Election [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents an MTV Films production in association with Bona Fide Productions ; produced by Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, David Gale, Keith Samples ; screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 33403 | Paramount Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Widescreen DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures Corp. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 1999.Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792158903
- 0792158911
- 9780792158905
- 9780792158912
- Election (Motion picture).
- High school seniors -- Drama
- High school students -- Drama
- High school teachers -- Nebraska -- Omaha -- Drama
- High schools -- Nebraska -- Omaha -- Drama
- Interpersonal relations -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Student government -- Elections -- Drama
- Teachers -- Drama
- Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
- Teaching -- Drama
- Youth -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
- Omaha (Neb.) -- Drama
- Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor ; Kevin Tent ; music by Rolfe Kent ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1999.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Alexander Payne [optional audio feature].
Teacher of the year -- Morals and ethics -- Harmonious & productive -- Apples and oranges -- Conflict of interest -- Love and support -- Pathetic promises -- Unconscionable travesty -- Plumbing problem -- Slanderous accusations -- Sting -- Serious consequences -- Election day -- Interfering with destiny -- Life mistake -- Moving on -- Whole new life -- End credits.
Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor ; Kevin Tent ; music by Rolfe Kent ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart.
Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delany Driscoll, Colleen Camp, Frankie Ingrassia, Matt Molloy, Jeanine Jackson, Holmes Osborne.
Civics teacher Jim McAllister is worried: obnoxious, perennial overachiever Tracy Flick looks likely to win the student body presidency--she is running unopposed. Seeking to inject some democracy into the process, he persuades nice but dim football hero Paul Metzler to stand against her. This merely makes Tracy even more determined to win, and when Paul's alienated younger sister Tammy joins the race, leads her to use extreme measures to guarantee success. Meanwhile, Mr. McAllister's life becomes increasingly complicated as he strays from the principles he teaches. Politics is rarely pretty, but the students and faculty at Carver High are about to find out just how ugly it can get.
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexuality, sex-related dialogue and language, and a scene of drug use; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital Surround; presented in anamorphic widescreen, aspect ratio: 2.35:1.
Closed-captioned.