Wag the Dog

• 6.954 Comedy
• 1997-12-25
• 97 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writer:

Hilary Henkin David Mamet