Wag the Dog
A comedy about truth, justice and other special effects.
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct.To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Worldwide
- $64M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Box Office & Release
Wag the Dog returned 4.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $64M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Albanian
- Country
- United States of America
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