Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk. The film stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck television reporter who complains to God (played by Morgan Freeman) that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week. It co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall and Steve Carell. The film is Shadyac and Carrey's third collaboration, after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Liar Liar (1997).
Plot
Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, who usually covers mundane news stories, but desires to be the station's anchorman. When Bruce's coveted job is taken by his rival, Evan Baxter, a vulgar on-camera outburst leads to his dismissal from the station. After a series of misfortunes, Bruce complains to God that "He's the one that should be fired". Bruce receives a message on his pager, which takes him to an empty warehouse where he meets God. God offers to give Bruce his powers (in a limited section of Buffalo) for a week, under two conditions—Bruce cannot tell others he's God, nor can he use the powers to alter free will.
Cast
- Alfred Dennis
- Annie Wersching
- Ara Celi
- Bradley Stryker
- Catherine Bell
- Don Dowe
- Eddie Jemison
- Emilio Rivera
- Greg Collins
- Jennifer Aniston
- Jim Carrey
- Lillian Adams
- Lisa Ann Walter
- Mark Adair-Rios
- Mark Kiely
- Mary Pat Gleason
- Max Grodénchik
- Michael Bofshever
- Morgan Freeman
- Nora Dunn
- Philip Baker Hall
- Robert Curtis Brown
- Ron Jeremy
- Sally Kirkland
- Shashawnee Hall
- Shaun Robinson
- Steve Carell
- Tony Bennett
More details
| author | Mark O'Keefe Steve Koren Steve Oedekerk |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York |
| director | Tom Shadyac |
| editor | Scott Hill |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | bully discover earth eyewitness news free will god god in christianity hearing voices help jimmy hoffa kiss learn miraculous event police training report street gang train voice wkbw-tv |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Jim Carrey Tom Shadyac |
| productionCompany | Pit Bull Productions Shady Acres Spyglass Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Diego |
| theme | wish fulfillment |