Witherspoon, Broderick & Cast of ELECTION Look Book at 1999 Hit Comedy

The Huffington Post recently united the stars of the 1999 hit comedy film ELECTION, which starred Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. Click here to check out highlights as the stars reflect on their experience on the film.

The 1999 comedy film was directed and written by Alexander Payne and adapted by him and Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta's 1998 novel of the same title. The plot revolved around a High School election, and satirizes both suburban High School life and politics.

The film starred Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular High School history, civics, and current events teacher in suburban Omaha, Nebraska, and Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, around the time of the school's student body election. When Tracy qualifies to run for class president, McAllister believes she does not deserve the title, and tries his best to stop her from winning.

The film is ranked #61 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and #9 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Best High School Movies", while Witherspoon's performance was ranked at #45 on the list of the "100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time" by Premiere.

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Golden Globe nomination for Witherspoon in the Best Actress category, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film in 1999.

Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures