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Election

Cast

Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell View All

Crew

Jim Taylor (Screenplay), Alexander Payne (Screenplay), Alexander Payne (Director) View All

Release: Apr. 23rd, 1999

Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes

Jim McAllister, a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick uses less than ethical tactics to get what she wants. When Tracy runs for school president, Jim feels that she will be a poor influence on the student body and convinces Paul, a dim-witted but popular student athlete, to run against Tracy. When she becomes aware of Jim's secret involvement in the race, a bitter feud is sparked.

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Thief
But among the things that Election makes clear are that elections are rarely opportunities for change, but just stepping stones in the power ranking; but most importantly, that the whole system is broken and that there needs to be more than a "one man change" every now and then for real change to oc....

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TheUsualSuspect
A high school teacher's life spirals out of control when he complicates things for one student by entering another into the presidential election.