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Election (1999)
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Release Date: Friday, April 23rd 1999,
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Release Date: Friday, April 23rd 1999,
In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in both his personal and professional life, and his anxieties finally come to a head with the school's student elections.
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is running for student body president, and she certainly seems like the sort of girl who would win a high school election -- she's pretty, popular and takes part in all the right extra-curricular activities. In fact, she seems so perfect she's running unopposed, which offends McAllister's sense of democracy (not to mention the fact he doesn't like her very much). So Jim intervenes and persuades Paul Metzler (Chris Klein) to run against Tracy. Paul is not terribly bright and is entirely unqualified to be student president, but as a star of the school's football team (before a leg injury sidelined him), he's popular enough to at least give Tracy a run for her money.
Just as the race begins to heat up, a spanner is truly thrown into the works when Paul's sister, Tammy (Jessica Campbell) announces she's also running for office. Publicly, Tammy's platform is that the student elections are ultimately pointless and if she's elected, she'll eliminate them altogether. Privately, Tammy is out for revenge against her brother; it seems Tammy is experimenting with her sexuality, and a recent fling with a bisexual classmate named Lisa (Frankie Ingrassia) ended when Lisa dumped her to start going out with Paul.
Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, Election was directed by Alexander Payne, who won enthusiastic reviews for his debut feature, Citizen Ruth; Payne also co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Taylor.
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast:
Matthew Broderick,
Reese Witherspoon,
Chris Klein,
Jessica Campbell,
Phil Reeves,
Molly Hagan,
Delaney Driscoll,
Mark Harelik,
Colleen Camp,
Frankie Ingrassia,
Joel Parks,
Matt Malloy,
Holmes Osborne,
Jeanine Jackson,
Loren Nelson,
Emily Martin,
Jonathan Marion,
Amy Falcone,
Matt Justesen,
Nick Kenny,
Brian Tobin,
Christa Young,
David Wenzel,
Larry Kaiser,
Marilyn Tipp,
Jeannie Brayman,
Nick DAgosto,
James Devney,
L. Carmen Novoa,
Jason Paige,
Matt Golden,
Heather Koenig,
Jillian Crane,
Rob Kunkel,
Rohan Quine,
B.J. Tobin
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