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Election ()

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A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
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Jim McAllister
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Tracy Flick
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Custodian
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Paul Metzler
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Walt Hendricks
Emily Martin ...
Girl in Crisis
Jonathan Marion ...
Derek
Amy Falcone ...
Michelle
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Dave Novotny
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Linda Novotny
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Diane McAllister
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Judith R. Flick
Matt Justesen ...
'Eat Me' Boy
Nick Kenny ...
'Eat Me' Boy's Buddy
B.J. Tobin ...
Adult Video Actor (as Brian Tobin)
Christa Young ...
Adult Video Actress
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Tracy's Friend Eric (as David Wenzel)
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Tammy Metzler
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Lisa Flanagan
Joel Parks ...
Jerry Slavin
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Vice-Principal Ron Bell
Larry Kaiser ...
Chemistry Teacher
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Dick Metzler
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Jo Metzler
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Carver Office Lady
Jeannie Brayman ...
Faculty Ballot-Giver
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Larry Fouch (as Nick D'Agosto)
James Devney ...
Motel Clerk
L. Carmen Novoa ...
Spanish Teacher
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Kid in Georgetown Hall
Matt Golden ...
Kid in Georgetown Hall
Heather Koenig ...
Kid in Georgetown Hall
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Jillian
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Jennifer (uncredited)
Rob Kunkel ...
Bob the Mechanic (uncredited)
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Georgetown Student (uncredited)
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Village Guy (uncredited)
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Boy Tapping Pencil in Classroom (uncredited)
Sarah Talcott ...
Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alexander Payne

Written by

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Tom Perrotta ... (novel)
 
Alexander Payne ... (screenplay) &
Jim Taylor ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Albert Berger ... producer
Jim Burke ... co-producer
David Gale ... producer
Jake Rose ... co-producer (as Jacobus Rose)
Keith Samples ... producer
Van Toffler ... executive producer
Ron Yerxa ... producer

Music by

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Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by

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James Glennon ... director of photography

Editing by

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Kevin Tent

Editorial Department

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Gary Burritt ... negative cutter
Tom Dailey ... assistant editor
Denise Winn Davis ... post-production assistant
Matt McFarland ... colorist
Mike Mertens ... color timer
Cynthia Ranjbar ... editorial intern
Tom Scully ... assistant editor
Cynthia Conel ... apprentice film editor (uncredited)
Mike Sowa ... digital color timer: mastering (uncredited)

Casting By

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Lisa Beach

Production Design by

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Jane Ann Stewart

Art Direction by

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T.K. Kirkpatrick ... (as Tim Kirkpatrick)

Set Decoration by

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Renee Davenport

Costume Design by

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Wendy Chuck

Makeup Department

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Denise Fischer ... hair stylist
Nicki Ledermann ... makeup artist: New York & Washington
Emjay Olson ... assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist
Kyra Panchenko ... hair stylist: New York/Washington
James Ryder ... makeup department head
Cass McClure ... prosthetics technician (uncredited)
Kerrie R. Plant ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Alysse Bezahler ... unit production manager: New York and Washington
Victor Ho ... unit production manager
Pamela Winn-Barnett ... post-production supervisor (as Pamela Winn Barnett)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Randy N. Barbee ... first assistant director: New York and Washington (as Randy Barbee)
Lucia Burns ... second assistant director: New York and Washington
Marc Garland ... second assistant director: New York and Washington
Sean McCarron ... first assistant director: second unit (as Sean McCarren) / second assistant director
Shari Nicotero ... second assistant director: second unit (as Shari Hanger) / second second assistant director (as Shari Hanger)
George Parra ... first assistant director / second unit director

