DVD
Election [videorecording] / produced by Albert Berger, David Gale, Keith Samples, Ron Yerxa ; screenplay, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne.
Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681433868
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (103 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
- Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta. Essay by critic Dana Stevens in container. Features: audio commentary from 2008 featuring Payne; new interview with Payne; new interview with actor Reese Witherspoon; The passion of Martin, Paynes 1991 UCLA senior thesis film; TruInside: "Election," a 2016 documentary featuring on-set footage andinterviews with cast and crew; Omaha local-news reports on the film's production. Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Title from container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik. |
| Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | In English with optional English subtitles. |
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| Subject: | Perrotta, Tom, 1961- > Film adaptations. High school students > Fiction. High school teachers > Fiction. Student government > Elections > Fiction. Teenagers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | DVD Elect | 31681010082139 | DVD | Available | - |
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"Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) 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. In Alexander Payneâs satire Election, the teacher becomes unhealthily obsessed with cutting his student down to size, covertly backing a spoiler candidate to stop her from steamrolling to victory, and putting in motion a series of dirty tricks and reckless promises with uncanny real-world political parallels." - Baker & Taylor
Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate. - Criterion Distribution
A popular teacher and a go-getter student square off in this comic caper about a high school election.
