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  1. Jan 9, 1998 · A political satire film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro as a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer who create a fake war to distract from a presidential sex scandal. The film was released in 1997 and nominated for two Oscars, and predicted the Kosovo war in Albania.

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    • Comedy, Drama
    • Barry Levinson
    • 1998-01-09
  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wag_the_dogWag the dog - Wikipedia

    Wag the dog is, as a political term, the act of creating a diversion from a damaging issue usually through military force. It stems from the generic use of the term to mean a small and seemingly unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog).

  3. Two weeks prior 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 ...

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    • Barry Levinson
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    • Dustin Hoffman
    • Wag the Dog1
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  4. Aug 20, 2019 · Wag the Dog is a comedy about a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who use falsenews to fabricate a war.

    • 97 min
    • 46K
    • harryhaller02
  5. When the US president is caught up in a scandal days before the election, it seems his chances of being re-elected are slim. So an advisor decides that a war is needed to divert attention. Unfortunately there isn't one so they get a Hollywood producer to create one that the Prez can heroically end!

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  7. Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), a top spin doctor, is brought in by presidential aide Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) to take the public's attention away from the scandal. He decides to construct a fictional war in Albania, hoping the media will concentrate on this instead.

  8. Learn the history and usage of the idiom the tail wagging the dog, which means something less important or powerful controlling something more important or powerful. Find out how the 1997 film Wag the Dog added a new meaning of superfluous military action to distract from domestic scandal.

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