Wag the Dog

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Quotes

  • "Johnny, I got a lot of people here who are a little depressed because the war just ended, please give me a new song."
  • "No, I think a Calico kitten."
  • "I hate it when they meddle."
  • "It's a pageant."
  • "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
  • "It's like a plumber: if you do it OK, nobody notices, if you fuck up, it gets full of shit."
  • "What difference does it make if it's true? If it's a story and it breaks, they're gonna run with it."
  • "Johnny, I got a lot of people here who are a little depressed because the war just ended, please give me a new song."
  • "What exactly is it that you do for the President?"
  • "I'm working on it"
  • "We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars. Y'know why. Cause it's show business. That's why I'm here. Naked girl, covered in Napalm. Five marines Raising the Flag, Mount Suribachi. Churchill, V for Victory, Y'remember the Picture, fifty years from now, they'll have forgotten the war. Gulf War? Smart Bomb, falling through the roof. 2500 missions a day, 100 days, One Shot of One Bomb. The American people bought that war. M'I getting through you? War in the Balkans, don't mean nothing, till some G.I. flyer, went down, Eating Snakes for Ten days. N'then It's show business, Mister Moss. That's why I'm here."
  • "King, King, I got a thing here, a product placement, gonna have a bigger back-end than Hattie McDaniel."
  • "...this is nothing. This is nothing. D'you ever shoot in Italy? Try three Italian starlets on Benzedrine, this is a walk in the park..."
  • "This is nothing. ...piece of cake. Y'know, producing is being a Samurai Warrior. They pay you, day in, day out, for Years, so that, ONE DAY, when called upon, you can respond, your training At Its Peak, and save the day."
  • "The war ain't over til I say it's over. This is my picture. You think you're in a spot? You think this is a tight spot? Try making the Hunchback of Notre Dame when your three lead actors die, two weeks from the end of Principal Photography."
  • " Good. Good. Good. Looking Good, bring-it-all-back-home. Lassie Barks Twice n'it's time to take out the garbage."
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Dialog 

                         CAIN
           But there isn't a B-2 bomber.

                         BREAN
           Where'd you go to school, Kid.  Wellesly?

                         CAIN
           Dartmouth

                         BREAN
           Then show a little spunk.  There Is no B-2 Bomber,
           General Scott, the best of your knowledge, is not in
           Seattle to talk with Boeing...

                         AMES
           It won't hold.



                         AMES
           It won't hold, Ronnie, it won't prove out.

                         BREAN
           We don't need it to prove out.  We need it to distract
           them for two weeks til the election."
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