New Robin Williams film to take on electronic voting machine fraud

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The film "Man of the Year" which comes to theaters on Friday will deal with electronic voting machine fraud. The film stars Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, and Lewis Black and is directed by Barry Levinson. Here is an excerpt from an early review of the film:

In this jaunt, Robin plays Todd Dobbs a late night talk show host of a program that appears to be a cross between The Daily Show and The Tonight Show. Dobbs seems to have a political opinion about every issue, usually riffing about it in front of his audience. One night a young woman asks him the question, “Why don’t you run?” and off goes our premise.

The TV show writers and producers see this run as a great bit for the show and begin pushing to get Dobbs on the ballot. No one thinks he can win, but it does make for great television. Even his manager (Christopher Walken) loves the idea if for no other reason than to build his audience.

Dobbs though is taking this seriously, never throwing a one-liner on stage. At the beginning, he believes this is a solemn endeavor. But one night, during the Presidential Debate, he sees the folly of his way of campaigning and becomes the court jester of the stage, riffing and attacking his opponents. This performance turns the campaign into a solid three-man race, with the entire buzz going with Dobbs.

On the other side of the movie, Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) works for a company that has the contract to put new electronic voting booths in every precinct in the country. On a beta test of the programming, she discovers something is amiss. The machines seem to work at the local level, but when the major votes are tallied, the system keeps handing victory to the same person, not matter what the actual vote count. She realizes that if this is not fixed, the election will be a fraud. She tried to contact her bosses, but the company understands that if this information gets out it will bankrupt everyone.

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