RECOUNT: HBO's New Film Re: 2000 STOLEN Election To Air In Heat Of 08 Campaign

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


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.

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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While Harris’ ruling was overturned by Florida’s Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly in Bush’s favor, giving him the presidency five weeks after Election Day. The film shows the legal and political maneuvering from the point of view of both the Bush and Gore camps.

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