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     Matthew Broderick

     James T. 'Jim' McAllister
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     Reese Witherspoon

     Tracy Enid Flick
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     Chris Klein

     Paul Metzler
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     Jessica Campbell

     Tammy Metzler
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     Mark Harelik

     Dave Novotny
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     Phil Reeves

     Principal Walter 'Walt' F. Hendricks

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     Election (1999) Official Trailer #1 - Reese Witherspoon Movie HD

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     Election (5/9) Movie CLIP - Slanderous Accusations (1999) HD

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     Election Trailer 1999

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Election_(1999_film)Election (1999 film) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0126886Election (1999) - Plot - IMDb

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   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 ...

7. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-featuresReese Witherspoon Reflects on 25 Years of Election's Tracy Flick

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   Apr 24, 2024 · Reese Witherspoon Reflects on 25 Years Since Tracy Flick. Alexander Payne's 1999 comedy 'Election' has grown to be a favorite movie of many — not just for its political satire but for bringing ...

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   Election. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) uses less than ethical ...

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   • Director: Alexander Payne

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Matthew Broderick

9. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › election-1999Election movie review & film summary (1999) | Roger Ebert

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   Apr 30, 1999 · Directed by. Alexander Payne. I remember students like Tracy Flick, the know-it-all who always has her hand in the air, while the teacher desperately looks for someone else to call on. In fact, I was a student like Tracy Flick. "A legend in his own mind," they wrote under my photo in the Urbana High School yearbook.

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    Was Reese Witherspoon in 'election' 1999?

    • Reese Witherspoon in 'Election' (1999). Courtesy Everett Collection There were many memorable cinematic performances that came from actresses in 1999 (Annette Bening in American Beauty, Samantha Morton in Sweet and Lowdown, Julianne Moore in Magnolia ).

    Reese Witherspoon Reflects on 25 Years Since Tracy Flick

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    Is election based on a true story?

    • 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.

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    How does Alexander Payne satire election?

    • In Alexander Payne 's satire Election, the teacher becomes unhealthily obsessed with cutting his student down to size, covertly backing a spoiler candidate to stop her from steamrolling to victory, and putting in motion a series of dirty tricks and reckless promises with uncanny real-world political parallels.

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    Did Alexander Payne make a high school movie?

    • Producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa sent director Alexander Payne an unpublished manuscript from novelist Tom Perrotta called "Election" in 1996. Payne was initially uninterested in directing a high school movie, but changed his mind after he read the manuscript. "It was set in a high school, but it wasn’t a high school story, per se.

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11. www.rogerebert.com › features › election-anniversary25 Years Later, Alexander Payne’s Election Remains as ...

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    Apr 24, 2024 · In the 25 years since “Election,” Tracy Flick (as played by Reese Witherspoon) has become one of the most infamous and oft-referenced characters in modern cinema, and her name has almost become a loaded word, stigmatizing ambitious and over-qualified women ever since. Filmmaker Alexander Payne (and his writing partner, Jim Taylor) adapted ...