Mousehunt

Mousehunt is a 1997 comedic film directed by Gore Verbinski and released by DreamWorks SKG.

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1997 - Comedic - Gore Verbinski - DreamWorks SKG

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Starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, it concerns two men who, upon inheriting an antique house, must rid it of a troublesome mouse who comedically foils their efforts to exterminate him.

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Nathan Lane - Lee Evans - Mouse

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It revolves around Lars Lee Evans and Ernie Nathan Lane Schmuntz, two "down on their luck" brothers, sons of a wealthy, deceased string merchant.

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Lee Evans - Nathan Lane

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The movie opens with their father's funeral, where things quickly turn wacky. As the brothers cary their father's coffin down the church stairs, an argument ensues between them about whether Lars' semi-gray suit is black enough for a solemn event like a funeral. This results in Lars' angrily jerking at the poorly manufactured coffin, causing the handle to come off and send their father thundering down the stairs. As cries of shock come from the crowd, the coffin hits a fire hydrant and the corpse flies out of the coffin and into a open manhole cover.

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Lars and Ernie's father has apparently left the two brothers with his quasi-antique string factory along with a number of "personal effects" to the tone of a box of Cuban cigars, a spoon collection, a ceramic egg and a crumbling old mansion estate.

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Although his father was a fairly sucessful string merchant, Ernie is a high class chef who never liked string. His father's inheritance spells disaster for him when he leaves the box of cigars (containing a cockroach) with him to his restaurant; the visiting Mayor who eats the roach and subsequently dies of shock. With his restaurant closed, Ernie finds employment in a seamy little restaurant until he meets Lars. Lars, who inherited his father's fanactism for the string industry, refused to sell the factory for a fortune and enraged his temperamental wife April, who kicked out of his own home. The two brothers wander the streets homeless for a while before they remember that they do have a home--the old estate from their father.

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The brothers hadn't thought much of their inheritance until they realize, after a insane night of frights at their "inheritancee," that their crumbling old house is a family heirloom worth millions.

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However, the house does already have an occupant...a clever little mouse who the brothers must get rid of before they will be able to renovate and auction off the house. Hilarity ensues when they try every possible way to get rid of the little thing, from using a vacuum (it exploded due to it being inserted in a sewage pipe) to a huge mousetrap array (it backfires). Finally, their antics cause them to lose control of the water pipes in the house, leading to major wreckage of the house on the eve of the auction. The bidders are washed out the front door of the house and the brothers are left broke...until the mouse discovers how to make string cheese using the old factory.

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