Spike Jonze was retained to shoot some video of Al Gore for the 2000 campaign and was given access to Mr. Gore and his family.  The result was a 13 minute film (scroll down and you’ll find the video window) that never saw the light of day and I honestly can’t understand why.  The makers of the film think it could have literally swayed the vote and I think they might be right.  Here’s the website that posted the video with some explanatory text.  (Found via BoingBoing).