Wag the Dog

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Larry_Beinhart
gptkbp:award gptkb:Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director_(Berlin_International_Film_Festival)
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:American_Hero
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross $64.3 million
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Robert_Richardson
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:Barry_Levinson
gptkbp:distributedBy gptkb:New_Line_Cinema
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:New_Line_Cinema
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Stu_Linder
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:California
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:genre political satire
satirical comedy
gptkbp:hasPoster Wag the Dog poster.jpg
gptkbp:hasTheme public relations
media manipulation
fabrication of news
political spin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wag the Dog
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Mark_Knopfler
gptkbp:nominatedFor gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Director
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor_(Dustin_Hoffman)
gptkbp:notableFor released shortly before the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
satire of media manipulation
gptkbp:plotSummary A spin doctor and a Hollywood producer fabricate a war to distract from a presidential scandal.
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Robert_De_Niro
gptkb:Barry_Levinson
gptkb:Jane_Rosenthal
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:New_Line_Cinema
gptkbp:rating R
gptkbp:releaseDate 1997-12-25
gptkbp:runtime 97 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Hilary_Henkin
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Woody_Harrelson
gptkb:Dustin_Hoffman
gptkb:Andrea_Martin
gptkb:Denis_Leary
gptkb:Anne_Heche
gptkb:Kirsten_Dunst
gptkb:Robert_De_Niro
gptkb:William_H._Macy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Dustin_Hoffman
gptkb:Denis_Leary
gptkb:Willie_Nelson
gptkb:Robert_De_Niro
gptkb:Barry_Levinson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5