Election [Blu-ray]
by Alexander Payne
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Actor: Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Matthew Broderick, Phil Reeves, Reese WitherspoonDirector: Alexander Payne
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Writer: Alexander Payne
Producer: Albert Berger
Producer: David Gale
Producer: Jacobus Rose
Producer: Jim Burke
Writer: Jim Taylor
Writer: Tom Perrotta
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-01-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Blu-ray Reviews of Election [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: "The weak are always trying to sabatoge the strong."
Summary: 5 Stars
The Film (*****)
When Amazon classifies Alexander Payne's 1999 satire, "Election," as an "essential video," note these guys (or gals) are on to something. Not only is this film essential in its importance to film and the genre of comedy, but it's simply a piece filmmaking at its best.
Reese Witherspoon is hands down fantastic as the irritatingly over-achiever, Tracy Flick, who will stop at nothing in earning her rightful place as class president. Matthew Broderick is brilliant as the content educator but malicious rival to Tracy who will stop at nothing to bring her down. It's a teriffic film about politics against a high school setting. What could easily have been another silly cliched teen comedy is something more with Alexander Payne's witty script and observant direction: a mature, sophisticated, satirical, black comedy that should have caused more of a stir back in 1999. The film was well received by critics and even earned some award nominations including an Oscar for the adaption of Tom Perrotta's novel (of the same name). It definitely among my favorites.
Blu-ray features (**): Sadly,. this film is slighly under par as to what the blu-ray format is capable of. It definitely surpasses the DVD release, but the film show some evident flaws. Scratches and splotches are abundant-not neccessarily grain. You know those annoying black spots that "Fight Club" dubbed as "cigarette burns?" Yeah. They're present too, maybe not as big but it's visible. Then we have the special features. Wait. There are no special feature besides an insightful commentary by Alexander Payne. That's it. For the dollar your spending, "Election" is absolutely worth it. I just wish Paramount would have taken better care of the transfer and possibly even add a few more goodies. Is that too much to ask for?
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Description of Election [Blu-ray]
Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) is Tracy Flick, a straight "A" go-getter who's determined to be president of Carver High's student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick, The Producers) observes the zealous political locomotive that is Tracy, he decides to derail her obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate (Chris Klein, American Pie) - with disastrous results! Here's a smart, witty and hilarious jab at high school politics helmed by award-winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways).Matthew Broderick makes up for years of wet-noodle performances with his low-key but unsparing characterization of Jim McAllister, a high school teacher at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Driven by a strange mixture of loathing and lust for pathologically overachieving student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), McAllister encourages a dim but popular athlete, Paul (Chris Klein from American Pie), to run against her in the election for student-council president. Director-cowriter Alexander Payne (Citizen Ruth) turns this deceptively simple premise into a complex and scathing comedy of ambition, corruption, and desire, all at its most naked and petty. Every scene contains some painfully funny nuance that will make you wince in a mixture of astonishment and empathy. Witherspoon flips effortlessly back and forth from adolescent vulnerability to steely-eyed strength; she's becoming a contemporary Carole Lombard. The movie itself feels like a magnificent throwback to the richly layered comedies of the '30s, which drew their humor from sharply drawn characters and twisting plots instead of explosions of bodily fluids. With a wealth of smart, cutting details, Election rewards multiple viewing. --Bret Fetzer
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