{"id":4507,"date":"2009-01-19T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2009-01-19T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T14:23:28","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-19th-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/01\/19\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-19th-january-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 19th January 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recount<\/a><\/strong> (HBO): A fascinating drama that\u00a0chronicles the\u00a02000 United States Presidential Election<\/a>\u00a0Bush v. Gore<\/a><\/em>\u00a0case between Governor of Texas\u00a0George W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0and Vice President\u00a0Al Gore<\/a>. Made for HBO, it has all the class and depth that you would expect from their best work. It boasts an impressive cast including:\u00a0Kevin Spacey<\/a>\u00a0(as Gore’s campaign manager\u00a0Ron Klain<\/a>);\u00a0Tom Wilkinson<\/a>\u00a0(as\u00a0James Baker<\/a>);\u00a0Denis Leary<\/a>\u00a0(as\u00a0Michael Whouley<\/a>);\u00a0John Hurt<\/a>\u00a0(as\u00a0Warren Christopher<\/a>);\u00a0Laura Dern<\/a>\u00a0(as\u00a0Katherine Harris<\/a>) and\u00a0Ed Begley, Jr.<\/a>\u00a0(as\u00a0David Boies<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Jay Roach<\/a>\u00a0and written by\u00a0Danny Strong<\/a>, it manages to avoid the clumsy political stereotypes of this kind of drama and manages to convey the humour and despair of one of the most extraordinary elections in US history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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