Election (Blu-Ray Disc, 2017, Criterion Collection)

Description: This is an actual photo.Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for high-school president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control. In Alexander Payne's satire ELECTION, the teacher becomes unhealthily obsessed with cutting his student down to size, covertly backing a spoiler candidate to stop her from steamrolling to victory, and putting in motion a series of dirty tricks and reckless promises with uncanny real-world political parallels. Adapting a then-unpublished novel by Tom Perrotta, Payne grounds the absurdity of his central dynamic in the recognizable the setting is his hometown of Omaha, and the accomplished cast is rounded out with nonprofessionals and distills his closely observed take on deeply flawed humanity to its bitter but stealthily sympathetic essence.DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by cowriter-director Alexander Payne, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack- Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Payne- New interview with actor Reese Witherspoon- THE PASSION OF MARTIN, Payne's 1990 UCLA thesis film, with a new introduction by the director- TRUINSIDE: ELECTION, a 2016 documentary featuring on-set footage and interviews with cast and crew- Omaha local-news report on the film's production- Trailer - PLUS: An essay by critic Dana Stevens Please check out my store for select categories. If there are any problems whatsoever with any of my items, or my descriptions, please let me know and the problem/s will be resolved. I try my best to be honest, but sometimes I may miss something. I will combine shipping costs if you win more than one item. Please request a total when you are done shopping. I use the E-BAY Global Shipping Program for International customers.

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