Corruption? Scandal? A rigged election? In episode #15 we discuss director Alexander Payne's high school political dramedy, Election (starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon).
SHOWNOTESElection - Criterion
Alexander Payne - Director
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Starring Laura Dern
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
Paris, je t’aime (2006)
The Descendants (2011)
Nebraska (2013)
Matthew Broderick (as Jim McAllister)
Also starred in Godzilla (1998) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Reese Witherspoon (as Tracy Flick)
Chris Klein (as Paul Metzler)
Jessica Campbell (as Tammy Metzler)
Mark Harelik (as Dave Novotny)
Phil Reeves (as Principal Walt Hendricks)
Delaney Driscoll (as Linda Novotny) - also played Ruth’s sister in Citizen Ruth
Holmes Osborne (as Dick Metzler) - also played Donnie’s Dad in Donnie Darko
Movie Trivia
Thora Birch, who starred in Ghost World (2001) was originally cast to play Tammy
Election was filmed in Papillion LaVista High School in Papillion, Nebraska
Josie and The Pussycats (2001) was also a Universal Pictures/MTV Films production
Unlike “Stadium High School” in 10 Things I Hate About You, the high school in Election seems pretty realistic
Tom Perrotta (who originally wrote Election) also wrote the novel The Leftovers which was later turned into an HBO series starring:
Justin Theroux
Liv Tyler
Janel Moloney
Scott Glenn (not to be confused with David Carradine)
And written by Damon Lindelof
Election - Alternate Ending
Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
Navajo Joe - Ennio Morricone (from the 1966 movie Navajo Joe starring Burt Reynolds)
Mystery Men (starring Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo)
Wes Studi as Sphinx
Paul falls asleep reading The Celestine Prophecy (by James Redfield)
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Episode #6: The Royal Tenenbaums
Episode #5: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Episode #4: Brazil
Episode #3: Harold and Maude
Episode #2: The Big Chill
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