Recount (film)

Recount (film)

Recount is a 2008 political drama television film about Florida’s vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election. Written by Danny Strong and directed by Jay Roach, the television film stars Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, and Tom Wilkinson. It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008. The television film won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Roach.

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Summary Recount (film)Recount is a 2008 political drama television film about Florida’s vote recount during the 2000 United States presidential election. Written by Danny Strong and directed by Jay Roach, the television film stars Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, and Tom Wilkinson. It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008. The television film won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Roach. It also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Dern. Some critics have made charges of bias against the film, stating that it is pro-Gore and anti-Bush, but director Roach responded that the film was very true to what went on.

The film holds an approval rating of 78%, based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 6. 410. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating \”generally favorable reviews\”. The film was shot in Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida. In April 2007, it was announced that Sydney Pollack was going to be the film’s director. By August, weeks away from the start of principal photography, Pollack withdrew from the project due to a then-undisclosed illness. Pollack died of cancer on May 26, 2008, one day after Recount premiered.