompany Baltimore Pictures ⓘ
TriBeCa Productions ⓘ
surface form: Tribeca Productions
publicationDate 1997 ⓘ
1997-12-25 ⓘ
runtime 97 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter David Mamet ⓘ
Hilary Henkin ⓘ
setInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
title Wag the Dog self-link ⓘ

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Barry Levinson → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Barry Levinson → directed → Wag the Dog ⓘ
TriBeCa Productions → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Laurence Mark → produced → Wag the Dog ⓘ
David Mamet → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
David Mamet → wroteScreenplay → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Jane Rosenthal → produced → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Anne Heche → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Drena De Niro → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ
Wag the Dog → title → Wag the Dog self-link ⓘ
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson → notableWork → Wag the Dog ⓘ