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Wag the dog / New Line Cinema presents a Tribeca/Baltimore Pictures/Punch production ; a Barry Levinson film ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson ; screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet ; directed by Barry Levinson.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD PS3552.E425 A82 1998
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- New Line platinum series
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Beinhart, Larry--Film adaptations.
- Beinhart, Larry.
- Presidents--United States--Election--Drama.
- Presidents.
- Political satire--Drama.
- Political satire.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen and full version.
- Place of Publication:
- [Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Video, [1998]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
- Participant:
- Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Stu Linder ; music, Mark Knopfler.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Larry Beinhart.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
- Double sided.
- Special features: audio commentary by Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman; featurette From Washington to Hollywood and back; The line between truth and fiction : an essay on politics and the media; Macy on Mamet; theatrical trailer; cast and crew biographies; filmographies; scene selection.
- ISBN:
- 0780622561
- OCLC:
- 39692923
- Publisher Number:
- 794043465826
- N4658 New Line Home Video
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