[Movie Script]Wag the Dog

                                WAG THE DOG



by
David Mamet
10/14/96


FADE IN:



A CARD, WHITE ON THE BLACK SCREEN, READS:



Why does a dog wag its tail?
BENEATH IT, THE NEXT LINE FADES IN:



Because a dog is smarter than its tail.
CROSS-FADE TO THE NEXT CARD, WHICH READS:



If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog.
DISSOLVE


FADE IN:



EXT THE WHITE HOUSE NIGHT



A VAN FULL OF PEOPLE STOPS AT A SIDE ENTRANCE.



ANGLE INT THE WHITE HOUSE



AT THE SIDE, UTILITY ENTRANCE, WE SEE THE DISGORGING WORKING-CLASS MEN AND

WOMEN, THEY PASS THROUGH SECURITY SCREENING IN THE B.G., THROUGH METAL

DETECTORS, AND PAST SEVERAL GUARDS WHO CHECK THE PHOTO-I.D.'S AROUND THEIR

NECKS.



ANGLE INT THE WHITE HOUSE


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