Wag the Dog
Release date: 01/09/1998
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Stanley: "I'm in show business, yes? Why come to me?"
Conrad: "Well I'll tell you why, Mr Motss. '54-40-Or Fight', what does that mean?"
Stanley: "It's a slogan, it's from the, uh..."
Conrad: "'Remember the Maine'!"
Stanley: "Oh yeah, that's from - that's gotta be from the, uh..."
Connie: "'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'!"
Stanley: "No, that's not, uh..."
Conrad: "They're war slogans, Mr. Motss. We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars. You know why? That's show business. That's why we're here. Naked girl covered in Napalm. 'V for Victory'. Five Marines raising the flag, Mt. Suribachi. You remember the picture 50 years from now, you'll have forgotten the war. The Gulf War, smart bomb falling down a chimney. 2500 missions a day, 100 days. ONE video of ONE bomb Mr. Motts, the American people bought that war. War is show business - that's why we're here."
Stanley: "And what do you do for the President?"
Conrad: "Well I'll tell you why, Mr Motss. '54-40-Or Fight', what does that mean?"
Stanley: "It's a slogan, it's from the, uh..."
Conrad: "'Remember the Maine'!"
Stanley: "Oh yeah, that's from - that's gotta be from the, uh..."
Connie: "'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'!"
Stanley: "No, that's not, uh..."
Conrad: "They're war slogans, Mr. Motss. We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars. You know why? That's show business. That's why we're here. Naked girl covered in Napalm. 'V for Victory'. Five Marines raising the flag, Mt. Suribachi. You remember the picture 50 years from now, you'll have forgotten the war. The Gulf War, smart bomb falling down a chimney. 2500 missions a day, 100 days. ONE video of ONE bomb Mr. Motts, the American people bought that war. War is show business - that's why we're here."
Stanley: "And what do you do for the President?"
Conrad 'Connie' Brean Robert De Niro
Stanley Motss Dustin Hoffman
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