Gervais wrote and directed the film. Read the full article on AICN A radio journalist and a sound engineer pretend to air reports live from war-torn Ecuador, even though they’re actually cooking up the sounds and stories from within the confines of a Manhattan apartment. It would’ve been a preposterous premise 20 years ago, at the time of WAG THE DOG, but in this world of constant Vineing, Snapchatting, Tweeting, and Youtubing (not to mention GPS and drones), it’s hard to believe no one would catch on to the fact that these guys weren’t even in the hemisphere they claimed to be reporting from.