WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT (DVD/WS/1.85/FR-SP SUB/DUB/DIR C) DVD

Welcome to Mooseport
Hollywood filmmaker Donald Petrie directs the comedy Welcome to Mooseport. Gene Hackman stars as former U.S. President Monroe "The Eagle" Cole. He's retired to the small New England town of Mooseport, ME, in order to write his memoirs and relax. The retirement is put on hold, however, when he's persuaded to run for mayor of the town. Meanwhile, local hardware store owner and plumber Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) is just the sort of plaid-shirted everyman to run against him. Cole seems a sure win in the race, especially with his loyal personal assistants (Marcia Gay Harden and Fred Savage) aiding his every move. The competition gets even more severe when Handy's sweetheart Sally (Maura Tierney) comes between the two men. Welcome to Mooseport also stars Christine Baranski and Rip Torn. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast Gene Hackman as Monroe Cole Ray Romano as Handy Harrison Marcia Gay Harden as Grace Sutherland Maura Tierney as Sally Mannis Christine Baranski as Charlotte Cole Fred Savage as Bullard Rip Torn as Langdon, Bert June Squibb as Irma Wayne Robson as Morris Gutman John Rothman as Stu Karl Pruner as Dyer

Crew Michael Shocrylas - Art Director David Holden - Associate Producer Georgianne Walken - Casting Robin D. Cook - Casting Sheila Jaffe - Casting Vicki Graef - Costume Designer Lee Cleary - First Assistant Director Donald Petrie - Director Debra Neil-Fisher - Editor David Coatsworth - Executive Producer Moritz Borman - Executive Producer Rory Rosegarten - Executive Producer Doug Richardson - Executive Producer Steven Brown - Line Producer John Debney - Composer (Music Score) David Chapman - Production Designer Victor Hammer - Cinematographer Marc Frydman - Producer Basil Iwanyk - Producer Tom Schulman - Producer David Lee - Sound/Sound Designer Peter Shewchuk - Sound/Sound Designer Doug Richardson - Screen Story Tom Schulman - Screenwriter Steven Brown - Additional Cinematography Glen Keenan - Second Unit Camera Cameron Frankley - Supervising Sound Editor Gordon Sim - Set Decorator

Welcome to Mooseport
A creaky film vehicle for popular TV star Ray Romano, Welcome to Mooseport is a blandly genial comedy with a weak premise and such safe, edgeless execution that it feels like mediocre television, despite the presence of such talents as Gene Hackman and Marcia Gay Harden. Featuring a mayoral race in a small town between a vain, but essentially good-hearted, former president (Hackman) and a spineless, nebbishy, but essentially decent, plumber (Romano), the movie is devoid of cutting characterizations and sharp dialogue. The tone of the films' attempt at comedic local color is set with the opening shot of an elderly man's buttocks as he jogs nude down Mooseport's main street. Things don't pick up much from there in terms of supporting characters, which include those mainstays of lazy comedy writing, a foul-mouthed old lady, and a fat, sassy black woman. The film is supposed to take place in rural Maine, but never generates any real sense of time or place. Worse yet, while it may have been a satire in some earlier, edgier incarnation, this is a movie about politics that doesn't have any. Romano is reasonably ingratiating on his sitcom, and the character he plays in the film -- friendly, but immature, and full of self-doubt -- isn't much of a stretch. Maura Tierney is an appealing actress, but the problem, again, as with Harden and Hackman, is that no one has anything particularly interesting to say. Welcome to Mooseport is a generally inoffensive trifle, but the superior cast leaves one longing for something a little better. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DS: Dolby Surround (4.0) Additional Features: cc Full-length audio commentary by director Donald Petrie Six deleted scenes with optional director's commentary Outtake reel DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 115 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Morning Mooseport 2. Mr. President 3. The Mooseport White House 4. The Former First Lady 5. Finally Ready 6. The Eagle Has Landed 7. The Council's Offer 8. Eagle's Word 9. A Bit of a Pickle 10. Sally's Date 11. The Moose Race 12. It's About Winning 13. Tonight's the Night 14. Welcome to Politics 15. Crash & Burn 16. The Frog Is Empty 17. The Big Debate 18. Sally on the Spot 19. Handy's Helper 20. A Fair Fight 21. No Gimme's 22. One Throw 23. A Magnanimous Gesture 24. No More Waiting 25. Politics at It's Finest 26. Election Day 27. A Man With Principles 28. One Vote 29. Congratulations, Mr. President 30. Diamonds & Mud 31. Governor! 32. End Titles