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Election

Election

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Key Information
Directors: Alexander Payne
Stars: Matthew Broderick
Actors: Jessica Campbell
Genre: Comedies
Subgenre: Satire · High School Students · High School Experiences · Essential Cinema ·
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: Sensormatic
UPC: 097363340324
Release Date: 1999
Running Time: 1hr 43min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Checkpoint, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (October 19, 1999)
UPC: 097363340324
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitled, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (October 19, 1999)
UPC: 097363340300
Credits
Screenwriter: Alexander Payne
Professional Reviews
: (04/23/1999, p.F1, Kenneth Turan): "...Sharp and merciless....A cheerful nightmare that knows just where it wants to go and uses precisely calibrated comic effects to get there..."
More Information
Details: Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne's second film, based on the novel by Tom Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. Matthew Broderick, in a reversal of FERRIS BUELLER, plays Jim McAllister, a teacher who will stop at nothing to prevent perfect Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), who is running unopposed, from winning the election. Jim, who bears a personal grudge against Tracy, goads a popular but dim football player (Chris Klein) into running against her. This spurs on a series of strange events (both madcap and surprisingly sexual), which add up to an uncommonly funny high school film for adults. Performances are great all-around, and Payne uses shifting narration and a series of freeze frames to give the film a rich and layered feel.
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