wag the dog

     

Wag the Dog is a 1997 film starring Robert De Niro, about a Washington spin octor who distracts the electorate from a U.S. presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer, played by Dustin Hoffman, to construct a fake war with Albania. The scheme enlists the musical Willie Nelson (who creates a theme song for the 'war').

Trivia about wag the dog

  • In this 1997 Dustin Hoffman film, the U.S. wages a fictional war with Albania
  • Willie Nelson composes a patriotic anthem for the war that Dustin Hoffman fabricates in this 1997 satire
  • It's what the tail does if things are backwards
  • In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor & a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war
  • 1997:"You want me to produce your war?"
  • War is fabricated to cover up a presidential sex scandal in this 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman & Robert De Niro

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