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 Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) and Conrad Brean (Robert de Niro) contact film producer Stanley Motts (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. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH))