Important Announcement - “Recount” Movie
Recount website
I’m pleased to announce that the painting shown above has been selected to be in a scene in the upcoming movie “Recount” staring among others Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Dennis Leary and John Hurt. The painting “Number 23” (5ft 4in x 8ft), will be part of a scene replicating the law offices of Warren Christopher. Click on the image above to see a detail view of the painting.
The movie is based on the events surrounding the Florida recount during the 2000 Presidential election. The film is expected to be released in early 2008.
Article from Variety - Sep. 24, 2007
Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr. and Bob Balaban will star in HBO Films' "Recount," the drama about the Florida results in the 2000 presidential election. "Recount," which will begin shooting next month in Florida, will air during the heat of the presidential campaign in 2008.
Spacey stars as Ron Klain, former chief of staff to vice president Al Gore and one of the lead attorneys who challenged the voting results in Florida.
Dern plays Katherine Harris, the secretary of state of Florida who became the center of controversy when she certified that George W. Bush had won the state.
Begley plays David Boies, the lawyer who appealed the results and argued for the Democrats in court. Leary plays Michael Whouley, a pollster on the Democrat side, and Hurt plays Warren Christopher, a key player in the Gore camp.
Wilkinson plays James Baker, brought in by the Republicans to see that the disputed results held up. Balaban plays Ben Ginsberg, the lead attorney for Bush and Dick Cheney.
While Harris' ruling was overturned by Florida's Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly in Bush's favor, giving him the presidency five weeks after Election Day. The film shows the legal and political maneuvering from the point of view of both the Bush and Gore camps.
Movie is produced by Spring Creek and Mirage, in association with Spacey's Trigger Street Prods. and Roach's Everyman Pictures. Paula Weinstein, Sydney Pollack, Len Amato and Roach are exec producers. Roach recently replaced Pollack as the director when Pollack stepped down
