Bob Roberts (1992)

Covert War

Bugs Raplin (Giancarlo Esposito) talks about taxes going to covert wars Americans don’t hear about through the media. Taxes are used to bail out savings and loans who misused their clients money for drug smuggling operations.

Directed by Tim Robbins.

Released in 1992 by Universal.

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  • character-type: Activist
  • character-type: Politician
  • character-type: Reporter
  • editors-choice: Monologues
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • primary-genre: Documentary
  • secondary-genre: Political Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Mockumentaries
  • secondary-genre: Dark Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Satires
  • secondary-genre: Comedies
  • mood: Controversial
  • mood: Understated
  • mood: Emotional
  • prop: Cigarette
  • setting: Apartment
  • setting: Train Station
  • theme: Politics
  • theme: Deception
  • theme: Control
  • theme: Manipulation
  • actor: Tim Robbins
  • actor: Giancarlo Esposito
  • director: Tim Robbins
  • producer: Ronna B. Wallace
  • producer: Tim Bevan
  • producer: Forrest Murray
  • producer: Paul Webster
  • producer: James Bigwood
  • producer: Allan F. Nicholls
  • cinematographer: Jean Lépine
  • composer: David Robbins
  • editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin
  • costume-designer: Bridget Kelly
  • production-designer: Richard Hoover
  • role-name: Bugs Raplin
  • role-name: Bob Roberts
  • screenwriter: Tim Robbins
  • year: 1992
  • studio: Universal