Wag the Dog Review
Wag the Dog Review
The film “Wag the Dog”, directed by Barry Levinson, features Robert De Niro as a political spin doctor named Conrad Bread who is attempting to cover up a scandal concerning the President. After being accused of Molesting a “Firefly Girl” in the Oval office, a White House aide named Winifred Aimes, played by Anne Heche, brings Brean to a secret meeting in an underground bunker. To distract the press from the Firefly Girl sex scandal, he advises extending a presidential trip to Asia, while issuing official denials that the new B-3 bomber is being activated ahead of schedule. Then to divert the story even more he decides to create a false international crisis with Albania . This film is a fantastic representation of political scandals and mocks the very thought of them, which is why it is so brilliant. With fantasitc acting and great content, it makes the viewer feel as if it were a real scandal, and sucks them into the story being told. With the combination of all three, it makes for a remarkable film that will be endeared for a long time.
After the meeting, Bread decides to create a fake war with Albania. To produce the graphic look and feel of the war, Brean flies to Hollywood and enlists the services of a producer named Stanley Motss,played by Dustin Hoffman, who does not believe what is being told to him. He wants proof that Brean has a direct line to the White House. As they watch a live briefing by a presidential spokesman, Brean speaks into a cell phone and the spokesman repeats, word for word, what he hears on his earpiece. Motss, with a group he assembles,create the pieces for a media blitz. As spokesmen warn of Albanian terrorists coming from Canada with "suitcase bombs," Motss supervises the design of a logo for use on the news channels, hires a country artist by the name Johnny Dean to write the song that will become the conflict's, and fakes news footage
The film “Wag the Dog”, directed by Barry Levinson, features Robert De Niro as a political spin doctor named Conrad Bread who is attempting to cover up a scandal concerning the President. After being accused of Molesting a “Firefly Girl” in the Oval office, a White House aide named Winifred Aimes, played by Anne Heche, brings Brean to a secret meeting in an underground bunker. To distract the press from the Firefly Girl sex scandal, he advises extending a presidential trip to Asia, while issuing official denials that the new B-3 bomber is being activated ahead of schedule. Then to divert the story even more he decides to create a false international crisis with Albania . This film is a fantastic representation of political scandals and mocks the very thought of them, which is why it is so brilliant. With fantasitc acting and great content, it makes the viewer feel as if it were a real scandal, and sucks them into the story being told. With the combination of all three, it makes for a remarkable film that will be endeared for a long time.
After the meeting, Bread decides to create a fake war with Albania. To produce the graphic look and feel of the war, Brean flies to Hollywood and enlists the services of a producer named Stanley Motss,played by Dustin Hoffman, who does not believe what is being told to him. He wants proof that Brean has a direct line to the White House. As they watch a live briefing by a presidential spokesman, Brean speaks into a cell phone and the spokesman repeats, word for word, what he hears on his earpiece. Motss, with a group he assembles,create the pieces for a media blitz. As spokesmen warn of Albanian terrorists coming from Canada with "suitcase bombs," Motss supervises the design of a logo for use on the news channels, hires a country artist by the name Johnny Dean to write the song that will become the conflict's, and fakes news footage