Election

Election (1999)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

6.865/10
1159

6.586/10
5516

7.3/10
102223

All about film

Video 3

Photo 47

Actors and characters

Release date

1999-04-23

Country

United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Production

Paramount, New Regency Pictures, MTV Films, Bona Fide Productions, Fountainbridge Films, Bona Fide

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Mystery

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$14 902 041

Website

Director

Alexander Payne

Actors

Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll, Colleen Camp, Frankie Ingrassia
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Keith Samples, David Gale, Van Toffler

Operator

James Glennon

Composer

Rolfe Kent

Artist

Tracy Thies

Audition

Lisa Beach

Editing

Kevin Tent
All team (66)

• The film was shot in a real high school, and regular classes continued in classrooms adjacent to the filming locations. In some scenes, the voices of real students and teachers can be heard in the distance. Director Alexander Payne decided not to remove them to give the film greater authenticity.
• The apples on the apple tree in Mrs. Novotny's yard were tied to the branches.
• Chris Klein's debut. Director Alexander Payne was looking for a school for filming, and at one of the schools in Omaha, he met Klein. Although other actors auditioned for the role of Paul, Payne decided to give it to Klein (and they didn't film at the school where they met).
• Real high school students participated in the scenes in the gymnasium, but there weren't enough of them, as exam time had already arrived, and many students found that working as extras was a long and often tedious task. The plot required all the seats in the gym stands to be occupied, and Alexander Payne asked the extras to sit in a different place before each new take – and repeat this two or three times. In editing, it was made to appear as if all the seats were occupied.
• On the 3rd day of filming in Omaha, Thora Birch, who had been cast as Tammy, left the film due to disagreements with director Alexander Payne.