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Wag the Dog

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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,171 ratings
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Not only was Barry Levinson's comedy shot in a relatively fast period of 29 days, the satire of politics and show business feels as if it were made yesterday. There's a fresh spin quite evident here, a nervy satire of a presidential crisis and the people who whitewash the facts. The main players are a mysterious Mr. Fix-It (Robert De Niro), veteran Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman), and a White House aide (Anne Heche). Can the president's molesting of a young girl be buried in the two weeks before an election? A war in Albania just might do the trick. In the good old days, the president would just invade. With modern technology, it's even cleaner. The hungry press looks for any lead, convenient misinformation is created by the latest Hollywood fakery ("all developed by the new James Cameron film") creating images and merchandise all instantly packaged. And it must be real, because it's on TV. David Mamet's script never questions the morals or the absolute secrecy needed to pull this thing off. He and director Barry Levinson have enough truth in the story to make you wonder what is real news and what is just promotion the next time you see CNN. Many of the supporting players impact the story with mere presence: Denis Leary as a quote man, Willie Nelson as a songwriter. The three leads are magnificent. With the similarities between history and this film, Wag will forever linked to the Monica Lewinsky saga. This video version contains a new minidocumentary focusing on the parallels of the film with the Bill Clinton scandal, including comments from director Barry Levinson and hosted by newsman Tom Brokaw. --Doug Thomas

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 ounces
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 1998
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 29, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Hoffman, De Niro, Heche, Harrelso
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ New Line Studios
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0780623959
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,171 ratings

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Amor
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024
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I watched this after the former president's assassination attempt, as suggested by a friend. It Made me think!
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Amber
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone needs to watch this movie!
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
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As great (and relevant) now as when it first came out 30 years ago! Showed it to my 17 year old recently, he loved it too.
Just watch it!
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S Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars As timely now as when it was made
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
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I (Gen X) recently rented this movie to show to a (Millennial) friend of mine after it somehow came up in conversation. I enjoyed rewatching it as the acting & storyline are fantastic (& still timely, fiction or not.) My friend was enthralled from beginning to end of the show & afterwards sparked an enjoyable conversation. Whether re-watching or seeing this film for the first time, I highly can recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars They Tell Us Repeatedly; We Still Don't Listen!
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2002
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I find it truly amazing that whenever Hollywood paints an accurate picture of our political climate, or tries to alert us to our own ignorance, we just don't seem to get it, no matter how many times they try hitting us over the head with the obvious. It becomes evident that ''anti-Red'' scaremonger Joseph McCarthy really didn't need to do much of anything -- he could have just sat back and sipped on his martini, because, in the end, the American public doesn't take political messages in Hollywood movies seriously anyway. Case in point: ''Wag The Dog.''
In a blatant attempt prove to his audience that any kind of media spin desired can be created and executed to benefit any and every political agenda imaginable (as though trying to prepare us ahead of time for the real possibility of an illegal overthrow of "representative democracy" in America, such as occured with the installation of President 'Un-Elect' George Walker Bush), David Mamet shows `We, the People' just how gullible and how easily manipulated we are by "official looking" and "official sounding" media presentations, ESPECIALLY  when "patriotic" themes are involved.
Just like G.W. Bush and his associate Republican thugs cooked up a non-existent "War On Terror" to keep the public's mind off of the President's misdeeds and political ineptness, so too do the advisors and insiders of Mamet's fictitious administration of an unnamed President cook up a non-existent "War" against a "terrorist nation" (arbitrarily, Albania -- an insignificant dirt-poor country, just like Afghanistan) in order to keep the public's mind off of the President's alleged misconduct with a "Firefly Girl" (a thinly veiled parallel reference to the sexual misconduct of the last duly elected President in the nation, William Jefferson Clinton).
The timing could not have possibly been worse for a scandal to erupt around Mamet's "President," since it is during a point in the presidency where the Commander in Chief is actively seeking re-election. So a Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) has been called in to brainwash and mislead the public with a number of staged manipulative media events all wrapped neatly in the banner of patriotic jingoism. As one of the President's advisers, played by Robert DeNiro, states: "It's a pageant!"
Mamet shows us how easily we can get swept up in jingoism to such an extent that we forget to ask the truly important questions and just sit back on our big fat collectives and 'let someone else do the hard thinking for us.' It's how dictatorships are born -- and to quote the words of George W. Bush VERBATIM, as spoken on December 18, 2000, just less than a week after he was "appointed" President by the Supreme Court:
''If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier... just so long as I'm the dictator.''
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024
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Love this movie. I have watched it many times and I still enjoy watching it!
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Norman Jennings
5.0 out of 5 stars Every conspiracy theorists much watch
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
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It is funny. With all the junk going on in US politics in both parties and recent elections this movie makes you wonder. Have fun with it and enjoy wondering just how much integrity is left within the USA elections.
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Debbie
3.0 out of 5 stars Movie wag the dog
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2024
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This movie is sim
ular to what's happening in our govt now.
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Virgil J. Cruz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
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It’s a great movie about politics and the games played.
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Amazon カスタマー
5.0 out of 5 stars デ・ニーロとホフマン
Reviewed in Japan on December 25, 2023
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この二人の共演なら、面白くないはずはありません。
二人の『胡散臭さ』は絶品です．
アメリカって、やっぱり怖い国ですね。
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marco
5.0 out of 5 stars top
Reviewed in Italy on January 7, 2016
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Ben fatto, realistico.
anche le musiche non son male.
e gli attori son veramente fenomenali..
e poi il film in se fa riflettere...
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Rachael Ingrey
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!!!!
Reviewed in Canada on September 24, 2024
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I have been looking for this movie for ages!!!! Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm!!!!!!
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Birgitte L Storm
1.0 out of 5 stars Producto no utilizable en Europa - es Region 1 y no lo dicen
Reviewed in Spain on January 16, 2016
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Esta compra fue una decepción ya que el DVD resultó ser para USA (Region 1) y no lo dicen en la descripción del producto. Es lamentable que lo vendan en Amazon España (encima poniendo Reino Unido en el título, lo cual hace pensar que es para la Region 2 (Europa)) y que luego resulta ser para el sistema americano. Como mínimo habría que indicarlo.
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Matteo "Doc"
5.0 out of 5 stars Gran film
Reviewed in Italy on May 14, 2014
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Davvero un bel film, ben diretto, ben recitato e con una colonna sonora del grande Mark Knopfler.
Che dire, sono riusciti ad agitare il cane!
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