Hacker Cinema
Bob Roberts
1992 · Film · 102 min
Directed by Tim Robbins
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.
2 positive1 neutralfrom 3 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
3 comments on Hacker News
Quick, find me the 90's era SNL character movie Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Gore Vidal. It's not available anywhere. Until obscure movies like this are a few taps away, streaming services will have not met their true potential.
The "Bob Roberts" movie has aged well.
We recently encountered a situation where (brought to mind by recent political events) my wife wanted to watch Bob Roberts[0], an obscure "mockumentary" about an outrageous wealthy political candidate.
I'd never heard of it. She asked around, and almost none of her friends had either. She was so insistent regarding its relevance that we set up a viewing party to see it.
Being naive, we both assumed it could be streamed... somewhere. We haven't used those plastic discs in a while either, but we figured we would not need them. We didn't know whether Netflix would have it, but we figured somebody would take our money so we could see it.
Nobody. Nowhere. It was completely unavailable.
I figured that the rights were tied up to keep those physical discs moving from shelves. I thought I'd run to the nearest big box store and pick it up. I went to their web site to see if they had it.
Nope. Not there.
I mean, I suppose you can imagine how my story ends: I go to a shady looking site where I can find this particular movie for free and have it saved on my hard drive with no restrictions. Just as I was becoming annoyed with the future, I was reminded of how senseless this problem is.
It was a good movie, and it was good that our friends could enjoy it. But it's easy to imagine a future where it disappears forever, for everybody.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Roberts