Recount

May 25, 2008

1h 56m

★ 6.8

The future of the nation was hanging by a …chad.

Overview

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Spring Creek Pictures

Mirage Enterprises

Trigger Street Productions

Everyman Pictures

HBO Films

Recount Trailers

Cast

Ron Klain

Kevin Spacey

Ben Ginsberg

Bob Balaban

David Boies

Ed Begley Jr.

Katherine Harris

Laura Dern

Warren Christopher

John Hurt

Michael Whouley

Denis Leary

Mac Stipanovich

Bruce McGill

James Baker

Tom Wilkinson

Mitchell Berger

Bruce Altman

Theresa LePore

Jayne Atkinson

Clay Roberts

Gary Basaraba

Jeremy Bash

Derek Cecil

In honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.

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