(AP) 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.

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Photos: Time For A "Recount"

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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.

The made-for-TV movie airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time Sunday on HBO.

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