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Election is a 1999 American film directed by Alexander Payne, with a screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor. The cast includes Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, and Jessica Campbell. Produced by MTV Films and Bona Fide Productions, the movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. It was released on April 23, 1999, and runs for 103 minutes. The narrative is set in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Nebraska, and is presented in English.
The film is categorized as a teen film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy, and romance. Its tagline is "Reading. Writing. Revenge." Keywords associated with the plot include infidelity, high school, jealousy, politics, and museum. The production budget was $25,000,000, with a revenue of $14,902,041. The movie is rated R.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores include 7.9/10, 92%, and 83/100. The IMDb rating is 7.2 based on 109,811 votes, and the Metascore is 83. Election was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and received 16 wins and 34 nominations in total.
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6.9Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister
- Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Enid Flick
- Chris Klein as Paul Metzler
- Jessica Campbell as Tammy Metzler
- Mark Harelik as Dave Novotny
- Phil Reeves as Walt Hendricks
Themes
- infidelity
- high school
- jealousy
- politics
- museum
- motel
- dark comedy
- vandalism
- ambition
- graduation
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
109,811 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 34 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- teen film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Screenwriter
- Jim Taylor
- Cast member
- Holmes Osborne
- Composer
- Rolfe Kent
- Production company
- MTV Films
- Cinematographer
- James Glennon
- Narrative location
- Nebraska
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 252250
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-04-23
- film editor
- Kevin Tent
- title
- Election
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 83/100
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