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Election
Title
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.
ISBN
9781681433851
1681433850
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
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.
Music, Rolfe Kent ; editor, Kevin Tent ; directory of photography, James Glennon.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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.
Variant and related titles
Election (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 22, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 904
Credits
Music, Rolfe Kent ; editor, Kevin Tent ; directory of photography, James Glennon.
Cast
Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves.
System details note
Blu-ray ; region A ; 16:9 widescreen (2.40:1); DTS-HD master audio 5.1.
Blu-ray player required to view this disc.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong sexuality, sex-related dialogue and language, and a scene of drug use.
Videorecording number
CC2835BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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