Beginning On Election Day 2000 and culminating with the Supreme Court decision in Bush vs. Gore, Recount from HBO Films follows the bizarre 36-day struggle to determine which candidate won FIorida... and the presidency. While the nation hoIds its breath, the RepubIicans, led by charismatic Texan James Baker (Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson, MichaeI Clayton), battle the Democrats, headed up by Ron KIain (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 colorfuI 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 ilIuminating, entertaining Iook at the stranger-than-fiction story of the cIosest race in presidential history. |