There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
Democratic Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) of North Carolina's 14th District of Hammond is running for his fifth term unopposed. Over the 4 terms, Cam has become a master of making vague promises…
There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
Democratic Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) of North Carolina's 14th District of Hammond is running for his fifth term unopposed. Over the 4 terms, Cam has become a master of making vague promises to his constituency, without really having any discussion on real topics or concerns of his community. Cam talks about America, Jesus and Freedom and even he does not know what it means. He is more concerned about how he looks. Cam is married to Rose (Katherine LaNasa) and has 2 kids, Cam Brady Jr. (Randall Cunningham) and Jessica (Madison Wolfe). Cam claims that he is from humble background and that his father was a stylist at a hair saloon back in the day. However, his campaign is damaged by the revelation of his affair with one of his supporters, when Cam accidentally leaves a sexually explicit voice message on a local family's phone. With eight weeks to go before the election, corrupt businessmen, brothers Glen (John Lithgow) and Wade Motch (Dan Aykroyd) (a play on the Koch brothers) use this opportunity to convince Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), tourism director for the town of Hammond and son of one of their associates, Raymond Huggins (Brian Cox), to run against Cam on the Republican ticket, as part of a plan to profit from illegal dealings with Chinese companies. Motch brothers plan to sell "Made in China" goods by labeling them "Made in America". Motch brothers plan to buy huge parcels of land in the district of Hammond & transfer the Chinese workers to these factories, thereby eliminating transportation costs while maintaining all other cost advantages. They want a consenting congressman to bring the bill to the floor, making this a legal activity. Cam at first underestimates Marty and humiliates him by playing a video biography highlighting Marty's dim-witted nature. The Motch brothers then hire Tim Wattley (Dylan McDermott) to be Marty's campaign manager. Tim reinvents Marty as a successful entrepreneur and family man. This pays off during his first debate with Cam as he takes the viewers by storm with his resolve to bring back jobs to North Carolina. At a town hall debate, a fight breaks out between Brady and Huggins supporters after Huggins uses Rainbowland, a story written by Cam as a child, to accuse him of being a Communist. Cam and Marty also end up fighting, being unable to hear each other over the commotion but believing that they were insulting. Marty's popularity rises due to his effective campaign while Cam's is further damaged when he accidentally punches a baby when intending to hit Marty. Cam later runs a campaign portraying Marty as an Al Qaeda terrorist, and Marty exposes Cam as a fake Christian by asking him to recite the Lord's Prayer, which he fails to do. Cam attempts to restore his religious image by visiting a church of snake handlers, but he gets bitten by a snake. A video of the bite is leaked into the Internet and goes viral, increasing Cam's popularity. When Cam's son plans to slander his competition for class president, Cam realizes he has set a bad example and visits Marty to make peace. A drunken Cam tells Marty that he originally became a politician to help people, citing that as class president he had a dangerous, rusty slide removed from the playground. After Cam leaves, Wattley convinces Marty to call the police and report Cam for driving while drunk. Cam is arrested and his campaign is again damaged. At a debate, Marty portrays a story Cam wrote in the 2nd grade as a "communist manifesto," and Cam accidentally punches Uggie, the dog from The Artist when attacking Marty, once more suffering in his popularity levels. Marty later airs a TV ad of Cam's son addressing Marty as "dad". Cam gets revenge on Marty by seducing his neglected wife Mitzy (Sarah Baker) and recording the act. The released sex tape humiliates the Huggins family and causes Cam's campaign manager, Mitch (Jason Sudeikis), to abandon him on principle and prompts his wife to leave him and take their children with her, leaving Cam despondent about the coming election. Marty leaves Mitzi as a result of the ad but gets revenge on Cam by shooting him during a hunting trip, causing his popularity to increase further. As the election nears, Marty meets with the Motch brothers and learns of their plans to sell the land bought in Hammond to their Chinese business partner and turn the town into a large series of Chinese owned factories, manned by cheap Chinese labor, undercutting American jobs & hurting American families. Marty realizes he has been used and rejects the Motch brothers' support. The Motch brothers offer Cam their support instead to preserve their plans. The Motch brothers revitalize his campaign and paying his wife to appear alongside him at campaign events to give the impression of reconciliation. Marty meanwhile reconciles with his family and desperately appeals to the voters by revealing the Motch brothers' plans and promising to be completely honest (to that end, revealing several embarrassing secrets about himself). On election day, Cam's victory appears to be certain until Marty comes forward and exposes the Motch brothers' intent and promises to preserve Hammond if elected. Cam still wins and remains congressman due to rigged voting machines owned by the Motch brothers. While Cam gloats, Marty shows his large scars to Cam and reveals that he looked up to Cam in school for getting rid of the dangerous slide. Marty tells Cam that this greatly inspired him. Realizing he has swayed from his true objectives as a politician, Cam withdraws from the election and Marty wins by default. Cam earns back Mitch's respect, and Marty later appoints him his chief of staff. Six months later, Marty and Cam expose the Motch brothers' scandals and the brothers are called to appear before Congress. The Motch brothers point out that everything they did is legal under Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, but they are arrested for their association with Wattley, who is actually an international fugitive known as "The Greek Butcher."
