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Overview
Release Date:
25 May 2008 (USA) morePlot:
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida. | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Hounsou Spins Conan Tale While Fergie Draws 'Nine' (From Rope Of Silicon. 21 July 2008, 4:28 AM, PDT)
Kevin Spacey to play pot-smoking ‘Shrink’ (From screeninglog. 16 June 2008, 11:07 PM, PDT)
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Very Well Done moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kevin Spacey | ... | Ron Klain |
 | Bob Balaban | ... | Ben Ginsberg |
 | Ed Begley Jr. | ... | David Boies |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Katherine Harris |
 | John Hurt | ... | Warren Christopher |
 | Denis Leary | ... | Michael Whouley |
 | Bruce McGill | ... | Mac Stipanovich |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | James Baker |
 | Bruce Altman | ... | Mitchell Berger |
| Jayne Atkinson | ... | Theresa LePore |
| Gary Basaraba | ... | Clay Roberts |
| Derek Cecil | ... | Jeremy Bash |
 | Eve Gordon | ... | Monica Klain |
 | Marcia Jean Kurtz | ... | Carol Roberts |
 | Mitch Pileggi | ... | Bill Daley |
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115 minCountry:
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According to his obituary on NPR's "Morning Edition," Sydney Pollack was set to direct this until he became too sick to continue the preparations. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the first scene, where James Baker is drinking Dr. Pepper, the can he is drinking from was not issued in 2000. However, later on in the movie, this error was corrected and he is drinking out of the older version of the can. moreSoundtrack:
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I could not turn away from this movie- not because the outcome was unclear or because I was unfamiliar with the events (I took a class in college the next year entirely dedicated to this debacle) I just found the acting so compelling.
The actors did a fantastic job- they created tension even when I knew what the Supreme Court would say- If you are a political junkie and have not been drinking from your respective party's kool-aid jug for too long you will enjoy this movie.
Those that take offense to this film clearly are delusional about their party or candidates- they can't acknowledge that their side will go to the same lengths as the other guy to win- Recount is not a social commentary on voter fraud- it is a behind the scenes look at the recount teams for Gore and Bush and how they strategized and plotted to WIN-
That does not mean Recount seeks to establish who WON the election- only that there were two camps who wanted to, which we already knew before the vote was so ridiculously close. And I don't see how the film could have done a better job showing us this-