A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
David Nichols
- President Kellogg
- (as Dave Nichols)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobin Williams based his performance on a combination of his own stand-up routine and Jay Leno's.
- GoofsWhen President Elect Dobbs leaves his dressing room to perform on Saturday Night Live (1975), no secret service agents are guarding his door, nor do any follow him to the stage set.
- SoundtracksPolitical World
Written and Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Featured review
Good Premise Could Have Been Better - Man of the Year
I really like Robin Williams and Christopher Walken, who are perfectly cast in this film. Linney is also very good, given what she attempted to do. However, the big hole in this film is simplicity; it is missing. Instead, we get a convoluted attempt at a sappy love story interfering with a potentially hilarious comedy. The conspiracy angle is also an unnecessary subplot. A comedien getting elected in the US was well within the possibility of real life.
Dobbs could have been elected on his own; look at President Trump. And Dobbs is a lot funnier than President Trump. A much more believalbe subplot might have been a news anchorwoman who is vehemently against Dobbs originally (like someone from MSNBC) and then warms up after a few personal interviews. The missed opportunities for meeting with foreign leaders is really a terrible shame. Couldnt you just imagine how funny a meeting with Putin and Xi Jinping would have been, among others (not to mention Merkel and May). Missed opportunities for a truly classic comedy. What a shame. Still worth watching despite the contrived conspiracy and romance.
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- arthur_tafero
- Nov 15, 2018
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,327,390
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,299,380
- Oct 15, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $42,472,472
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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