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Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty theatrical poster
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Produced by Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey
James D. Brubaker
Michael Bostick
Steve Koren
Mark O'Keefe
Written by Steve Koren (story/script)
Mark O'Keefe (story/script)
Steve Oedekerk (script)
Starring Jim Carrey
Morgan Freeman
Jennifer Aniston
Lisa Ann Walter
Catherine Bell
Steven Carell
Philip Baker Hall
Nora Dunn
Eddie Jemmison
Sally Kirkland
Music by John Debney
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) May 23, 2003
Running time 101 min. Tom Shadyac (born December 11, 1958 in Falls Church Virginia) is an American Comedian, producer, director Tom Shadyac (born December 11, 1958 in Falls Church Virginia) is an American Comedian, producer, director James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. James D Brubaker (born March 30, 1937) is an American Film producer, production manager, and Film actor. Steven Wayne Koren is an American Screenwriter. He was one of the writers for the movies Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, " Mark O'Keefe is a comedy Screenwriter for feature films and television Steven Wayne Koren is an American Screenwriter. He was one of the writers for the movies Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, " Mark O'Keefe is a comedy Screenwriter for feature films and television Steve Oedekerk (born November 27 1961 is an American Comedian, director, editor, producer, Screenwriter and James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, Comedian, Writer and Film producer. Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968) is an actress known for her role of Lt Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American Actor. Nora Dunn (born April 29, 1952) is an American Actress and comedian known for her work on NBC 's Saturday Night Live Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Language English
Budget $80 million
Followed by Evan Almighty (2007)
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Bruce Almighty is a 2003 comedy movie directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe, and Steve Oedekerk. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Evan Almighty is a 2007 Comedy film, and sequel to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Tom Shadyac (born December 11, 1958 in Falls Church Virginia) is an American Comedian, producer, director Steven Wayne Koren is an American Screenwriter. He was one of the writers for the movies Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, " Mark O'Keefe is a comedy Screenwriter for feature films and television Steve Oedekerk (born November 27 1961 is an American Comedian, director, editor, producer, Screenwriter and It stars Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Aniston. James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. Steve Carell, Catherine Bell, Lisa Ann Walter, and Philip Baker Hall co-star. Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968) is an actress known for her role of Lt Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, Comedian, Writer and Film producer. Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American Actor. Tony Bennett makes a cameo appearance. Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3 1926) is an American Singer of popular music, standards

When the film was released in American theaters in late May 2003, it took the #1 spot at the box office, grossing $85. 89 million, higher than the release of Pearl Harbor, making it the highest-rated Memorial Day weekend opening of any film in motion picture history until the release of X-Men: The Last Stand over Memorial Day 2006. Pearl Harbor is a 2001 War film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large Ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) X-Men The Last Stand is a 2006 Superhero film and the third in the X-Men series [1] The movie surprised media analysts when it beat The Matrix Reloaded after its first week of release. The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 Film, the second installment in ''The Matrix'' trilogy, written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers By the time it left theaters in December 2003, it took in a United States domestic total of over $242 million and $484,572,835 worldwide, breaking records as the highest-grossing live action comedy ever. [2]

Contents

Plot

Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a TV news reporter at Eyewitness News Channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (WKBW-TV) who fails to get a job as an anchorman and, after a series of other bad luck incidents, complains to God that he is both treating him unfairly and is doing a poor job as supreme deity. James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. WKBW-TV, Channel 7 is a Television station in Buffalo New York. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always Bruce is then contacted by God (Morgan Freeman) who grants Bruce all of his supreme power to see if he can prove that he can do a better job. Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. Bruce quickly uses his new-found powers for personal gain. He sabotages the colleague that screwed him over so that he can get a better job, transforms his car from a Datsun 240Z to a Saleen S7, allows his favorite hockey team, the Buffalo Sabres, to get over a slump and move to the Stanley Cup, and enhances his girlfriend's breasts and sex drive. The S30 Nissan/Datsun (known in Japan as the Fairlady Z and in other markets as the 240Z and later as the 260Z and 280Z Development The Saleen S7 was Saleen's first car to be completely developed digitally using tools such as Unigraphics and Rhinoceros 3D. The Buffalo Sabres are a professional Ice hockey team based in Buffalo New York. The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley is an Ice hockey club championship Trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL playoffs champion The breast is the upper Ventral region of an animal’s Torso, particularly that of Mammals including Human beings. Libido in its common usage means Sexual desire however more technical definitions such as those found in the work of Carl Jung, are more general referring to libido He is then reminded that he also has to take care of other people's problems. Meanwhile, Bruce endangers his relationship with his girlfriend, Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston), through his self-centered behavior. Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. In the end, Bruce realizes that God's powers are best left for God to handle and graciously asks for God to take control of his life.

