Factual error: At the Spanish restaurant, the TV newsletter broadcasts a senator speaking, and the title "Sénador" below. The word has no accent mark.
Wag The Dog (1997)
Plot summary
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robert De Niro, Woody Harrelson, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Leary, Anne Heche
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisors (De Niro) contacts a top Hollywood producer (Hoffman) in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.
More mistakes in Wag The Dog
Stanley Motss: I bet you're great at chess.
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: I would be if I could remember how all the pieces moved.