TY  - ADVS
AU  - Rosenthal,Jane
AU  - De Niro,Robert
AU  - Levinson,Barry
AU  - Henkin,Hilary
AU  - Mamet,David
AU  - Hoffman,Dustin
AU  - Leary,Denis
AU  - Nelson,Willie
AU  - Martin,Andrea
AU  - Dunst,Kirsten
AU  - Macy,William H.
AU  - Knopfler,Mark
AU  - Beinhart,Larry
ED  - New Line Cinema Corporation.
ED  - Tribeca Productions.
ED  - Punch Productions.
TI  - Wag the dog
T2  - New Line platinum series
SN  - 0780622561
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - [Calif.]
PB  - New Line Home Video
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - Drama
KW  - Political satire
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Comedy films
KW  - Satirical films
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Based on the book "American hero" by Larry Beinhart; Videodisc released of the 1997 motion picture; Special features: fullscreen version formatted to fit TV and widescreen version with original 1.85:1 original aspect ratio ; audio commentary by Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman ; featurette From Washington to Hollywood and back ; essay The line between truth and fiction : an essay on politics and the media ; theatrical trailer ; cast and crew biographies and filmographies; New Line Home Video: N4658; Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Stu Linder ; music, Mark Knopfler; Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy
N2  - When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it
ER  -