Sesso & potere

Titolo originale: Wag the Dog
Regia: Barry Levinson |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma
Tag: gulf war | central intelligence agency (cia) | rape | usa president | washington dc, usa | government | war veteran | election campaign | presidential election | staging | politics | movie business | albania | sex scandal | senator | media adviser | manipulation of the media | conspiracy | soldier | extramarital affair |
Cast: Dustin Hoffman | Robert De Niro | Anne Heche | Woody Harrelson | Denis Leary | Willie Nelson | Andrea Martin | Kirsten Dunst | William H. Macy | David Koechner | Michael Belson | Suzanne Cryer | John Michael Higgins | Suzie Plakson | Jason Cottle | Harland Williams | Sean Masterson | Bernard Hocke | Jenna Byrne | Maurice Woods | Roebuck 'Pops' Staples | Phil Morris | Chris Ellis | Ed Morgan | J. Patrick McCormack | Jennifer Manley | Edrie Warner | Richard Lawson | Drena De Niro | Alberto Vazquez | Stephanie Kemp | Jack Esformes | John Cho | Michael Reid Davis | Brant Cotton | Kenneth Kern | Michelle Levinson | Ron McCoy | Derek Morgan | Garry R. Roleder | Merle Haggard | Jim Belushi | George Gaynes | Rick Scarry | Cliff B. Howard | Furley Lumpkin | Sean Fenton | Nikki Crawford | John Franklin | Kevin Furlong | Lu Elrod | Michael Villani | Shirley Prestia | Warren Wilson | Terry Anzur | Melissa Gardner | Giselle Fernández | Christine Devine | Richard Saxton | Geoffrey Blake | Jerry Levine | Jack Shearer | Emmett Miller | Bill Handel | Anais Afshan | Hope Garber | Gina Menza | Maggie Mellin | Tom Murray | Ralph Tabakin | Marguerite Moreau | Jay Leno | Nicole Avant | Wendy Lou Halvorsen | Tom Bähler | Anthony Holiday | Allen Carter | Brad Kalas | Carmen Carter | Billy Trudel | Lance Eaton | Mark Vieha | Karen Geraghty | Julia Waters | James Gilstrap | Oren Waters | Jennifer Gross | Maxine Waters Willard | Craig T. Nelson | Barry Levinson | Robert Richardson | Laura Bennecke | Greg Bronson | Phillip V. Caruso | Sean Ireland | Glendon Rich | Guy Richardson | Robert Sedona | Randy Springer | Chelsea Talbott | Paul Webster |

Per distogliere l'attenzione dei media e dell'opinione pubblica americana da uno scandalo sessuale che vede coinvolto il presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, i suoi addetti alle pubbliche relazioni – con l'aiuto del produttore Stanley Motss – organizzano la messa in scena di una finta guerra contro l'Albania per favorirne la riconferma alla Casa Bianca. A undici giorni dalle elezioni, infatti, il consenso attorno al presidente rischia di precipitare a causa di una giovane ragazza scout che lo accusa di aver abusato di lei durante una gita alla Casa Bianca. Il piano per distogliere l'attenzione dell'opinione pubblica dallo scandalo sessuale consta di due fasi principali: durante la prima viene simulata un conflitto contro il piccolo stato balcanico, accusato di dare ospitalità ad alcune pericolose cellule terroristiche che minacciano la sicurezza degli Stati Uniti.

Errori

In one scene Dustin Hoffman comments that "there is no Academy Award for producing." While there is [...] D
When the coffin is unloaded from the aircraft, the flag is positioned properly, with the blue field [...] D
While they are recording the song for the Albanian War, there is a shot of Stanley through the glas [...] D
After Conrad leaves Stanley's house, his car is pulled over by some cars which use sirens and polic [...] D
One of the first opening shots shows an exterior view of the White House with the rooftop flag clea [...] D
The correct word in Spanish for senator is "Senador", not "Sénador", as it appears on Spanish-la [...] D
On the blackboard stating the days until the election, the number 8 is written twice. D
Air Force One is diverted to Boca Raton, which does not have a runway big enough to handle it. [...] D
At the end of the film, when the Secret Service escorts Stanley to his car, one of the men repeated [...] D
The small private jet which the main characters and Sgt. Schumann board has two engines. When the j [...] D
When the CIA pulls over Conrad's and Winifred's limousine, Winifred says "Uh, Connie..." and "What' [...] D
When the limo pulls out of the Hay-Adams Hotel and passes the Washington Monument, a camera is refl [...] D
A few pieces of technical equipment are seen several times reflected from Motss' glasses. Also, in [...] D
While Conrad and Winifred are on the airport to fly to L.A., on the TV screen during the news repor [...] D
When Winifred is playing with her pearls after they find out the "war" has been ended, they are in [...] D