Larry Beinhart is an American author. He is best known as the author of the political and detective novel
American Hero, which was adapted into the political-parody film
Wag the Dog. Directed by
Barry Levinson, it starred
Dustin Hoffman,
Robert De Niro,
Anne Heche,
William H. Macy,
Denis Leary,
Kirsten Dunst,
Woody Harrelson, and
Willie Nelson.
The New Yorker called the novel "a tour de force of satirical fiction." His novel
Salvation Boulevard, was
adapted as a film and released in 2011. It features
Pierce Brosnan,
Greg Kinnear,
Jennifer Connelly,
Marisa Tomei,
Isabelle Fuhrman,
Ed Harris, and
Jim Gaffigan. The director is George Ratliff, the producer is Cathy Schulman.