Why We Need Another Recount
If Recount had told the truth about that stolen race (and what is still happening right now), and calling it by its true name, that movie would have done us all tremendous good.
If Recount had told the truth about that stolen race (and what is still happening right now), and calling it by its true name, that movie would have done us all tremendous good.
Andrew Cohen | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
I saw firsthand the posturing, lies, filthy deceits, and the threats of violence portrayed by HBO. Nearly eight years later, our election laws continue to be a fiasco and a national disgrace.
Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media
HBO might want to ask for a ratings recount. The Sunday night premiere of its much-discussed original movie covering the 2000 presidential election f...
Charles Warner | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media
Can you imagine the free networks putting on thought-provoking movies like Recount that serve the public interest as well as interest the public?
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
I'd like to think that my opposition to the war would be the same no matter whose war it was. But I am certain that my feelings toward the men and women who risk their lives on our behalf would remain unchanged.
Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
In 2000, Bush didn't get the most votes in Florida. The news story spinners hung their hat on a technicality.
Jane Smiley | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics
HBO's Recount shows that if the bullies had not gotten their way, then the Republicans would have obstructed the operation of Gore's administration and the nation would have been destroyed from the inside.
Rebecca Ford | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home
"Recount" is a strong film, both dramatic and funny. While it may be more fiction than fact, it succeeds in one undeniable way: it reminds us of the many, many things that can go wrong with the election process.
AP | BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Political operatives who were involved in the most dramatic election of our lifetimes say HBO's "Recount" brings back the in...
Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
Over at U.S. News and World Report we got a a top staffer from each side in the recount struggle to watch the movie and react to it.
Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Watch a trailer for the HBO film "Recount." Iframe: ...
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home
They're ba-ack! The infamous Election 2000 Votomatic reappeared in L.A. this afternoon, complete with butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Were they any less confusing in L.A. than they were in Broward County?
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media
No one needs to tune in to "Recount" to find out who won the 2000 Presidential election, but the entire story, told seven years ago, was all brought back instantly with one insert and a dozen chads falling out of the newspaper.
New York Times | Edward Wyatt | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment
Wounds from the Florida recount, still healing for many Democrats, are being ripped open again for some prominent former advisers to Al Gore. They say...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media
We know you can't wait for the upcoming HBO film on the 2000 Bush-Gore finish, aptly titled Recount, but here's a preview - coming in The New York Tim...
Politico | Ben Adler | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics