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Bob Roberts (Motion picture)

"A corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him." [IMDB].

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  • "Times are changing back"
  • "Bob Roberts, times are changing"
  • "BOB ROBERTS"
  • "Tim Robbins is Bob Roberts"
  • "Tim Robbins is Bob Roberts"@en

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  • "A political satire about a folk-singer demagogue campaigning to be the U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. The entire film is framed as a British TV documentary being prepared on Roberts' campaign."
  • ""A corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him." [IMDB]."@en
  • "Released just before the start of the Clinton presidency, this political satire was prescient comment on the corruption of American politics by the media-savvy celebrity culture. Constructed as a pseudo-documentary the film follows the campaign bus of a candidate running for a senatorial seat in Pennsylvania. Bob Roberts, is a young, wealthy, well-connected rebel conservative with a penchant for folk music who appropriates liberal touchstones of the Sixties and Seventies for his own agenda. On the surface he is a sincere believer in the restoration of such intangibles as national pride and family values but the longer he is followed about by documentary filmmaker Brian Murray, the more the candidate is revealed as a textbook case of cynicism and contempt."@en
  • ""Tim Robbins stars as Bob Roberts, a radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate, in this satirical comedy that blends his campaign trail with singing, music videos and scandal"--Container."@en
  • "Come un cantante folk di successo che si batte contro la droga, l'immoralità, le leggi sociali per i diseredati, la contestazione degli anni '60 e a favore della triade Dio, Patria e Famiglia e del Sogno Americano conduce e vince la campagna elettorale per il Senato, sconfiggendo il rivale democratico. (Mymovies)."
  • "Bob Roberts ist erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann und Folk-Sänger. Nun will er auch in die Politik einsteigen. Durch eine geschichte Wahlkampagne wird er ein Medienstar."
  • "Leading players: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Brian Murray, Rebecca Jenkins."
  • "Adulé par les uns, vilipendé par les autres, un chanteur à succès entreprend une campagne électorale dans l'espoir de se faire élire sénateur."
  • "Drama over een selfmade-miljonair en zanger die met succes in de politiek gaat."
  • "A satirical, documentary-like journey into the world of American politics - where the message of the politician is not necessarily confined to speeches and tv appearances."
  • "Pseudo-documentary satire about a 1990 Pennsylvania senatorial race between a right-wing folk singer/entrepreneur, Bob Roberts, versus an aging liberal incumbent. Roberts will stop at nothing to get elected and he knows a lot about political dirty tricks and, even more important, manipulating the media to get what he wants. Robbins directorial debut turned out to be very timely in view of the 1992 USA presidential campaign."@en
  • "A satirical, documentary-like journey into the world of American politics - where the message of the politician is not necessarily confined to speeches and tv appearances."@en
  • "A satirical comedy in which a British documentary crew follows a radical folksinger (and self-made millionaire) turned senatorial candidate as he blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail."
  • "A satirical comedy in which a British documentary crew follows a radical folksinger (and self-made millionaire) turned senatorial candidate as he blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail."@en
  • "Political satire on the corruption of American politics by the media-savvy celebrity culture. Constructed as a pseudo-documentary the film follows the campaign bus of a candidate running for a senatorial seat in Pennsylvania. Bob Roberts, is a young, wealthy, well-connected rebel conservative with a penchant for folk music who appropriates liberal touchstones of the Sixties and Seventies for his own agenda. On the surface he is a sincere believer in the restoration of such intangibles as national pride and family values but the longer he is followed about by documentary filmmaker Brian Murray, the more the candidate is revealed as a textbook case of cynicism and contempt."@en
  • "In the tradition of This Is Spinal Tap, producer/ director/ star Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts is a satire disguised as a documentary. Robbins plays the titular Roberts, a wealthy, well-connected young man running for a senatorial seat in Pennsylvania. On the surface, Roberts is an ingratiating glad-hander, a sincere believer in the restoration of such intangibles as national pride, family values, etc. But the longer Roberts is followed about by documentary filmmaker Brian Murray, the more we become aware that the candidate is a textbook case of cynicism and contempt. Only Giancarlo Esposito, a reporter for an underground newspaper, is willing to dig beneath Roberts' veneer--a habit that leads to the film's ironic conclusion. Several well-known actors make cameo appearances as TV commentators, notably Tim Robbins' longtime partner Susan Sarandon. Bob Roberts started out as a Tim Robbins-directed short subject for the TV series Saturday Night Live, then was expanded into a $4 million feature."
  • "A satirical comedy in which a radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail."
  • "A satirical comedy in which a radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail."@en
  • "A satirical comedy in which a radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail. DVD."@en
  • ""Im Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten ist wirklich nichts undenkbar: Da steigt ein mittelmässiger Folksänger zum gefeierten Politiker auf und begeistert mit wohlklingenden Plattitüden das Volk. Nach aussen ein sympathischer Saubermann, schreckt Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) in Wahrheit nicht vor Korruption und Erpressung zurück, um die Wahl zum Senator zu gewinnen. Nur ein allzu neugieriger Reporter könnte mit seinen Recherchen den Sieg gefährden. Doch auch diese Situation weiss der skrupellose Roberts zu seinem Vorteil zu nutzen.""

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  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Documentary-style films"
  • "Documentary-style films"@en
  • "Political films"@en
  • "Comedy films"
  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "DVD-Video discs"@en
  • "Films for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Drammatico (Genere)"
  • "Political films and programs"
  • "Features"
  • "Features"@en
  • "Satirical films"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"

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  • "BOB ROBERTS ; Regie: Tim Robbins. Mit Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Brian Murray, Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman, u. a. Musik: David Robbins"
  • "Bob Roberts (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Bob Roberts vote first, ask questions later"
  • "Bob Roberts; Written & Directed By Tim Robbins; Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise"
  • "Bob Roberts more amazing than Watergate"
  • "Bob Roberts Vote first ask questions later"@en
  • "Bob Roberts (Film)"
  • "Bob Roberts"
  • "Bob Roberts"@en
  • "Bob Roberts a documentary by Terry Manchester"
  • "Bob Roberts a documentary by Terry Manchester"@en

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