I'm still too bitter to watch "Recount". Will you be watching (5/25 on HBO)?

[CatWoman]

HBO Film About 2000 Recount Draws Protests From Democrats

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 that a coming HBO film dramatizing the ballot battle after the 2000 election unfairly blames them for the Democrats’ failure to secure the White House.

Warren Christopher, the former secretary of state who served as the public face of the Gore team in the early days of the recount effort, said this week that he believed the film, “Recount,” was “pure fiction” in its portrayal of him as a weak strategist unprepared to stand up to the aggressive tactics of James A. Baker III, the former secretary of state who was the chief Republican adviser.

William M. Daley, Mr. Gore’s campaign chairman, who helped to lead the Democratic recount team in Florida, said the film created misperceptions about the Gore team’s decision-making process. Mr. Gore, who oversaw the team from Washington, is largely absent from the film.

Even Mr. Baker questioned the portrayal of Mr. Christopher. “I don’t think I was as ruthless as the movie portrays me, and I know he was not as wimpish as it makes him appear,” Mr. Baker said.

The film, which has its premiere on May 25 on HBO, stars John Hurt as Mr. Christopher, Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Baker, Mitch Pileggi as Mr. Daley and Laura Dern as Katherine Harris, then the Florida secretary of state. Kevin Spacey plays Ron Klain, the Gore lawyer who led the on-the-ground recount effort and through whose eyes much of the action is seen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/television/14reco.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

[bryant69]

1. I don't have HBO but I'll probably get it on Netflix

A guy in my office was in it as an extra. And I like Kevin Space, Mitch Pileggi and Laura Dern.

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[Donnachaidh]

2. I'm really at odds as to whether to watch or not

I've seen the ads numerous times, and it still bothers me to think of how that election was stolen. And I'm not sure the Dems will come across well, which will only irritate the bejesus out of me if that is the way it's portrayed. I don't know if I'll watch.

[Lost4words]

3. NO! I am sick to death of rePuke fiction, I am partial to the truth.

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[Pirate Smile]

4. I wont watch either.

I put the 2000 recount and the Iraq War in the same category - too soon and too painful to look back as "entertainment".

[Merlot]

5. Wow. They're still trying to legitimize bushco at this late date?

They should get over it.

His ratings are in the toilet, and somehow it's the dems fault or not fighting hard enough?????