Wag the Dog

Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, Godfather: Part II) and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, Kramer vs. Kramer) star in a tale of politics, power and Hollywood so outrageous it could be true! Two weeks before re-election, the President of the United States is accused of accosting a girl scout. Before the news reaches the media, his advisors call in a political consultant specializing in image rescues. What to do? Hire a Hollywood producer to create a war -- distracting public attention from the scandal and rallying Americans to their President in surge of patriotic fever. Also starring Denis Leary , Kirsten Dunst and Woody Harrelson. Directed by Academy Award and Emmy Award-winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man, TV's Homicide: Life on the Street). Based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart.