Episode #15: Election

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). SHOWNOTES Election - 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)