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Election

(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: R — strong sexuality, sex related dialogue amd language, and a scene of drug use.
  • Director: Alexander Payne   Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Jeanine Jackson, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell
  • Running Time: 105 minutes
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Genre

Comedy

Producer

Jacobus Rose

Distributor

Paramount Pictures.

Release Date

May 3, 1999

Synopsis

A high school election goes awry when Jim McAllister, a popular teacher and student government advisor, determines to sabotage the campaign of Tracy Flick, the over-achieving student who ruined the life of his best friend, a fellow teacher, by getting him fired after they had an affair. McAllister encourages Paul Metzler, a sweet but dumb jock sidelined by a broken leg, to run for class president against Tracy. After Jim unwittingly steals his kid sister Tammy''s girlfriend away from her, she also enters enters the race on the I don''t care platform.

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