DVD 115 mins IMDB 6.2

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#185

Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Robin Williams	Tom Dobbs
Christopher Walken	Jack Menken
Laura Linney	Eleanor
Lewis Black	Eddie Langston
Jeff Goldblum	Stewart
Rick Roberts	Hemmings
David Alpay	Danny
Karen Hines	Alison McAndrews
Linda Kash	Jenny Adams
Faith Daniels	Moderator
Tina Fey	Herself
Amy Poehler	Herself
Doug Murray	Mathias

Director	Barry Levinson
Producer	David Coatsworth; Robert N. Fried; James G. Robinson
Writer	Barry Levinson

The time has come for a change in the White House... until now candidates for President vie with one another to show who is the most serious about the issues of the day! This movie shows the power of the media in expanding one's fifteen minutes of fame into a Presidential campaign. Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) like Al Franken of Air America is a talk show host who has made his mark as a comedian and poking fun of the folks in power. He makes politicians the butt of his jokes and a groundswell of support for his latest joke, run for President, much like Pat Paulsen in the 70's. He surprises himself, the experts, the pundits and the nation by actually winning, only to find out that he won strictly by a computer glitch. Now he faces an actual serious decision: remain President or step aside and say that this was the biggest joke of them all.