Wag the Dog

(1997)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 1,093 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1997

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Барри Левинсон

Cast: Дастин Хоффман, Роберт Де Ниро, Энн Хеч, Вуди Харрельсон, Денис Лири, Вилли Нельсон, Андреа Мартин, Кирстен Данст, Уильям Мэйси, Дэвид Кокнер

Plot

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.

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.