Art Department

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Tyndall Arrasmith ... set decorator: New York and Washington
Brian Beacom ... paint foreperson
Nathan Carlson ... graphic artist
Jack Clowers ... lead person
Wes Clowers ... construction coordinator
Denise Davenport ... set dresser
Al Griggs ... set intern
Linda Krantz ... property master: New York and Washington
Jeremy Lerman ... set intern
David Lyerly ... assistant property master
Victoria Marin ... assistant art director: second unit
Cee Moravec ... assistant props
Jeffrey M. O'Brien ... property master (as Jeffrey O'Brien)
Dave Peterson ... set dresser
Trish Place ... set dresser
Kelly A. Smith ... art department coordinator: second unit
Debra Sugarman ... on-set dresser (as Debra Sugerman)
Tracy Thies ... assistant art director
Paula Clowers ... swing gang (uncredited)
Jason Ivey ... property master: DC Unit (uncredited)
Francis Maiorino ... additional dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Jon Ailetcher ... sound mixer
Antonio L. Arroyo ... sound mixer: New York and Washington (as Antonio Arroyo)
Laura Harris Atkinson ... adr editor (as Laura R. Harris) / dialogue editor (as Laura R. Harris)
Dana Austin ... adr recordist (as Dana Porter)
Ron Bedrosian ... adr mixer
Gary Boatner ... boom operator
Mark Choi ... sound effects editor (as Mark Hunshik Choi)
Patricia Conaway Lamberti ... dialogue assistant (as Patty Lamberti)
Patrick Cyccone Jr. ... re-recording mixer
Rickley W. Dumm ... first assistant sound editor (as Rickly Dumm)
Paul Eichler ... utility sound
Eric Flickinger ... sound recordist
Frank Gaeta ... supervising sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan ... foley mixer
Daniel S. Irwin ... adr editor (as Daniel Irwin) / dialogue editor (as Daniel Irwin)
Craig S. Jaeger ... sound effects editor (as Craig Jaeger)
William B. Johnston ... technical supervision (as Bill Johnston)
Michael Keller ... re-recording mixer
Kimaree Long ... adr editor / dialogue editor
James Moriana ... foley artist (as Jim Moriana)
Hugh Murphy ... dialogue assistant
Scott Sanders ... sound effects editor
Branden Spencer ... dialogue assistant
Frederick H. Stahly ... adr editor (as Fred Stahly) / dialogue editor (as Fred Stahly)
Lauren Stephens ... adr editor (as Lauren Stevens) / dialogue editor (as Lauren Stevens)
Patrick Stoltz ... technical supervision
Rich Toenes ... technical supervision
Drew Webster ... sound recordist
Jeffrey Wilhoit ... foley artist (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Scott Wolf ... supervising sound editor
A.J. Woodley ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Greg Zimmerman ... foley recordist (as Gregg Zimmerman)
David Abrahamsen ... sound (uncredited)
David W. Alstadter ... foley mixer (uncredited)
Trevor Jolly ... sound editor-temp mix (uncredited)
Randolph Saucedo ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Dave Dunaway ... stunt rigger (uncredited)
Damian Fisher ... mold maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Bruce Cardozo ... optical supervisor
Mark Breakspear ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Gary J. Wayton ... stunt coordinator (as Gary Wayton)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Steve Abariotes ... second assistant camera: second unit
Bob Akester ... still photographer (as Bob Akaster)
Dana Altman ... grip
Andy Anderson ... camera operator: second unit
Yoram Astrakhan ... chief lighting technician
Mitch Bennett ... grip
Tobin Bennett ... grip
Dennis Buffman ... electrician
Nicolas L. Charuet ... second company grip: New York and Washington (as Nicholas Charuet)
Hector Corona ... assistant chief lighting technician
Dave Dunaway ... grip
Milo Durben ... dolly grip
Preston Fisher ... electrician
Melissa Freeman ... camera intern
Casey Hotchkiss ... camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Seth Kotok ... film loader
Ariane Lemay ... second assistant camera: New York and Washington
Stephen B. Martinez ... first company grip
Mike Mastre ... second assistant camera: second unit
Charles McEntee ... grip: New York and Washington (as Chuck Mcentee)
Alex 'Shark' Michel ... second company grip
Martin Nowlan ... chief lighting technician: New York and Washington
Radan Popovic ... director of photography: second unit
Steve Ramsey ... chief lighting technician: New York and Washington (as Steven Ramsey)
Damon Salerno ... first company grip: New York and Washington
Joe Sanchez ... first assistant camera
Jim Taylor ... camera operator: 16 mm footage second unit
Kenny K. Tong ... second assistant camera (as Kenny Tong)
James Weyerman ... electrician (as James 'Buck' Weyerman)
Paul Wiley ... electrician
Aurelia Winborn ... first assistant camera: New York and Washington
Steve Wolpa ... first assistant camera: second unit
Greg Kubitschek ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Kyle T. MacDowell ... grip (uncredited)
John Pycha ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Barbara Harris ... voice casting
Carrie Houk ... additional casting
John Jackson ... casting: Omaha
Sarah Katzman ... casting assistant: Los Angeles
Ellen Parks ... casting: New York and Washington
B.J. Tobin ... extras casting
Stacy White ... casting assistant: Omaha
Heather Laird ... casting: Kansas City (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Charlotte Corday ... costume supervisor: New York and Washington
Deborah Fiscus ... costumer
Rikke Rosbaek ... costume supervisor
Reese Spensley ... costumer (as Reese 'Spence' Spensley)
Jill Tarlow ... set costumer: New York and Washington

