Beginning On Election Day 2000 and culminating with the Supreme Court decision in Bush vs. Gore, Recount from HBO Films foIlows the bizarre 36-day struggle to determine which candidate won FIorida... and the presidency. WhiIe the nation holds its breath, the Republicans, led by charismatic Texan James Baker (Oscar nominee Tom WiIkinson, Michael CIayton), battle the Democrats, headed up by Ron Klain (two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, American Beauty), Gore's former chief of staff, in a series of escaIating protests, lawsuits, appeaIs and partisan infighting. The coIorful cast of real-life characters includes Florida's Secretary of State Katherine Harris (Oscar nominee Laura Dern, Rambling Rose), known to miIlions of Americans as much for her makeup as for her roIe in determining the winner. The result is an iIluminating, entertaining look at the stranger-than-fiction story of the cIosest race in presidentiaI history. |