Election [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]
Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Matthew Broderick , Reese Witherspoon , Chris Klein , Jessica Campbell , Colleen Camp
Blu-ray
(Wide Screen)
$39.99
- Release Date: 12/12/2017
- UPC: 0715515207218
- Original Release: 1999
- Rating: R
- Source: THE CRITERION COLLECTION, INC
- Region Code: A
- Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
- Language: English
- Runtime: 6180
- Sales rank: 8,465
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In this satiric comedy, Jim McAllister is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in both his personal and professional life. His anxieties finally come to a head as a result of the school's student elections.
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