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 Catherine Bell. 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, but desires to be a news anchorman, succeeding the retiring Pete Fineman. When Bruce's rival Evan Baxter is given the job, a vulgar on-camera outburst leads to Bruce's 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 to prove that he is doing the job correctly. God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he has God's powers to avoid the media attention, nor can he use the powers to alter free will. Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers, using them for personal gains, such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend, Grace Connelly.
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 | buffalo sabres discover earth eyewitness news free will god god in christianity jimmy hoffa kiss miraculous event police training report stanley cup train voice wkbw-tv |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Jim Carrey Tom Shadyac |
| productionCompany | Pit Bull Productions Shady Acres Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Diego |
| theme | wish fulfillment |