Everyone knows that, including Wag the Dog.
But try SPARTAN, with Val Kilmer. Mamey befriended in real-life, one of the founders of Delta Force, and that’s what Kilmer played.
The irony? It’s about a president who tried to have his own daughter kidnapped and left for dead because at the same time, the president in a re-election year was having sex with his other girlfriends in Boston. So basically, it was all fakery...(like Clinton and obama)
Kilmer plays the Delta guy who saves the daughter because he knew it was the right thing to do, even though the president was an a-hole.
I really like The Edge, Heist and Things Change also. He wrote my favorite episode of "The Shield" (called "Strays").
The cool thing is, he can get away with this. Mamet cannot be blacklisted, he's too good. Some people have f*ck you money... Mamet has f*ck you talent.