Election / Paramount Pictures presents ; an MTV Films production ; in association with Bona Fide Productions ; produced by Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa ; produced by David Gale, Keith Samples ; screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne.
Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta. Wide screen (2.40:1) ; restored 4K digital transfer. Special features: audio commentary from 1999 featuring Alexander Payne; The passion of Martin, Payne's 1991 UCLA senior thesis film; new interview with Reese Witherspoon; Trulnside: "Election," a 2016 documentary featuring on-set footage and interviews with cast and crew; Local news: Omaha local-news report on the film's production; trailer; on onsert: essay by critic Dana Stevans.
Summary:
Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for high-school president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control.
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