Wag the Dog (1997)
- 7.2
- 1h 37min
- Comedy, Drama
- 1998-01-09 (USA)
Storyline
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.
Plot Keywords
black comedy, presidential election, secret service, media manipulation, washington d.c., political campaign, political conspiracy, political corruption, scandal, satire, political assassination, reference to ronald reagan, illegal immigrant, reference to arnold schwarzenegger, reference to plato, mental patient, press conference, reference to john f. kennedy, airplane accident, media hype
Short Review
Hilary Henkin and David Mamet's script is gleefully hyperbolic without ever straying from its political target.
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