Editing Wag the Dog (section)

===Accolades===
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|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[70th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Dustin Hoffman]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213426/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| [[Hilary Henkin]] and [[David Mamet]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Best Casting for Feature Film – Comedy]]
| [[Ellen Chenoweth]] and [[Debra Zane]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1998 |title=Nominees/Winners |website=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816125851/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1998 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[48th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Barry Levinson]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html |title=Berlinale: 1998 Prize Winners |access-date=August 15, 2022 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140650/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize|Special Jury Prize]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[52nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1999 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1999 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1999}} |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307174641/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/film |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web | title = The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997 | website = Broadcast Film Critics Association | url = http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034404/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 12, 2008 | access-date = January 7, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/wag-dog |title=Wag the Dog – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1998}} |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621032819/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/wag-dog |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Dustin Hoffman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Anne Heche]] {{small|(also for ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |title=1997 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528071255/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Dustin Hoffman
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531032303/https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Best Comedy/Musical Picture
| [[Danny DeVito]], Barry Levinson, and [[Jane Rosenthal]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |title=2nd Annual Film Awards (1997) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016002955/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Comedy/Musical Actor
| Dustin Hoffman
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
| Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
| {{nom}}
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Democracy|Democracy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Russian Guild of Film Critics|Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actor
| [[Robert De Niro]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2nd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Dustin Hoffman
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |title=1998 Satellite Awards |website=[[Satellite Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502202216/https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Anne Heche
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Dustin Hoffman
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film 
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[50th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Writers Guild Awards Winners|access-date=March 7, 2019|website=WGA|year=2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref>
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