There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
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Democratic Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) of North Carolina's 14th District of Hammond is running for his fifth term unopposed. Over the 4 terms, Cam has become a master of making vague promises to his constituency, without really having any discussion on real topics or concerns of his community. Cam talks about America, Jesus and Freedom and even he does not know what it means.
He is more concerned about how he looks. Cam is married to Rose (Katherine LaNasa) and has 2 kids, Cam Brady Jr. (Randall Cunningham) and Jessica (Madison Wolfe).
Cam claims that he is from humble background and that his father was a stylist at a hair saloon back in the day. However, his campaign is damaged by the revelation of his affair with one of his supporters, when Cam accidentally leaves a sexually explicit voice message on a local family's phone. With eight weeks to go before the election, corrupt businessmen, brothers Glen (John Lithgow) and Wade Motch (Dan Aykroyd) (a play on the Koch brothers) use this opportunity to convince Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), tourism director for the town of Hammond and son of one of their associates, Raymond Huggins (Brian Cox), to run against Cam on the Republican ticket, as part of a plan to profit from illegal dealings with Chinese companies.
Motch brothers plan to sell "Made in China" goods by labeling them "Made in America". Motch brothers plan to buy huge parcels of land in the district of Hammond & transfer the Chinese workers to these factories, thereby eliminating transportation costs while maintaining all other cost advantages. They want a consenting congressman to bring the bill to the floor, making this a legal activity.
Cam at first underestimates Marty and humiliates him by playing a video biography highlighting Marty's dim-witted nature. The Motch brothers then hire Tim Wattley (Dylan McDermott) to be Marty's campaign manager. Tim reinvents Marty as a successful entrepreneur and family man.
This pays off during his first debate with Cam as he takes the viewers by storm with his resolve to bring back jobs to North Carolina. At a town hall debate, a fight breaks out between Brady and Huggins supporters after Huggins uses Rainbowland, a story written by Cam as a child, to accuse him of being a Communist. Cam and Marty also end up fighting, being unable to hear each other over the commotion but believing that they were insulting.
Marty's popularity rises due to his effective campaign while Cam's is further damaged when he accidentally punches a baby when intending to hit Marty. Cam later runs a campaign portraying Marty as an Al Qaeda terrorist, and Marty exposes Cam as a fake Christian by asking him to recite the Lord's Prayer, which he fails to do. Cam attempts to restore his religious image by visiting a church of snake handlers, but he gets bitten by a snake.
A video of the bite is leaked into the Internet and goes viral, increasing Cam's popularity. When Cam's son plans to slander his competition for class president, Cam realizes he has set a bad example and visits Marty to make peace. A drunken Cam tells Marty that he originally became a politician to help people, citing that as class president he had a dangerous, rusty slide removed from the playground.
After Cam leaves, Wattley convinces Marty to call the police and report Cam for driving while drunk. Cam is arrested and his campaign is again damaged. At a debate, Marty portrays a story Cam wrote in the 2nd grade as a "communist manifesto," and Cam accidentally punches Uggie, the dog from The Artist when attacking Marty, once more suffering in his popularity levels.
Marty later airs a TV ad of Cam's son addressing Marty as "dad". Cam gets revenge on Marty by seducing his neglected wife Mitzy (Sarah Baker) and recording the act. The released sex tape humiliates the Huggins family and causes Cam's campaign manager, Mitch (Jason Sudeikis), to abandon him on principle and prompts his wife to leave him and take their children with her, leaving Cam despondent about the coming election.
Marty leaves Mitzi as a result of the ad but gets revenge on Cam by shooting him during a hunting trip, causing his popularity to increase further. As the election nears, Marty meets with the Motch brothers and learns of their plans to sell the land bought in Hammond to their Chinese business partner and turn the town into a large series of Chinese owned factories, manned by cheap Chinese labor, undercutting American jobs & hurting American families. Marty realizes he has been used and rejects the Motch brothers' support.
The Motch brothers offer Cam their support instead to preserve their plans. The Motch brothers revitalize his campaign and paying his wife to appear alongside him at campaign events to give the impression of reconciliation. Marty meanwhile reconciles with his family and desperately appeals to the voters by revealing the Motch brothers' plans and promising to be completely honest (to that end, revealing several embarrassing secrets about himself).
On election day, Cam's victory appears to be certain until Marty comes forward and exposes the Motch brothers' intent and promises to preserve Hammond if elected. Cam still wins and remains congressman due to rigged voting machines owned by the Motch brothers. While Cam gloats, Marty shows his large scars to Cam and reveals that he looked up to Cam in school for getting rid of the dangerous slide.
Marty tells Cam that this greatly inspired him. Realizing he has swayed from his true objectives as a politician, Cam withdraws from the election and Marty wins by default. Cam earns back Mitch's respect, and Marty later appoints him his chief of staff.
Six months later, Marty and Cam expose the Motch brothers' scandals and the brothers are called to appear before Congress. The Motch brothers point out that everything they did is legal under Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, but they are arrested for their association with Wattley, who is actually an international fugitive known as "The Greek Butcher.".