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Wag the Dog
Directed by Barry Levinson
Produced by Barry Levinson
Robert De Niro
Written by Hilary Henkin
David Mamet
Starring Dustin Hoffman
Robert De Niro
Anne Heche
Denis Leary
William H. Macy
Willie Nelson
Editing by Stu Linder
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) December 17, 1997
Running time 97 min. Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Hilary Beth Henkin (born November 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter and producer nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8 1937 His brother Ronald is a lawyer and economist Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Anne Celeste Heche (ˈheɪtʃ born May 25 1969 is an American actress, director and Screenwriter. Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe - and Emmy Award -nominated American Actor, Comedian William Hall Macy Jr (born March 13, 1950) is an Academy Award -nominated double Emmy - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. Stu Linder ( November 8 1931 - January 12 2006) was an American Film editor with 25 credits New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
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Wag the Dog is a 1997 film starring Robert De Niro, about a Washington spin doctor who distracts the electorate from a U. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D In Public relations, spin is a usually Pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in one's own favor of an event or situation it is a Euphemism S. presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer, played by Dustin Hoffman, to construct a fake war with Albania. A sex scandal is a Scandal involving allegations or information about Embarrassing Sexual activities, such as Adultery, being made public Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8 1937 His brother Ronald is a lawyer and economist War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. The scheme enlists the musical Willie Nelson (who creates a theme song for the 'war'). Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie.

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Plot

Wag the Dog was produced and directed by Barry Levinson. Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor Hilary Henkin and David Mamet co-wrote the screenplay. Hilary Beth Henkin (born November 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter and producer nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and The film is based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story American Hero is a 1993 Satirical Conspiracy theory Novel written by Larry Beinhart. Larry Beinhart is an American Author. He is best known as the author of the political and detective novel American Hero, which was adapted for The book, however, differs greatly from the picture. In the book the president is specifically George Herbert Walker Bush (in the movie he is unnamed) and the fake war operation is explicitly Desert Storm. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

The film explores serious themes, such as the manipulation of the mass media and public opinion, with a comedic sensibility. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" That the manufacture of consent is capable of great refinements no one I think denies The film drew attention at the time for similarities to the Clinton sex scandal, although the movie also makes reference to the Persian Gulf War as an example of war used as an electoral tactic. The Lewinsky scandal was a political Sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a then The idea of war as a creation of the media is not, of course, original to the movie. The French postmodernist Jean Baudrillard's ideas in particular are relevant to a discussion of the movie — see for example his essay The Gulf War Did Not Take Place. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Jean Baudrillard ( July 29, 1929   – March 6, 2007) (ʒɑ̃ bo The Gulf War Did Not Take Place, a book by Jean Baudrillard, is a collection of three essays published in Libération and The Guardian

Cast

Writing credits

Controversy surrounds the writing credits of the movie. David Koechner (pronounced /'kɛknɚ/ born August 24, 1962) is an American Character actor (film television and stage Comedian and Original drafter Henkin took the film’s producers to court and threatened to quit the Writers Guild of America after director Barry Levinson chose not to award her a screenwriting credit.

As a reviewer wrote at the time of the film's release:

According to Levinson, Mamet had never read the novel nor Henkin's script, and the only commonality between Henkin's draft and the shooting script was the premise of a make-believe war. Citing clear-cut differences between the two scripts, including the entire Hollywood-angle and the soldier left behind enemy lines in Mamet's creation, Levinson appealed the ruling, but was rebuffed. [1]

Current events

Less than a month after the movie was released, President Bill Clinton was embroiled in a sex scandal arising from his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The Lewinsky scandal was a political Sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a then Over the course of 1998 and early 1999, as the scandal dominated American politics, the US engaged in three military operations:

In a further coincidence, the missile strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan were announced by the White House moments before the beginning of a press conference in which Lewinsky was to give details of her appearance before Congress.

Critics, including Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, charged that the former operation was an attempt to distract attention from the Lewinsky scandal, and Serb state television went so far as to broadcast Wag The Dog in the midst of NATO attacks on Serbia. Chester Trent Lott Sr (born October 9, 1941) is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party

The video cassette version of the film contains an extended feature after the credits that has commentary about the movie in the context of the Lewinsky scandal by the producers of the movie and Tom Brokaw. Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw (born February 6, 1940) is an American Television Journalist and Author, and

Music

The film featured many songs created entirely for the fictitious campaign waged by the protagonists: "Good Old Shoe", "The American Dream" and "The Men of the 303" are but salient examples. Strangely, none of these pieces made it onto the soundtrack which was released on CD: it featured only the title track, by British guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, and seven of Knopfler's Instrumentals. Mark Knopfler OBE (born August 12 1949 Glasgow, Scotland) is a British Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by

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