Welcome to Mooseport
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Tagline: This town isn't small enough for the both of them.
Welcome to Mooseport is a 2004 movie starring Ray Romano and Gene Hackman.
Synopsis
Hackman plays Monroe "Eagle" Cole, a former President of the United States. Cole retires and moves to his new beach house in the fictional city of Mooseport, Maine. Romano plays Harold 'Handy' Harrison, who is a local plumber. After the town mayor dies, the town council decides that Cole should run for mayor. Harrison, not knowing that Cole is running, is persuaded by his friends to run for mayor as well. When Harrison finds out Cole is also running he decides to step down until he notices that Cole is hitting on Harrison's girlfriend of six years, Dr. Sally Mannis. As tensions rise, Cole's team, lead by Grace Sutherland and Will Bullard, try everything to get Cole elected as mayor. As the campaigns progress, Cole and Harrison each becomes obsessed with winning the race.
Cast
- Ray Romano - Harold 'Handy' Harrison (local plumber who decides to run for mayor)
- Gene Hackman - President Monroe 'Eagle' Cole (former US president who decides to run for mayor)
- Maura Tierney - Dr. Sally Mannis (Handy's girlfriend of six years who's waiting for a proposal)
- Marcia Gay Harden - Grace Sutherland (President Cole's trusted adviser and assistant)
- Fred Savage - Will Bullard (President Cole's adviser and assistant)
- Rip Torn - Bert Langdon (President Cole's campaign manager)
- Christine Baranski - Charlotte Cole (President Cole's ex-wife)
- David Macniven - Cloud (President Cole's security guard)
- Karl Pruner - Dyer (President Cole's security guard)
- Wayne Robson - Morris Gutman (town elder of Mooseport)
- Jim Feather - Reuben (town elder of Mooseport)
- June Squibb - Irma Bisker (colleague and friend of Handy)
- Jackie Richardson - Martha (colleague and friend of Handy)
- Reagan Pasternak - Mandy Gutman (Morris Gutman's daughter, who's in love with Handy)
- Paul Bates - Bob (colleague and friend of Handy)
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