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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 ...
- April 23, 1999 (United States)
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.
A high school teacher and a spoiler candidate enter a student council election in a satire of American politics. The teacher, Jim McAllister, is a teacher who opposes Tracy Flick, an overachieving student who is running unopposed for president. He convinces Paul Metzler, a football player, to run against her and things spiral out of control.
Election is a 1999 movie directed by Alexander Payne and starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. It follows a teacher who tries to stop a student from winning the school president election by unfair means.
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Apr 30, 1999 · A teacher and a student compete for the presidency of a high school student government, with a teacher who hates the student and a student who is a manipulative and ambitious leader. Roger Ebert praises the film's witty and complex satire of personality types, politics and elections.
A perky, overachieving student (Reese Witherspoon) runs for student-body president and faces a teacher (Matthew Broderick) who becomes obsessed with her and his own political ambitions. Alexander Payne's film adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel explores the absurdity and corruption of the American political system with humor and realism.
Apr 23, 1999 · Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a ruthless and determined student who runs for class president unopposed. Matthew Broderick is her teacher who tries to stop her by convincing a football player to challenge her.
