Welcome To Mooseport

Starring: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano Director: Donald Petrie Original UK Premiere: 2004 Dvd Release: 6th September, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Welcome to Mooseport is a 2004 movie starring Ray Romano & Gene Hackman. Hackman plays Monroe Eagle Cole, a former President of the United States. Cole retires & moves to his beach house in the fictional city of Mooseport, Maine. Romano plays Handy Harrison, who is a local plumber. After the recent mayor dies, the town coucil decides that Cole should run for mayor. Harrison, not knowing that Cole is running, decides to run for mayor as well. This town isnt small enough for the both of them. Welcome to Mooseport at the Internet Movie Database.

WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT is the perfect example of a small screen release with pretensions.

Gene Hackman is Monroe Eagle Cole, a just-recently retired & immensely popular U.S. President, who decides to take up residence at his summer house in small-town Mooseport, Maine. Perhaps part of his popularity stemmed from his divorce, while still in the White House, from his grasping & infuriating wife . Cole is immediately petitioned by Mooseports city council to run for mayor. The election is only days away, & the current mayor, running unopposed, has suddenly died. Against the best advice of his long-time political advisor, Grace , Eagle accepts. After all, his ex cant force him to sell the summer cottage as part of the settlement if its his mayoral home. Anyway, unaware of Monroes decision, local Mr. Fixit & hardware store owner, Handy Harrison , also files for candidacy at the last minute. At first, hes willing to withdraw in favor of Cole, but then it becomes a testosterone-fueled, mano-a-mano contest after the latter makes a play for Handys girlfriend, Sally , whos already frustrated at the absence of a marriage proposal from Harrison after a 6-year courtship.

Romanos role would have been perfect for actor Tom Hanks in his younger days. As it is, Ray is no Tom. Handys persona is simply a transplanted Ray Barone from televisions Everbody Loves Raymond, and, while this series has garnered the comedian several major awards, Romano is out of his league on the Big Screen, especially in the company of the accomplished Gene Hackman.

There are several good scenes, as when Coles rejected attempt at a good night kiss from Sally after their first date is given world-wide media coverage, & when the escalating cost of Coles mayoral campaign affects his architects plans for the Presidential Library. And, overall, the escalating debacle of Monroes decision to enter the mayoral race & subsequent campaign is plausibly presented.

Its hard to tell which actor, Hackman or Romano, is the films male lead. WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT is cute - perfectly suited as a Sunday night, prime time, made-for-television comedy thats ideally tailored for Romanos talent level. Left to the Small Screen, Id award at least four stars, perhaps five. But youre going to pay Big Bucks to watch the film on the Big Screen, a venue in which I can award only three. Wait for the DVD.

Gene Hackman is an American actor. He was born in San Bernardino, California. His parents divorced while he was a child & he therefore moved from one place to another until he settled finally in Illinois, where he lived with his grandmother. At 16 he left home to join the Marines, where he served 3 years as a radio operator. Having finished his service, he moved to New York, where he worked in several minor jobs. He then studied television production & journalism at the University of Illinois, taking advantage of the G,I. Bill. Already over 30 years old, Hackman decided to become an actor & joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Some times later, he moved back to New York, where he started to perform in several off-Broadway plays. Finally, in 1964, he had the offer to play on Broadway, which opened the doors to the movies. His first role was in Lilith, with Warren Beatty in the leading role. Another secondary role in a 1967 Warren Beatty movie, Bonnie & Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Posters Of Runaway Jury

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Ray Romano is an Italian - American actor & comedian who was born in Queens, New York. Before breaking into show business, he had planned to become an accountant. He is currently married to Anna Scarpula & they have four children, including one pair of twins. Ray was featured on a 2000 episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on which he won $125,000 for the NYPD s DARE. Unit. In 2001, he was named one of E! s top 20 entertainers of the year. In the same year, he was featured with his brother on a New York Police Department recruiting poster. He recently became the highest paid television actor in history as the star of CBS s Everybody Loves Raymond. His salary in 2001 was $19,000,000. I feel like this is a dream -- & I apologize for how I dressed some of you. - Mr. Romano at the 2000 Golden Globe Awards. Welcome to Mooseport movie – Handy Harrison. Everybody Loves Raymond TV Series – Raymond Barone. The King of Queens TV series – Raymond Barone. Posters Of Ice Age

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