Election Night (1998 film)

{{short description|1998 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Election Night | image = Election Night Oscars poster 1998.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Anders Thomas Jensen | producer = Kim Magnusson<br>Tivi Magnusson | writer = Anders Thomas Jensen | starring = Ulrich Thomsen | music = Jeppe Kaas | cinematography = Jens Schlosser | editing = Anders Villadsen | studio = M&M Productions | distributor = Der KurzFilmVerleih | released = {{film date|df=yes|1998}} | runtime = 11 minutes | country = Denmark | language = Danish }} '''''Election Night''''' ({{langx|da|'''Valgaften'''}}) is a 1998 Danish short comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It won an Oscar in 1999 for Best Short Subject.<ref name="Oscars1999">{{Cite news |url= http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |access-date=19 November 2011 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300845/Election-Night/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520031517/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300845/Election-Night/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |title=New York Times: Election Night |access-date=25 May 2008}}</ref>

==Cast== * Ulrich Thomsen as Peter * Jens Jørn Spottag as Carl * John Martinus as Taxi Driver 2 * Ole Thestrup as Taxi Driver 1 * Farshad Kholghi as Taxi Driver 3 * Hella Joof as Woman * Mikkel Vadsholt as Bartender * Nicolas Bro as Man * Thomas Milton Walther as Taxi Driver 4

== Plot summary == Peter arrives at a bar, forgetting that it is election day and that he forgot to vote. He takes a cab, but after the driver espouses racist views, he leaves and takes another. The new cab driver seems to be a Nazi, and Peter leaves again for another cab, but the driver, an immigrant who tells Peter that he will soon gain citizenship, espouses racism against Japanese people. Peter leaves the cab and encounters a man wearing a hat with the Confederate battle flag, asking Peter if he wants a ride. Peter runs to the polling place and does not make it in time. He tries convincing the poll worker, who is non-white, that he should be able to vote, telling the worker that he does it “for people like you”; a man subsequently punches Peter after perceiving him as racist.

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0189179}}

Category:1998 comedy films Category:1998 short films Category:Danish comedy films Category:Danish short films Category:1990s Danish-language films Category:1998 Danish films Category:Films about elections Category:Films directed by Anders Thomas Jensen Category:Films with screenplays by Anders Thomas Jensen Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Category:Comedy short films