RECOUNT - new movie on HBO in May

[proud2BlibKansan]

Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr. and Bob Balaban will star in HBO Films' "Recount," the drama about the Florida results in the 2000 presidential election.

Jay Roach is directing a script written by Danny Strong.

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

Spacey stars as Ron Klain, former chief of staff to vice president Al Gore and one of the lead attorneys who challenged the voting results 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 had won the state.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972593.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1

[truedelphi]

1. One Word! WOW!! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Just saw the preview on HBO

Looks wonderful.

[vanboggie]

3. Excellent news and great cast n/t

[angrycarpenter]

4. Great choice for Kathrine harris

That woman give me the creeps.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Lots of possibilities for makeup

LOL

[ruiner4u]

6. they need tammy faye bakers former makeup artist

[Donnachaidh]

7. all they need is stencils and black spray paint to do a Tammy on someone

I cannot believe how badly she did her makeup - even towards the end. She was still wearing psycho-cleopatra paint!

[peacetalksforall]

8. I hope Dern does Harris justice for the smiling nasty Harris is.

Kevin Spacey!!! Hooray!

[Godhumor]

9. So...is this a comedy?

Jay Roach has yet to direct a "serious" movie (He's probably most famous for the three "Austin Powers"). I am curious to see what route he decides to go with this, and if he does play it straight up, how well he handles the material.