Xpost Spacey to star in HBO's 'Recount'

[Melissa G]

Xpost from Election Reform
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=483359&mesg_id=483359

http://www.variety.com/VR1117972593.html
Spacey to star in HBO's 'Recount'
Leary, Dern, Hurt also join election drama
By MICHAEL FLEMING

Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley
Jr. and Bob Balaban have been set by HBO Films to star in "Recount," the
drama about the controversial Florida results in the 2000 presidential
election.
Jay Roach is directing a script written by Danny Strong.

Spacey, who hasn't done television since the 1991 biopic "Darrow," stars as
Ron Klain, former chief of staff for vice president Al Gore and one of the
lead attorneys who challenged the disputed results of voting in Florida.

Dern plays Katherine Harris, the Secretary of State of Florida who became
the center of controversy when she certified that George W. Bush won the
state.

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More than one optiona.. (Co) Daily Variety
b.. (Co) Daily Variety
"Recount," which will begin shooting shortly next month in Florida, will air
during the heat of the presidential campaign in 2008.

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. With that cast, I would think that this movie has to be on our side. nt

[Melissa G]

9. Perhaps it might be on our side, but I'm hoping for as complete a version

of the wicked hijinks as possible. Esp the disruptive,Brooks Brothers clad, Republican staffers who came down posing as average protesters...

[babylonsister]

2. Thank you! This is the first I've read of this-sounds wonderful! nt

[eleny]

3. K&R!

I agree with Finnfan. This one sounds like it will be from our point of view given the cast.

[Cha]

7. Yeah, they'd have to have roger

ailes and jeb bush as consultants to find out their pov.

[Coexist]

4. Laura Dern playing Katherine Harris?

"Makeup! Bring in the spatula!"

[eleny]

5. DUzy!!! DUzy!!! DUzy!!!

[Melissa G]

8. ROFLMAO!!!

Too Funny! This could be the start of a great picture contest...

[Olney Blue]

11. She looks much better than the real Katherine!

I smell an Emmy.

[Coexist]

12. Laura Dern is gorgeous - hence the spatula!

and Harris is known for her heavy hand with the blush.

[Cha]

6. Danny Strong..looks like the first

thing he's written..should be verrrrrry interesting!
"Lot's footage of bush and Gore from 2000..YAY! HBO!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834960/

[Peace Patriot]

10. I hope they see Dan Rather's "The Trouble with Touchscreens" before they write

the script. He investigates Sequoia (the third big election theft corporation, with Diebold and ES&S) and Boise Cascade for their deliberate use of inferior paper for the punchcard ballots in Democratic areas of Florida in 2000--made to order to produce "hanging chads." It's a stunning report and a VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY, heretofore unknown.

[ThomWV]

13. When will this be produced and when is it tentatively scheduled to be aired?

[Melissa G]

14. according to the release...

"Recount," which will begin shooting shortly next month in Florida, will air
during the heat of the presidential campaign in 2008.