Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.
Writing
Tim Robbins wrote this as Reagan-Bush satire; it aged terrifyingly.
Acting
Robbins commits so hard you'll forget he's a Hollywood liberal.
Direction
Fake-documentary style predates The Office by a decade.
Director
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Bob Roberts
Giancarlo Esposito
Bugs Raplin
Alan Rickman
Lukas Hart III
Ray Wise
Chet MacGregor
Brian Murray
Terry Manchester
Gore Vidal
Senator Brickley Paiste
Rebecca Jenkins
Delores Perrigrew
Harry Lennix
Franklin Dockett
John Ottavino
Clark Anderson
Robert Stanton
Bart Macklerooney
Tom Atkins
Dr. Caleb Mneck
David Strathairn
Mack Laflin
James Spader
Chuck Marlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gore Vidal plays the doomed incumbent senator; he later said it was his favorite film role.
The 'Bob Roberts for Senate' campaign actually ran real ads during the 1992 election cycle, blurring reality so effectively that some voters thought he was real.
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