@book{583,
  keywords = {politicians, elections},
  author = {Tim Robbins},
  title = {Bob Roberts},
  abstract = {A political satire disguised as a documentary about the 1990 Pennsylvania race—from Pittsburgh to Altoona—for the United States Senate.  Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) is a charismatic, crusading folk-singer and reactionary millionaire-turned-politician who is trying to unseat the incumbent liberal Democrat, Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal).},
  year = {1992},
  note = {The movie is shot from the point of view of a British documentary filmmaker.

The script is now in Beverly Hills at the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.},
  language = {English},
}