![]() On election day, Dobbs stuns the unsuspecting world by winning the vote. Hot on the campaign trail - with his manager/mentor, Jack Menken (CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, Click, Wedding Crashers), and wisecracking head writer, Eddie Langston (LEWIS BLACK, Accepted, television's The Daily Show), in tow - he debates elected drones and asks what frustrated voters have so often pondered: "What has happened to leaders' responsibility to the very citizens they serve?" until he comes up with a really funny idea: why not run for president himself?Īfter one flip comment too many, Dobbs ignites a grassroots movement that puts him on the presidential ballot. ![]() He cracks jokes at a fractured system night after night. With his razor-sharp wit and signature style, Williams plays acerbic performer Tom Dobbs, a guy who has made a career out of skewering politicians and speaking the mind of the exasperated nation on his talk show. Universal Pictures and Morgan Creek invite you to meet your latest Man of the Year. Welcome to the story of one entertainer's accidental rise to power. In Man of the Year, he brings a cast - all of whom understand that this blurry division is not an alien concept for a media-devouring country - to erase the fine line between entertainment and government. politics and pop culture events of the past decade - savvy pro-wrestlers and muscle-bound action stars have moved into governors' mansions while millions of Americans receive their nightly news from wisecracking talk-show hosts. Now in his new comedy, the writer-director asks us to ponder a 'what-if' scenario that doesn't seem so far-fetched in 2006: what would happen if a computer voting error allowed one of the nation's funniest men to become its president? On October 13, 2006, Oscar winner ROBIN WILLIAMS reunites with the filmmaker to answer just that question.Īs we rapidly approach November 7 and the mid-term elections, Levinson explores the convergence of U.S. and helped guilty voters laugh as we share with our elected leaders the fall-out of some pretty bad choices. He has examined our politicos' decisions and deceptions. Click on the name of the filmFrom 1987's wartime comedy Good Morning, Vietnam to 1997's current-events satire Wag the Dog, Oscar-winning director BARRY LEVINSON'S films have often drawn their humor from a rich comedy source - the political arena. The table below shows the highest-grossing movie for each Genre that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the movies beginning with that letter. The table below shows the highest-grossing movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ![]() Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II The movie name to see information on the individual film. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the year number for a list of all the films released that year. The table below lists the top-grossing movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office).
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