Location Management

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Katherine Dorrer ... location manager: Washington D.C.
Kai Ephron ... additional locations
Jim Foyt ... location projectionist
John Latenser V ... location manager (as John Latenser)
Mike Latenser ... assistant location manager
Ann Yamamoto ... location manager: New York
Kate Beall ... assistant location manager (uncredited)
Tony Swartz ... location scout (uncredited)

Music Department

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Dondi Bastone ... music supervisor
Tony Blondal ... orchestrator
Bruce Dukov ... concert master
Richard Ford ... music editor
Tom Kramer ... preview music editor
Dwight Mikkelsen ... music preparation
William T. Stromberg ... conductor (as Bill Stromberg)
John Vigran ... music recording mixer
Kerry Wikstrom ... additional orchestrator
Patti Zimmitti ... orchestra contractor
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Richard Altenbach ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Vicki Arkoff ... music consultant (uncredited)
Ann Atkinson ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Gary Bovyer ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Jacqueline Brand ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Denyse Buffum ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Rebecca Bunnell ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jodi Burnett ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Darius Campo ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Denise Carver ... music clearances (uncredited)
Larry Corbett ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Charlie Davis ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Brian Dembow ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Earl Dumler ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Steve Erdody ... musician: cello (uncredited)
David Ewart ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Don Ferrone ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Marlo Fisher ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Juliann French ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Matthew Funes ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Pamela Goldsmith ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Dan Goldwasser ... soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Endre Granat ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Alan Grunfeld ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paula Hochhalter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Patricia Johnson ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Karen Jones ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Peter Kent ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Katie Kirkpatrick ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Carol Kleister-Castillo ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Christian Kollgaard ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Armen Ksajikian ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Razdan Kuyumjian ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Janet Lakatos ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Charlie Loper ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Michael Markman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Frank Marocco ... musician: accordion (uncredited)
Don McInnes ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Ed Meares ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Horia Moroaica ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Brian O'Connor ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Andrew Picken ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Katia Popov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Debra M. Price ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Rachel Purkin ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Riddles ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Jay Rosen ... musician: violin (uncredited)
John Scanlon ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Harry Shirinian ... musician: viola (uncredited)
David Stenske ... musician: viola (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Mari Tsumura ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Bob Zimmitti ... musician: percussion (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rebecca Robertson ... script supervisor
Peggy Sutton ... script supervisor: New York and Washington