The movie portrays God as a wise but smart-aleckey elderly man. God quotes a line from one of Carrey's other movies ("Alrighty then", from Ace Ventura), and tells Bruce that if he wants, Bruce can fix all the world's problems in a few minutes, knowing full well from eons of experience that he cannot. Ace Ventura is a Fictional character, played by Jim Carrey in the films Ace Ventura Pet Detective and Ace Ventura When Nature Calls Bruce receives millions of prayers, all from, according to God, his single town. Having to listen to the prayers of the whole world, one can only imagine how God feels. Bruce is thus able to realize just how much work God must do to keep creation "in line. " As Bruce and God themselves put it in two scenes, where Bruce wants the person he loves to love him:

And a second scene over prayers:

This scene continues with poignant lines in which God allows Bruce to understand the true nature of people's problems and how to resolve them:

Bruce then begins to use his powers to make sure that he runs things in Buffalo the way he should. He goes through the prayers properly and doesn't just say yes to all. He apologizes to Evan (the employee who he sabotaged) and informs him that he quit the job and it is now his. He stands with the homeless man who has appeared to him at times with messages about life and supports him in his written sign messages to people on the street. He toilet trains the dog properly without using spiritual intervention. At the moment he succeeds in doing this, Debbie, Grace's sister talks to him about what she does at night before she goes to sleep (has a scoop of ice cream or watches Conan O'Brien) compared to what Grace does at night before she goes to sleep: she prays. She prays most of the time for Bruce. That evening looking at the prayers he is receiving he looks for those from Grace and notices one just coming in. He then uses his powers to see a vision of where Grace is. He sees her in the guest room at her sister's house, praying and crying because she still loves Bruce but doesn't want to hurt anymore. She prays for help to stop loving him.

At this point of the movie, a depressed Bruce walks onto the highway and is hit by a truck. He talks to God in heaven, who asks him "what he really wants. " After Bruce asks for Grace to find a man to make her truly happy and see her the way he sees her now: through God's eyes. God brings Bruce back to life and Grace returns to him at the hospital. In the end, Bruce has changed his outlook on life - he is happy with the "cutesy" stories he covers as a reporter instead of being "Mister Exclusive" anchorman as he was during the time when he used his powers to make miraculous occurrences happen. He finally donates blood, and announces he and Grace are engaged. The ending scene features a slow close-up of the homeless man. As the camera gets closer the man turns into God, revealing that the homeless man was God all along. This echoes a line from the well-known Joan Osborne song, which Bruce was singing when he came home to Grace after receiving God's powers: What if God Was One of Us?

Cast

Actor Role
Jim Carrey Bruce Nolan
Jennifer Aniston Grace Connelly
Morgan Freeman God
Lisa Ann Walter Debbie Connelly
Philip Baker Hall Jack Baylor
Steven Carrell Evan Baxter
Catherine Bell Susan Ortega
Sally Kirkland Anita Mann
Nora Dunn Ally Loman
Eddie Jemison Bobby

Controversy and reception

Telephone numbers

The film caused controversy because God contacts Bruce, via pager, using an actual phone number rather than a number in the standard fictional 555 telephone exchange. A pager (sometimes called a beeper) is a simple personal Telecommunications device for short messages In North America, Telephone numbers with the prefix 555 are widely used for Fictitious telephone numbers in Television shows Films In the field of Telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls The original telephone number was 776-2323. [8] No area code was included. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. Oddly enough, some of the calls went to a church located in Sanford, North Carolina, whose pastor happened to be named Bruce. Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. [9] A church in Georgia also happens to use this number. This was also the cellphone number of the pastor of a church in Mercer, Wisconsin. The number even turned out to be valid in Greater Manchester in Britain. Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [10]

The producers noted that the number chosen was not in use in the Buffalo, New York (area code 716) area where the film is set in, but did not check anywhere else. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Area code 716 is an area code that used to dominate Western New York until the new area code of 585 was split off for the Rochester Area in 2002 The DVD and television versions changed the display of the pager to 555-0123. In some closed captions, the original line is left in, but it is dubbed out in the audio.

Inspiration

The station at which Bruce Nolan works, WKBW-TV, is in fact a real station, and the movie featured the station's actual graphics package used at the time of filming. WKBW-TV, Channel 7 is a Television station in Buffalo New York. However, a different news set and theme song was used instead of the Move Closer to Your World package used by WKBW at the time, and only one real WKBW-TV anchor actually appeared in the film: John Murphy, the sports anchor better known as the play-by-play voice of the Buffalo Bills. Move Closer to Your World is a television news music package composed by Jingle writer Al Ham under his Mayoham Music label John Murphy is an American sportscaster from Buffalo New York. The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo New York Metropolitan area, playing seven of their home games in the suburb

Sequel

Main article: Evan Almighty

On June 22, 2007, Evan Almighty was released. Evan Almighty is a 2007 Comedy film, and sequel to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Evan Almighty is a 2007 Comedy film, and sequel to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. The film stars Steve Carell reprising his role as Evan Baxter, and Morgan Freeman reprising his role as God. Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Although Bruce Almighty director Tom Shadyac returned to direct the sequel, neither Jim Carrey nor Jennifer Aniston, co-stars of the first film, were involved with this film. Tom Shadyac (born December 11, 1958 in Falls Church Virginia) is an American Comedian, producer, director James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress.

Soundtrack

Original Release Date: June 3, 2003
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande

References

  1. ^ 'Bruce' Blesses Memorial Weekend with $85.7 Million. Tom Holkenborg (born December 8, 1967) also known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch Musician. " The Rockafeller Skank " is a song by British musician Fatboy Slim. Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo - Bruce Almighty.
  3. ^ Middle East Online
  4. ^ Bruce Almighty (2003) - Trivia
  5. ^ Malaysian Muslims call for ban on movie, AFP, Fri July 13, 2007
  6. ^ Karl Vick. "Misreading Tehran", Washington Post, June 25, 2006, p. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.  B01. Retrieved on 2006-06-27. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden  
  7. ^ Robert Bausch - Almighty Me!.
  8. ^ Joe does the Movies.
  9. ^ Bruce Almighty fans give God a call.
  10. ^ BBC News website, 30th June 2003.

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