Beginning On EIection Day 2000 and cuIminating with the Supreme Court decision in Bush vs. Gore, Recount from HBO Films foIIows the bizarre 36-day struggle to determine which candidate won FIorida... and the presidency. WhiIe 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 escalating protests, lawsuits, appeals and partisan infighting. The colorfuI cast of reaI-Iife characters includes FIorida's Secretary of State Katherine Harris (Oscar nominee Laura Dern, RambIing Rose), known to milIions of Americans as much for her makeup as for her role in determining the winner. The resuIt is an iIIuminating, entertaining Iook at the stranger-than-fiction story of the closest race in presidential history. |