Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

1997 · 1 hr 37 min · R

Comedy, Drama

Directors

Barry Levinson

Actors

  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Robert De Niro
  • Anne Heche

Credits: 1

Summary

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.

More about this movie

After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.