Election
Paramount (1999)
Comedy, Romance
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IMDB   7.3
1 hr 43 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Matthew Broderick Jim McAllister
Reese Witherspoon Tracy Flick
Chris Klein Paul Metzler
Jessica Campbell Tammy Metzler
Mark Harelik Dave Novotny
Phil Reeves Walt Hendricks
Molly Hagan Diane McAllister
Delaney Driscoll Linda Novotny
Colleen Camp Barbara Flick
Frankie Igrassia Lisa Flanagan
Frankie Ingrassia Lisa Flanagan
Loren Nelson Custodian
Director
Alexander Payne
Producer David Gale
Albert Berger
Jim Burke
Writer Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Tom Perrotta


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 . — Mark Deming
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Paramount
Chapters 18
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Commentary with director Alexander Payne.
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