Directed by:
Alexander PayneCinematography:
James GlennonComposer:
Rolfe KentCast:
Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Molly Hagan, Colleen Camp, Holmes Osborne, Matt Malloy, Nicholas D'Agosto (more)VOD (1)
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Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) 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. 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. (Criterion)
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Matthew Broderick
USA
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Glory (1989)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Reese Witherspoon
USA
Best movies:
Walk the Line (2005)
Pleasantville (1998)
The Good Lie (2014)
Chris Klein
USA
Best movies:
American Reunion (2012)
The United States of Leland (2003)
The Good Life (2007)
Jessica Campbell
USA
Best movies:
The Safety of Objects (2001)
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992) (TV movie)
Election (1999)
Mark Harelik
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015)
42 (2013)
The Swan Princess (1994)
Molly Hagan
USA
Best movies:
Sully (2016)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Colleen Camp
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Holmes Osborne
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Darko (2001)
Identity (2003)
Unthinkable (2010)
Matt Malloy
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Happiness (1998)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
David Wenzel
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Election (1999)
Adam & Steve (2005)
Jeanine Jackson
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
Pleasantville (1998)
Zelig (1983)
Frankie Ingrassia
Best movies:
Election (1999)
The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)
John Ponzio
Best movies:
Quiz Show (1994)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Election (1999)
Joseph William Simmons
Best movies:
Election (1999)