I imagine that the reason @class=”foo” doesn’t work is that IE doesn’t allow for access to class using the ‘class’ name. I think you have to use @className=’foo’ exclusively. Generally speaking, it’s better to leave the class stuff to the CSS syntax.

The way to return an Array of the matched elements is by using the get() method, for example:
$(”div p”).get();
Some more info on that function, and similar, can be found here: jQuery Base Iterators.

(btw, it’s good to see another film and Depeche Mode fan)