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Bob Roberts
Why this pick
A sharp political satire with an invented campaign documentary format, using songs, media spectacle and a disarmingly charismatic candidate to expose the performance beneath public ideology.
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MOVIE1998 1h 48m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In March 1996, Democratic Party (United States) United State Senate Jay Bulworth of California is losing his bid for re-election to a fiery young populist. Bulworth's American liberalism views, formed in the 1960s and 1970s, have lost favor with voters, so he has conceded to more Conservatism politics and to accepting donations from big corporations. In addition, though he and his wife have been having affairs with each other's knowledge for years, they must still present a happy façade in the interest of maintaining a good public image.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Warren Beatty
Senator Jay Billington Bulworth
Halle Berry
Nina
Christine Baranski
Constance Bulworth
Joshua Malina
Bill Feldman
Adilah Barnes
Mrs. Brown
J. Kenneth Campbell
Anthony
Kevin Cooney
Rev. Wilberforce
Debra Monk
Helen