Transportation Department

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Al Burton ... transportation captain
Ken Kaplan ... transportation coordinator
Paul Vecchio ... picture car captain
Darrell Dubovsky ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Matt Adler ... adr loop group
Linda Alexander ... unit publicist
Steve Alterman ... adr loop group
Andrea Baker ... adr loop group (as Andrea Taylor)
Holly Balbinder ... production coordinator
Charles Bazaldua ... adr loop group
Doug Benson ... post-production accountant
Helen Blume ... set teacher
Kate Carlin ... adr loop group
Kaylene Carlson ... travel coordinator
Cathy Cavadini ... adr loop group (as Catherine Cavadini)
André Devantier ... caterer
Holly Dorff ... adr loop group
Mark Everson ... assistant: Mr. Rose
Jeff Fischer ... adr cast
Pamela Garrett ... payroll accountant
Anneliese Goldman ... adr loop group
James L. Gowdy ... first assistant accountant (as Jim Gowdy)
Lisa Hackett ... Vice President: Rights and Clearances
Barbara Harris ... adr cast (as Barbara Iely)
Sara Hunt ... craft service
Daamen J. Krall ... adr loop group (as Daamen Krall)
Douglas Moe ... production coordinator: New York and Washington
Kevin O'Leary ... set medic
Todd Phillips ... publicist
David Randolph ... adr loop group
Irwin M. Rappaport ... production counsel
Noreen Reardon ... adr loop group
Brad Rivers ... assistant: Mr. Samples
Karen Roberts ... production accountant
Hillary Schwartz ... key set production assistant
Vernon Scott ... adr loop group
Momita SenGupta ... production liaison
Kaile Shilling ... assistant: Mr. Payne
Hector Solano ... catering: Hollywood Caterers
Raoul Solano ... catering: Hollywood Caterers
Thuy Tham ... assistant: Mr. Rose
Victoria Vaus ... title designer
Rayshelle Willis ... accounting clerk
David Zyler ... adr loop group (as David Kramer)
Ellen Burke ... production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Fabio Chadad ... portuguese subtitling qc (uncredited)
Lora Davis ... production assistant (uncredited)
Justin Eveloff ... production assistant (uncredited)
Brice Liesveld ... production assistant (uncredited)
Dan Riley ... assistant: Irwin M. Rappaport (uncredited)
Michael A. Spearman ... runner (uncredited)
Courtney Williams ... production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks

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David Azzoto ... thanks (as Dave Azzoto)
Karen Carstensen ... thanks
Joann Cissell ... extra very special thanks
Hal Daub ... very special thanks
Mike Deselm ... very special thanks
Julie Ginsburg ... very special thanks
Thomas S. Gulotta ... thanks
Robert Harvey ... thanks (as Bob Harvey)
Lori Killam ... thanks
George Laughery ... thanks
Liz Lyon ... thanks
Debra Markowitz ... thanks
Mele Mason ... thanks (as Mele Masoon)
Laurie Richards ... very special thanks
Albert G. Ruben ... thanks
Janice Shapiro ... thanks
Kathy Sheppard ... very special thanks
Dennis Smith ... extra very special thanks
Frank Sunderman ... extra very special thanks
Jodi Becker Vinci ... thanks
E. Bennett Walsh ... thanks
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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 grantss

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Taglines Reading, Writing, Revenge. See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'Arriviste (France)
  • Η εκλογή (Greece)
  • Kdo z koho (Czechia)
  • Elección (Uruguay)
  • Съперници (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 103 min
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Box Office

Budget $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $3,162,540, 09 May 1999

Did You Know?

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Trivia Chris Klein's debut film. He was a student at Millard West High School in Omaha when he was discovered by director Alexander Payne while looking for a school to use for filming (another one was eventually used). Although other actors auditioned for Paul, Klein stuck in Payne's mind. See more »
Goofs The nickname of the mythical Nebraska high school is the Wolverines. However, when the results of the election are announced at the assembly, the name Monarchs clearly appears on the side of the gym floor. This is the nickname of Papillion-La Vista (Nebraska) High School where many of the scenes were shot. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Pushing Tin/Mighty Peking Man/Election/Lost and Found/SLC Punk! (1999). See more »
Soundtracks The Jody Grind See more »
Crazy Credits Film title logo appears when end credits are finished. See more »
Quotes Tammy Metzler: [narrating] It's not like I'm a lesbian or anything. I'm attracted to the person. It's just that all the people I've been attracted to happen to be girls.
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