Man of the Year

(2006)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 520 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Year: 2006

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Барри Левинсон

Cast: Робин Уильямс, Кристофер Уокен, Лора Линни, Льюис Блэк, Джефф Голдблюм, Дэвид Алпей, Faith Daniels, Тина Фей, Эми Полер, Даг Мюррэй

Plot

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.

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?