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Wag the dog / New Line Cinema ; Tribeca/Baltimore Pictures/Punch production ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson ; directed by Barry Levinson ; screenplay by Hilary Henkin & David Mamet.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: N4658 | New Line Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: Spanish Original language: English Series: New Line platinum seriesPublisher: Burbank, Calif. : New Line Home Video, [1998]Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • Rated R
  • General
ISBN:
  • 0780622561
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 W34 1998
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; editor, Stu Linder ; music, Mark Knopfler.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst.Summary: When the president is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, the White House sends for "Mr. Fix-it." Washington spinmaster Conrad Brean needs a war to distract the public's attention and calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
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DVD John Tomay Memorial Library DVDFIC DVD FIC WAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100138189

Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) and fullscreen versions.

Based on the book: American hero / by Larry Beinhart.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Features: original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman, a featurette, "From Washington to Hollywood and Back", an essay "The line between truth and fiction", theatrical trailer, cast and crew biographies and filmographies.

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; editor, Stu Linder ; music, Mark Knopfler.

Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst.

When the president is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, the White House sends for "Mr. Fix-it." Washington spinmaster Conrad Brean needs a war to distract the public's attention and calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, Dolby stereo 5.1.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned; in English or French with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

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