Bruce Almighty
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Short description
Bruce Nolan works as a television human interest reporter in Buffalo, New York. His career is going well and he has the affection of his girlfriend Grace, yet he remains dissatisfied with his life. After a day of setbacks, including being passed over for a promotion and losing his job, he vents his frustration at God. The response is unexpected: God appears in human form and offers Bruce his divine powers for a week, challenging him to see whether he can run things any better. Bruce's attempts to use the powers for personal ends run into complications, particularly in his relationship with Grace.
Tom Shadyac directed the film, his sixth feature after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Patch Adams and Dragonfly. It was written by Steve Oedekerk, Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, and produced by Shadyac, Michael Bostick and star Jim Carrey. Carrey plays Bruce, with Morgan Freeman as God, Jennifer Aniston as Grace, and supporting turns from Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell and Lisa Ann Walter.
Released in May 2003, the comedy was made for around 80 million dollars and took roughly 485 million dollars worldwide, a strong return. It holds a 6.8 rating on IMDb from about 468,000 votes and a 6.7 on TMDB from around 11,700 voters, while its critics' score stands at 5.8 from 188 reviews, so audiences have been warmer toward it than reviewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- This film was officially banned in Egypt due to its "religious content".
- Filming began on August 6, 2002. It took place in Los Angeles, New York, and at Niagara Falls. Filming wrapped up in early autumn of the same year.
- The film is based on the book "Almighty Me" by Robert Bausch.
- Robert De Niro was originally considered for the role of God, but Morgan Freeman ultimately played it.
- The film's plot unfolds in Buffalo, New York, and the town square was filmed on location directly next to the Universal Pictures studio. It was here that scenes from the famous 'Back to the Future' trilogy (Robert Zemeckis, 1985, 1989, 1990) with the clock tower were also filmed. The tower is clearly visible in the riot scene.
- During filming, a camera crane fell due to a strong gust of wind, nearly crushing actress Jennifer Aniston, who was standing with her back to it and unaware. However, her co-star Jim Carrey, noticing the falling crane, quickly pushed Aniston aside and genuinely saved her from a tragic outcome.
- The phone number of God, played by Morgan Freeman, was a real, working number (usually, films use the 555 prefix for phone numbers), which resulted in the number's owners being bombarded with calls. Before the film's release on video, the number was changed to 555-0123. After that, Bruce began using a number owned by a radio station in Colorado and a woman in Florida, and they were also plagued by callers hoping to chat with God. To solve the problem, the producers purchased both numbers used in the film.
- When the film was released on video and DVD, God's number was slightly changed to 555-0123, as the real number 776-2323 became blocked after the film's release due to the huge number of incoming calls.
- The screenplay for this film was purchased by Universal Studios in 2000 for $1 million, an extraordinarily high price for the time.
- The number of takes for some scenes in the film exceeded 30. Jim Carrey repeatedly insisted on reshooting the same scenes.
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