A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.
An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Director:
Alexander Payne
Stars:
Paul Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church,
Virginia Madsen
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
The high school Class President election is approaching and it looks like Tracy Flick is going to win, unopposed. However, teacher Jim McAllister has other plans. He convinces jock Paul Metzler to run, sparking off an interesting chain of events.Written by
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The film was produced in the fall and a freak snowstorm interrupted filming. See more »
Goofs
Gavrilo Princip's surname is misspelled "Princep" on the blackboard following the eighth period pop quiz. See more »
Quotes
Tracy Flick:
Good morning, Mister M. Looks like you could use a cupcake!
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Crazy Credits
The end titles include four "The producers wish to thank the following:" cards, one "Very Special Thanks to:" card, and one "Extra Very Special Thanks to:" card. See more »
High-school comedies became popular because the milieu was familiar to a large proportion of the film-going audience But the best examples of the genre in the 1980s and 1990s satirized not only the constant battle of the sexes, but other elements in American life The frequent struggles between jocks and nerds were a kind of microcosm of the class difference which is supposed not to exist in the United States
In "Election," one of the best examples of this popular genre, much of the humor is at the expense of the 'democratic' process The film's guiding insight is that in practice democracy reduces to a popularity contest, in which dirty tricks are the norm
Tracy is a Nebraskan high-school blonde who is brilliant and hard-working She is standing for election as student president Played by Reese Witherspoon, Tracy is bright and intolerant, eaten up by ambition and her ruthless determination to win She is regarded with disgust by a career teacher and student adviser, Jim McAllister, for her self-righteousness, and also for her role in the dismissal of his fellow teacher Dave after a sex scandal Jim encourages student football star Paul to stand against Tracy
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High-school comedies became popular because the milieu was familiar to a large proportion of the film-going audience But the best examples of the genre in the 1980s and 1990s satirized not only the constant battle of the sexes, but other elements in American life The frequent struggles between jocks and nerds were a kind of microcosm of the class difference which is supposed not to exist in the United States
In "Election," one of the best examples of this popular genre, much of the humor is at the expense of the 'democratic' process The film's guiding insight is that in practice democracy reduces to a popularity contest, in which dirty tricks are the norm
Tracy is a Nebraskan high-school blonde who is brilliant and hard-working She is standing for election as student president Played by Reese Witherspoon, Tracy is bright and intolerant, eaten up by ambition and her ruthless determination to win She is regarded with disgust by a career teacher and student adviser, Jim McAllister, for her self-righteousness, and also for her role in the dismissal of his fellow teacher Dave after a sex scandal Jim encourages student football star Paul to stand against Tracy