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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.
Perky, overachieving high schooler Tracy Flick ( Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of social-studies teacher Jim McAllister ( Matthew Broderick) to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for student-body president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control. In Alexander Payne 's satire Election, the ...
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) uses ...
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Apr 30, 1999 · A teacher (Matthew Broderick) tries to stop a smart and ambitious student (Reese Witherspoon) from winning the school election in this wicked parody of personality types and politics. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the film's humor, characters and themes, and watch the trailer and clips.
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Apr 23, 1999 · Tracy 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.
