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Election is a 1999 American black comedy film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor, based on Tom Perrotta 's 1998 novel of the same name . The plot revolves around a student body election and satirizes politics and high school life. The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular high school social ...
Perky, overachieving high schooler Tracy Flick ( Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of social-studies teacher Jim McAllister ( Matthew Broderick) to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for student-body president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control. In Alexander Payne 's satire Election, the ...
Apr 30, 1999 · A teacher (Matthew Broderick) tries to stop a smart and ambitious student (Reese Witherspoon) from winning the school election in this wicked parody of personality types and politics. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the film's humor, characters and themes, and watch the trailer and clips.
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Election (1999)View more photos. Movie Info. SynopsisJim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick ...
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Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Payne; New interview with actor Reese Witherspoon; The Passion of Martin, Payne’s 1990 UCLA thesis film, with a new introduction by the director; TruInside: “Election,” a 2016 documentary featuring on-set footage and interviews with cast and crew; Omaha local-news reports on the film’s production ...
