Wag the Dog
Summary:
In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this 15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel, -American Hero. Two weeks prior to re-election, the President (Michael Belson) is accused of cornering an underage girl in the Oval Office. To keep the media from learning of this, Presidential adviser Winifred Ames (... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman - (Stanley Motss)
Robert De Niro - (Conrad Brean)
Anne Heche - (Winifred Ames)
Woody Harrelson - (Sgt. William Schumann)
Denis Leary - (Fad King)
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Review:
Barry Levinson filmed this dead-on political satire in a mere 29 days, working from David Mamet and Hilary Henkin's smart adaptation of the Larry Beinhart novel -American Hero. Wag the Dog came out not long before the nation found out about its own President's sexual misconduct; the prophetic script gets its laughs not from outland... Continue >>
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