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A black comedy about a high school teacher who sabotages the student election of an overachieving girl. The film stars Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon, and was based on a novel by Tom Perrotta.
A high school teacher tries to stop an overachieving student from winning the student council election by recruiting a jock as a spoiler candidate. IMDb provides summaries, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ for this satirical comedy film.
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Election is a 1999 satirical comedy film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. It follows a high school teacher who tries to stop a student from winning the school president election by any means necessary.
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- Alexander Payne
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- Matthew Broderick
- Its Script Is Better Than The Book It Was Based on
- The Casting Is Ace, with Breakthroughs, Debuts, and One Indelible Character
- It Somehow Tackles Taboos and Maintains Its Comic Levity
- It Nails The Hell of High School
- It’S Still Politically Relevant
Before his novels were adapted into big-deal film and TV projects (Little Children, The Leftovers), a then-unemployed Tom Perrotta, obsessed with the one-two punch of the Anita Hill hearings and the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, cooked up a brisk, very funny page turner in response. Election’s narrative setup, in which each chapter is told from ...
(Photo by Paramount courtesy Everett Collection) After her turns in Fearand Cruel Intentions, Witherspoon was keen to go full-comedy, initially hoping to play Tammy Metzler, the screw-it-all sister of popular football star Paul Metzler who makes waves as a last-minute candidate in her school’s student council election, running against her brother. ...
“Her p—y gets so wet.” “F–k me, Mr. M.” Both of those lines are in reference to Tracy. (We know. Yikes.) The first one comes from Tracy’s math teacher, Mr. Novotny(Mark Harelik), who drops the description while admitting his affair to Mr. M. The second is from “Tracy,” during a fantasy Mr. M. has while having sex with his wife. (Garbage, remember?)...
(Photo by Paramount courtesy Everett Collection) No matter what side of the desk you’re on, high school can be incredibly… boring. Payne captures that monotony throughout Election, with shots of students spacing out until the bell rings and giving half-assed answers when pushed by their teachers. As he nears rock bottom, the once-idealistic Mr. M.,...
We don’t wantto get political here (this is a safe space, people), but can you talk about Election without bringing up, you know, elections? Beyond the aforementioned inspiration for Perrotta’s book, Witherspoon’s turn as Tracy Flick has drawn comparisons to too many real-world politicians to mention over the years. (Hillary Clinton, hands down, is...
Directed by Alexander Payne with Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon and Chris Klein.Election Streaming : https://amzn.to/3MCFraVElection Blu-ray : https://...
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Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the comedy-drama film Election, directed by Alexander Payne and based on a novel by Tom Perrotta. See the full cast and crew list, including Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, and Jim Taylor.
