Wag the Dog

Hollywood fiction and Washington reality dovetail in director Barry Levinson's wickedly funny satire. When the president is accused of sexually accosting a teenage girl in the Oval Office weeks before Election Day, advisors Anne Heche and Robert De Niro contact film producer Dustin Hoffman. Their plan: to create a fictitious military incident in Albania and divert the media's attention off the White House. Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary co-star. 96 min. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary by Hoffman, Levinson; featurettes; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer.