HBO Preps Drama on 2000 Presidential Election

NEW YORK, April 1: On May
25, HBO will premiere Recount,
a film directed by Meet the Parents’
Jay Roach with an ensemble cast led by Kevin Spacey, which looks back at the
controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election.

HBO Films’ Recount is a Spring Creek/Mirage production in association
with Trigger Street Productions and Everyman Pictures. Debuting Sunday, May 25
at 9 p.m., the film was shot on location in Jacksonville and Tallahassee and
portrays the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election in Florida. It follows
the Florida recount from Election Day in November 2000 through the Supreme
Court’s ruling in favor of George W. Bush over Al Gore five weeks later. The
script by Danny Strong is based on numerous written accounts, as well as
first-person interviews with more than 30 real-life participants from across
the political spectrum.

Spacey
portrays Ron Klain, Vice President Al Gore’s former chief of staff. In addition
to Spacey, the film stars Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt,
Denis Leary, Bruce McGill and Tom Wilkinson.

Paula
Weinstein (HBO’s Truman), HBO Films’ senior VP Len Amato (Blood Diamond), Oscar winner Sydney Pollack and Jay
Roach executive produced the film.

—By Mansha Daswani