Cast your ballots for big laughs when Gene Hackman and Ray Romano find themselves in a hilariously heated race for mayor of Mooseport, Maine. A local plumber (Romano) is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States (Hackman), who can't believe he's running against the man installing his toilets. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure: this town isn't small enough for the both of them!

STARRING:

Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski, Rip Torn

SCREENWRITER: Tom Schulman

DIRECTOR: Donald Petrie

RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes

STUDIO: 20th Century Fox

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B -

• Before Gene Hackman got the role of Monroe Cole, the role was offered to Dustin Hoffman, but he turned it down.
• The town of Port Perry, Ontario is the actual town that was used as Mooseport, Maine.
• Ray Romano got his father and brother bit parts in this movie. In the bar scene, Romano's dad plays the bartender, and his brother is the man sitting next to him.
• When the newscaster says there is 20 minutes left in the election, there is exactly 20 minutes left in the movie as well.
• Action writer Doug Richardson who wrote such movies as Die Hard 2, Bad Boys, and Hostage is credited with coming up with the original story for this film, although he didn't actually write the screenplay.