HBO's "Recount" Recaptures The Intensity
Political operatives who were involved in the most dramatic election of our lifetimes say HBO's "Recount" brings back the intensity.
A Republican lobbyist who advised then-Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris during the 2000 recount compares it to someone who was at Pearl Harbor watching a movie about it.
And a lawyer on then-Vice President Al Gore's team had a similar reaction, saying moments of the movie were hard to watch again.
The movie condenses the 36 days it took to decide the presidential election into two hours. It begins with Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot - which was blamed for people mistakenly voting for third-party candidate Pat Buchanan instead of Gore - and ends with the U.S. Supreme Court decision to stop the recount - resulting in George W. Bush's 537-vote Florida victory over Gore.
Photos: Time For A "Recount"
The made-for-TV movie airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time Sunday on HBO.