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Election
Why this pick
Like Rushmore, it turns adolescent ambition into a sharply funny social battlefield, with obsessive overachievers, wounded adult egos, and an escalating feud observed with dry precision.
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MOVIE1998 1h 33m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Max Fischer, an eccentric 15-year-old scholarship student, decides to compete fiercely against an older man for the heart of one of his teachers.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jason Schwartzman
Max Fischer
Bill Murray
Herman Blume
Seymour Cassel
Bert Fischer
Brian Cox
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Mason Gamble
Dirk Calloway
Stephen McCole
Magnus Buchan
Luke Wilson
Dr. Peter Flynn
Kim Terry
Mrs. Blume