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1997 | DIRECTED BY BARRY LEVINSON

Wag the Dog

Directed by

Producers

Name
Role
 
Barry Levinson
Producer
 
Claire Rudnick Polstein
Executive Producer
 
Eric McLeod
Co-producer
 
Ezra Swerdlow
Executive Producer
 
Jane Rosenthal
Producer
 
Michael De Luca
Executive Producer
 
Robert De Niro
Producer

Written by

Writer
Role
 
David Mamet
Screenplay
 
Hilary Henkin
Screenplay
 
Larry Beinhart
Book

Music by

Artist
Role
 
Mark Knopfler
Music

Starring

Actors
Character
Stanley Motss
Conrad Brean
 
Anne Heche
Winifred Ames
Sgt. William Schumann
 
Denis Leary
Fad King
 
Willie Nelson
Johnny Dean
 
Andrea Martin
Liz Butsky
 
Michael Belson
President
 
Suzanne Cryer
Amy Cain
 
John Michael Higgins
John Levy
 
Suzie Plakson
Grace
 
Kirsten Dunst
Tracy Lime
 
Jason Cottle
A.D.
 
David Koechner
Director
 
Harland Williams
Pet Wrangler
 
Sean Masterson
Bob Richardson
 
William H. Macy
Mr. Young
 
Bernard Hocke
Technician
 
Jenna Byrne
Sharon
 
Maurice Woods
Kid with Shoes
 
Roebuck Pops Staples
Pops Staples
 
Phil Morris
Co-Pilot
 
Chris Ellis
Officer
 
Ed Morgan
Store Owner
 
J. Patrick McCormack
Pilot
 
Jennifer Manley
Teenage Girl
 
Edrie Warner
Judge
 
Richard Lawson
Young Man / CIA
 
Drena De Niro
Gate Stewardess
 
Alberto Vazquez
Combine Driver
 
Stephanie Kemp
Aide #1
 
Jack Esformes
Aide #2
 
John Cho
Aide #3
 
Michael Reid Davis
Aide #4
 
Brant Cotton
Sharon's Boyfriend
 
Kenneth Kern
Nashville Engineer
 
Michelle Levinson
Faye
 
Ron McCoy
Limo Driver
 
Derek Morgan
CIA Agent
 
Garry R. Roleder
USAF Chaplain
 
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
 
Jim Belushi
Jim Belushi
 
George Gaynes
Senator Nole
 
Rick Scarry
White House Reporter
 
Cliff B. Howard
Ranger
 
Furley Lumpkin
Raking Dad #1
 
Sean Fenton
Raking Dad #2
 
Nikki Crawford
Mom
 
John Franklin
Jockey #1
 
Kevin Furlong
Jockey #2
 
Lu Elrod
Southern Woman
 
Michael Villani
Male Commentator
 
Shirley Prestia
Crossfire Moderator
 
Warren Wilson
Crossfire Interviewer
 
Terry Anzur
Factory Reporter
 
Melissa Gardner
Santa Fe Reporter
 
Giselle Fernandez
Female Press Person
 
Christine Devine
Chicago Newscaster
 
Richard Saxton
Chicago Newscaster #2
 
Geoffrey Blake
Media Guy #1
 
Jerry Levine
Media Guy #2
 
Jack Shearer
Sklansky
 
Emmett Miller
News Break Reporter
 
Bill Handel
Andrews AFB Reporter
 
Anais Afshan
Albanian Girl
 
Hope Garber
Albanian Grandmother
 
Gina Menza
Press Room Reporter
 
Maggie Mellin
Mrs. Rose
 
Tom Murray
Aircraft Carrier Reporter
 
Ralph Tabakin
Southern Man
 
Marguerite Moreau
Teenage Girl in Audience
 
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
 
Nicole Avant
American Dream Singer
 
Wendy Lou Halvorsen
American Dream Singer
 
Tom Bahler
American Dream Singer
 
Anthony Holiday
American Dream Singer
 
Allen Carter
American Dream Singer
 
Brad Kalas
American Dream Singer
 
Carmen Carter
American Dream Singer
 
Billy Trudel
American Dream Singer
 
Lance Eaton
American Dream Singer
 
Mark Vieha
American Dream Singer
 
Karen Geraghty
American Dream Singer
 
Julia Waters
American Dream Singer
 
James Gilstrap
American Dream Singer
 
Oren Waters
American Dream Singer
 
Jennifer Gross
American Dream Singer
 
Maxine Waters Willard
American Dream Singer
 
Merle Haggard and the Strangers
Performers
 
Laura Bennecke
White House Secretary
 
Greg Bronson
Chauffer
 
Phillip V. Caruso
War Commercial Photographer
 
Sean Ireland
Military Officer
 
Barry Levinson
Man at a movie studio
 
Craig T. Nelson
Senator John Neal
 
Glendon Rich
Grieving Politician
 
Guy Richardson
Secret Service agent
 
Robert Richardson
Man in TV Studio
 
Robert Sedona
Politician
 
Randy Springer
Airline Passenger
 
Chelsea Talbott
Crying Girl at Funeral Parade
 
Paul Webster
Limo Driver