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Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson. The screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet was loosely adapted from Larry Beinhart's novel American Hero. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, with Anne Heche, Denis Leary, and William H. Macy in supporting roles.
Just days before a presidential election, a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania.
The film was released one month before the outbreak of the Lewinsky scandal and the subsequent bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan by the Clinton Administration, which prompted the media to draw comparisons between the film and reality.
The President of the United States is caught making advances on an underage "Firefly Girl" less than two weeks before Election Day. Conrad Brean (De Niro), a top-notch spin doctor, is brought in to take the public's attention away from the scandal. He decides to construct a diversionary war with Albania, hoping the media will concentrate on this instead. Brean contacts Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Hoffman) to create the war, complete with a theme song and fake film footage of a photogenic orphan (Dunst) in Albania.
A Political Spin Doctor and a Hollywood producer create a fake war to get a President re-elected, who is dealing with a sex scandal, by distracting the voter's attention. In this scene the Spin Doctor has been picked up by the CIA... the following is their conversation.
Mark Knopfler - Wag the Dog (1997) main title theme
Margie reviews the 1997 film Wag the Dog starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Anne Heche. Directed by Barry Levinson. Parents Guide starts at 12:27 Intro/exit music clip by Michael Giacchino, "Married Life" from "Up".
Director Barry Levinson talks with film critic and historian Joe Leydon about the satirical comedy "Wag the Dog" in this 1997 interview
Fragmento de "La cortina de humo" (Wag the Dog), dirigida por Barry Levinson en 1997 y protagonizada por Robert de Niro, Dustin Hoffman y Anne Heche.
via. http://www.onlineaktivisten.de Kurzer Ausschnitt (ca. 5 min) aus dem US-SPIELFILM von 1997 "WAG THE DOG - Wenn der Schwanz mit dem Hund wedelt" über politisch-beeinflusste Medienmanipulation. Auch wenn es sich nur um eine fiktive Spielfilm-Szene handelt, macht diese Szene doch sehr anschaulich deutlich, welche technischen Möglichkeiten heute vorhanden sind, um einen politischen Schwindel in den Medien zu veröffentlichen und zu propagieren...
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Two weeks prior http://wwagthedog.blogspot.com/ to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) enlists the expertise of spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), who decides a distraction is the best course of action. Brean approaches Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman) to help him fabricate a war in Albania -- and once underway, the duo has the media entirely focused on the war.
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal.
Philosophy Film Club takes a look at the '97 black comedy Wag the Dog. Our host Ady Sheerer and our guest Gabriel Scheare discuss the realism of this movie, its staggering predictions and the symbiotic relationship between media manipulation and politics. PFC Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/philosophyfilmclub PFC G+: https://plus.google.com/b/117472908323246912161/+PhilosophyFilmClubShow/videos?gmbpt=true&hl;=en Connect with Gabriel Scheare: https://shrugout.liberty.me http://www.fortgalt.com www.facebook.com/scheare
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Sources and mp3 download at: http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-episode-021-wag-the-dog/ Pearse Redmond joined me again to discuss the 1997 film Wag the Dog, a black comedy about a White House spin doctor and a Hollywood producer faking a war with Albania to cover up a presidential sex scandal. We dug beneath the comic overtones to find a much darker subtext, talking about the total absence of moral values in the film, how the tone of the movie develops from a very light beginning to a very dark ending, and how both of the two main characters are probably based on very real and very significant people.
Mark Knopfler - Wag the Dog - Album (1998) Tracks : 1. Wag The Dog 4:44(0:00) 2. Working On It 3:27 (4:44) 3. In The Heartland 2:45 (8:11) 4. An American Hero 2:04 (10:52) 5. Just Instinct 1:36 (13:00) 6. Stretching Out 4:17 (14:36) 7. Drooling National 1:53 (18:53) 8. We’re Going To War 3:23 (20:46) Album Credits Mark Knopfler: guitar, lead vocals Glenn Worf: bass Chad Cromwell: drums Richard Bennett: guitar Guy Fletcher: keyboards Jim Cox: piano, organ Mastered by Danny Purcell Photography by Mark Leialoha Produced by Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler The soundtrack for the hit 1997 film Wag the Dog was composed by Mark and contains primarily instrumental tracks, except for the title track which contains vocals.
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