Wag the Dog

December. 25,1997      R
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Dustin Hoffman as  Stanley Motss
Robert De Niro as  Conrad Brean
Anne Heche as  Winifred Ames
Woody Harrelson as  Sergeant William Schumann
Denis Leary as  Fad King
Willie Nelson as  Johnny Dean
Andrea Martin as  Liz Butsky
Kirsten Dunst as  Tracy Lime
William H. Macy as  CIA Agent Charles Young
David Koechner as  Director

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Reviews

Scanialara
1997/12/25

You won't be disappointed!

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Phonearl
1997/12/26

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Fatma Suarez
1997/12/27

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Dana
1997/12/28

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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