News > Spacey, Dern, Leary and Others to Star in Recount
September 24, 2007
Written by David Morgan
Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, and Ed Begley Jr. will function as the primary cast of HBO's Recount. The feature-length drama will concern the events surrounding the 2000 Presidential election and the mishaps in Florida. According to :
Spacey stars as Ron Klain, former chief of staff for vice president Al Gore and one of the lead attorneys who challenged the disputed results of voting in Florida.
Dern plays Katherine Harris, the Secretary of State of Florida who became the center of controversy when she certified that Bush 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.
