Man of the Year

Man of the Year is a political comedy film which was directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams . Supporting cast are Christopher Walken , Laura Linney , Lewis Black and Jeff Goldblum .

In the film, Williams embodies Tom Dobbs, the host of a komisch- / political talk show that plays on the talk shows of Jon Stewart and Bill Maher . Dobbs gets millions of fans email asking them to encourage him to sign up for the presidency, and he decides to join. To everyone's surprise, he is declared the winner of the elections.

The film received mostly negative by critics. Many were speaking negatively about the cover of a comedy movie to a thriller halfway through the film. Yet the film was a modest success with revenues of over forty million dollars.

The film premiered on October 13 2006 .

Story
Tom Dobbs is presenter of a satirical, politically oriented talk show. When the presidential election for the door fans send millions of e-mails in which they encourage him to stand for election. He appears to be very successful and is still famous as he participates in a national political debate. If he wins the election and he is perplexed everyone, the new president of the United States. Eleanor Green, however, a former employee of voting machine manufacturer "Delacroy" found that the voting machines have not worked well, the number of votes becomes fact in conflict with double letters in the names of the presidential candidates. While the manufacturer is trying to cover up the mistake Green seeks contact with Dobbs to tell him the truth.

Trivia

 * An agent for the Secret Service says Dobbs as "Mr. President" while a just-elected president will be addressed with the title "Mr. President-elect."
 * The film was not released on DVD in Germany because Universal was of the opinion that the dubbing was of poor quality.