When the president is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, the White House sends for "Mr. Fix-it." Washington spinmaster Conrad Brean needs a war to distract the public's attention and calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
Publisher:[Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Video ; [Montreal : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis], c1998.
General Note: Digital video disc (DVD)Disc label title.Special features: audio commentary by Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman; "From Washington to Hollywood and back" featurette including interviews with Barry Levinson, Jane Rosenthal, Tom Brokaw, John Frankenheimer, Dee Dee Myers, Budd Schulberg, Chris Hegadus, D.A. Pennebaker and others; "The line between truth and fiction" (an essay on politics and the media); theatrical trailer; cast and crew biographies and filmographies; animated menus.Based on the book: American hero / by Larry Beinhart.Widescreen and standard versions.Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.For home use only.LSC 17.68English and French language tracks.English, French and Spanish language subtitles.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; production design, Wynn Thomas ; editor, Stu Linder ; music, Mark Knopfler. FORTERIE
Participant or Performer Note: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst.