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Election You can count on me

Broderick, Matthew, 1962- (Added Author). Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- (Added Author). Linney, Laura (Added Author). Ruffalo, Mark (Added Author). Election : Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delany Driscoll, Colleen Camp, Frankie Ingrassia, Matt Molloy, Jeanine Jackson, Holmes Osborne. You Can Count On Me : Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin. (Cast).

Summary: Election : Civics teacher Jim McAllister is worried. Obnoxious, perennial overachiever Tracy Flick looks likely to win the student body presidency--she is running unopposed. Seeking to inject some democracy into the process, he persuades nice but dim football hero Paul Metzler to stand against her. This merely makes Tracy even more determined to win, and when Paul's alienated younger sister Tammy joins the race, leads her to use extreme measures to guarantee success. Meanwhile, Mr. McAllister's life becomes increasingly complicated as he strays from the principles he teaches. Politics is rarely pretty, but the students and faculty at Carver High are about to find out just how ugly it can get. You Can Count On Me : Sammy is a single mom living in a small Catskill town with her eight-year-old son. A lot happens all at once to Sammy as she, sort of, picks up with an old boyfriend, gets a new boss and her wayward brother finally shows up after months of no communication. A crisis of sorts ensues when the son meets his estranged father.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (213 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures Corporation : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [200?]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Election originally released as a feature film in 1999; You Can Count On Me 2000. Election based on the novel by Tom Perrotta. Included: special features that are not rated.
Formatted Contents Note:	Election / Paramount Pictures presents ; an MTV Films production ; in association with Bona Fide Productions ; produced by Albert Berger ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne -- You can count on me / Paramount Classics, Shooting Gallery and Hart Sharp Entertainment present ; in association with Cappa Productions ; produced by John N. Hart ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Election : Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor ; Kevin Tent ; music by Rolfe Kent ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart. You Can Count On Me : Director of photography, Stephen Kazmierski ; editor, Anne McCabe ; music supervisors, Christopher Covert, Barry Cole ; original music, Lesley Barber ; costume designer, Melissa Toth ; production designer, Michael Shaw.
Participant or Performer Note:	Election : Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delany Driscoll, Colleen Camp, Frankie Ingrassia, Matt Molloy, Jeanine Jackson, Holmes Osborne. You Can Count On Me : Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin.
Target Audience Note:	Both movies : MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexuality, sex-related dialogue and language, and a scene of drug use.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital ; presented in widescreen.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	You Can Count On Me : Sundance Film Festival, 2000, Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic (Kenneth Lonergan); Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Kenneth Lonergan)