Recount (film)

Recount is a 2008 television film about the 2000 United States presidential election. The political drama was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Michael Haussman. It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008. The DVD was released on August 19, 2008.

Key points depicted include Gores retraction of his personal telephone concession to Bush in the early hours of Novemberthe decision by the Gore campaign to sue for hand recounts in Democratic strongholds where voting irregularities were alleged, especially in light of the statistical dead heat revealed by the reported machine recount Republican pressure on Floridas Secretary of State Katherine Harris in light of her legally mandated responsibilities the attention focused on the hand recounts by media, parties, and the public the two major announcements by Florida Supreme Court spokesman Craig Waters extending the deadline for returns in the initial recount November 21, 2000 and ordering a statewide recount of votes December 8, 2000, and later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court and finally the adversarial postures of the Supreme Courts of Florida and the United States, as well as the dissenting opinions among the higher courts justices.In April 2007, it was announced that Sydney Pollack was going to be the films director by August, weeks away from the start of principal photography, Pollack withdrew from the project due to a thenundisclosed illness. Pollack died of cancer on May 26, 2008, one day after Recount premiered on HBO. Director Jay Roach replaced Pollack. ........

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