Movie: Swing Vote (2008)

“November, 2004, New Mexico. Bud is a slacker with one good thing in his life, his engaging fifth-grade daughter Molly. On election day, Bud is supposed to meet her at the polling place. When he doesn’t show, she sneaks a ballot and is about to vote when the power goes off. It turns out that New Mexico’s electoral votes will decide the contest, and there it’s tied with one vote needing recasting – Bud’s. The world’s media and both presidential candidates, including the current President, descend on Bud in anticipation of his re-vote in two weeks. Can the clueless Bud, even with the help of Molly and a local TV reporter, handle this responsibility? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}”

  • Director: Joshua Michael Stern
  • Release Date: 1 August 2008 (USA)
  • Run Time: 120 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Comedy , Drama
  • MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language.

Tagline: One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.

Trivia: Mare Winningham’s character makes references to a history of drug addiction. In Wyatt Earp (1994) she played Mattie Blaylock, a laudanum addict who was Wyatt (Kevin Costner)’s common-law wife.

Goofs: Continuity: When Bud is driving Richard Petty’s race car, he asks Molly to get a photo of him with his chin out, so he “looks like a hero.” He moves the the helmet-microphone off of his chin. In the next shot, it’s back.

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