Last month we brought you the teaser trailer for Recount, HBO Films’ retelling of the behind-the-scenes happenings during the 2000 presidential election and the scandal that resulted. /Film reader Linton sent us the full length trailer for the upcoming film.
Written by 33-year old actor turned screenwriter Danny Strong, Recount was the top film on the 2007 Black List, an annual poll of 150 development executives and high-level assistants which ranks the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywood. The top three entries of the 2005 list where Things We Lost in the Fire, Juno, and Lars and the Real Girl. So it’s definitely a great list to be on. Directed by Jay Roach (Meet The Parents, Austin Powers), and starring Kevin Spacey stars as Ron Klain, former Vice President Al Gore’s Chief of Staff, John Hurt as Warren Christopher, who supervised the contested Florida recount, Laura Dern as Katherine Harris, former Secretary of State for the State of Florida, Tom Wilkinson as James Baker and Denis Leary as Michael Whouley.
Recount will premiere on Sunday May 25th at 9:00pm on HBO.
Discuss: What do you think about the Recount movie trailer? [Please keep political discussion out of the comments]
May 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
HBO is reeling in some Oscar talent of late.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I’m impressed. The writing is really good just by the trailer.
Its too bad I dont have HBO.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Who won this election?
Gore, but the Republicans would have you believe different ;)
May 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
@Allynd
What part of “please keep political discussion out of the comments” did you seem to miss?
May 8th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
The events of the 2000 election are too tragic for me to find a movie about it funny
May 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Ps. The film looks amazing. Kathrine Harris was always one of the weirder members of Clan Bush, its look like she nails it!!!
Ms Harris will no doubt be saying how inaccurate it all is, but then she was the one saying the Republicans did not need to have a re count.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
it looks great! i hope it’s accurate though…
May 9th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I like how they make a point by showing that the “old blind bat” is Jewish…
Anyways, if this movie wasn’t so oviuously left winged, then maybe I would watch it.
I’m just sad that Tom Wilkinson is in this…he’s a really good actor.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
*Obviously =p
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
This film should be approached by viewers with healthy skepticism. An interview with writer Danny Strong, published on politico.com, reveals that former Secy of State Jim Baker was given unprecedented access to and influence over the script. Among the people Strong did not interview before shooting began were Bill Daley and former Sec State Warren Christopher, both of whom were at the center of the Florida events. It’s unclear whether he even spoke to Al Gore or Joe Lieberman. Strong obviously had a point of view and went out to find the facts that fit. We shouldn’t let him become the next Oliver Stone, recasting history for a buck.