Man of the Year
Directors
Barry Levinson
Actors
- Robin Williams
- Laura Linney
- Lewis Black
Credits: 1
Summary
A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
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Tom Dobbs, comedic host of a political talk show--a' la Bill Maher and Jon Stewart--runs for President of the US as an independent candidate who, after an issues-oriented campaign and an explosive performance in the final debate, gets just enough votes to win. Trouble is, he owes his victory to a computer glitch in the national touch-screen voting system marketed by Delacroy, a private company with a rising stock price. To protect their fortune, Delacroy executives want to keep the glitch a secret, but one programmer, Eleanor Green, wants Dobbs to know the truth. Can she get to him?