Welcome to Mooseport Page #10

Synopsis: Monroe "Eagle" Cole is a former U.S. President ready to settle into a quaint little town named Mooseport. He's ready to take in the lion's share of endorsement deals and speaking engagements while developing his own presidential library. Meanwhile, Handy Harrison is a local hardware store owner with a girlfriend ready to throw in the towel on their relationship. Just as Monroe is offered the local mayor's position, he's found an unlikely opponent in Handy. But ultimately, both men have a lot to lose when the stakes are raised and a simple competition turns into an all out war.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Donald Petrie
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
PG-13
Year:
2004
110 min
$14,244,145
Website
296 Views


And that's no handshake, either.

- I'll go down on my knees again.

- No, no.

You certainly took your time.

What if my plane had left?

Oh, you haven't heard.

I'm the mayor now.

This is Cloud. Clear the flight.

Turns out I have a little bit of pull

at this airport now.

Flight 27 passengers,

we've now been cleared for takeoff.

Congratulations, Mr. President.

That would be,

"Congratulations, Mr. Mayor. "

Congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

Great.

Congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

Come on.

Are you doing the plumbing

for the town?

No. I came to see you.

- Through the drain?

- Just one second.

Look, Sally...

...I was gonna prepare

this whole speech.

What?

I was gonna prepare

this whole speech.

But I think it's better if I

just say this out of the moment.

All right.

The truth is, you're beautiful.

And you're smart and wonderful.

And I'm not...

- I'm not.

- Handy, I...

Hang on, because I'm

in the moment now.

This whole thing, it's made me

take a pretty hard look at myself.

And I'm not smart

and I'm not beautiful.

But hell, I just beat the most

popular president in history.

So...

...maybe I'm okay.

- Almost.

You almost beat him.

Sally, between me and you,

just our little secret...

...I beat him.

Do you think I'd have voted for myself

after I told the whole town I wouldn't?

You gave it away?

- Why?

- Because he needs it, I don't.

I only need you.

And that's...

That's my speech.

Oh, Handy.

Hold on. I got...

I got you something.

- Dirt?

- No.

It's dirty, but...

Look, I don't know how you feel.

- Is that a "yes" kiss?

- Yes.

It's dirty now, but it's...

- It's really... It's beautiful.

- It's beautiful.

It's big and... That's not just one

diamond, there's diamonds on the side.

It's diamonds and mud.

Did I say in the speech...? I forgot the

whole part about how much I love you.

I didn't say it, but... Yes, I didn't...

You know, there's no...

I didn't make a word thing out of it,

but you can't even measure it.

It's like... Like, if you take the sun...

You can take the heat

from that sun and you...

If you put all of that

in a love container, you...

- Got it. Yes.

- You get it?

But you said yes anyway. So this

is all extra. It's like a bonus to it.

- My heart's beating fast.

- Let's go.

Plunger, come on. Come on.

How'd it get in the sewer?

Oh, that's... You know,

things just happen to me. Yeah.

Did I happen to notice

you're wearing a thong?

My God! Are you okay?

- You did it again.

- I barely touched you.

If this marriage is gonna work, you have

to realize how strong you are, okay?

You're stronger than me. Accept it.

- I'm not stronger than you.

- You are.

- I'm a girl.

- That's right.

So it hurts physically and emotionally.

Come on, boys.

What about this? Bow on my head.

A bow on your... In white, I'd buy it.

- I'm serious.

- I like that neckline.

Excuse me, ladies.

- Is Handy around?

- Handy?

You've got company.

- How you doing?

- Congratulations, Handy.

You almost beat the most popular

president in history.

- Thank you. No hard feelings, right?

- Are you kidding?

Let me cut to the chase.

What are you doing in about two years?

- What do you mean?

- How does "Governor Harrison" sound?

Governor?

Yeah, no. Thank you.

We've got a real possibility here.

Thank you. I appreciate that you're

thinking about me and everything...

...but I'm kind of happy

right where I am.

Well, I'll respect that. Okay.

Have a good day.

Hey, hold on one second.

Let me just ask you.

Can a governor...

...kind of tell a mayor what to do?

Oh, yeah.

What...? I thought I... I told you...

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Tom Schulman

Thomas H. Schulman (born October 20, 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay for Dead Poets Society. The film won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (Peter Weir). more…

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