ELECTION: Reese Witherspoon Goes Method and Alexander Payne’s Near Straight-to-Video Release

Update: 2024-08-14

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Election, the brilliantly subversive film about an ambitious high school student's run for class president, launched director Alexander Payne's career. Producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa believed in Alex from the time they saw his UCLA short film, but the studio took some more convincing before he was hired. Albert and Ron take us inside the struggles that went into the making of Election, and how they expertly balanced the creative and business elements of filmmaking to launch a legacy.

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ELECTION: Reese Witherspoon Goes Method and Alexander Payne’s Near Straight-to-Video Release

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ELECTION: Reese Witherspoon Goes Method and Alexander Payne’s Near Straight-to-Video Release

ELECTION: Reese Witherspoon Goes Method and Alexander Payne’s Near Straight-to-Video Release