Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

This town isn't small enough for the both of them.

A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.

Date of release
2004-02-24
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (199)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Donald Petrie

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Ontario and Los Angeles

Welcome to Mooseport is a 2004 political satire comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, and starring Ray Romano and Gene Hackman in his final film role, about a US president who has retired after two terms in office, returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate. It was filmed in Jackson's Point and Port Perry in Ontario. Welcome to Mooseport was released by 20th Century Fox on February 20, 2004, in the United States and on July 22, 2004, in Germany. The film received negative reviews from critics, and was a box-office bomb, grossing $14.6 million against a $30 million budget.

Production

In October 2002, it was announced that Romano and Dustin Hoffman were in negotiations to star in the Rod Lurie directed comedy Mooseport, and written by Tom Schulman for Intermedia Films.

In February 2003, it was announced Lurie had exited the film and negotiations with Hoffman had broken down, leaving Romano still attached and Donald Petrie replacing Lurie. In March 2003, it was announced that Hackman had joined the cast for the film.

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