Bruce Almighty Page #10
42.
WAITRESS:
We've got a special on soup today.
BRUCE:
No, that's okay.
WAITRESS:
It's tomato.
BRUCE:
Alright, okay.
She heads off. Bruce sits thinking. Could it be real?
He looks at the SUGAR down at the end of the table, holds out
his hand and the SUGAR SLIDES ACROSS THE TABLE RIGHT INTO HIS
HAND. The CREAMER slides into his other hand.
Bruce is half scared, half thrilled. He pours some cream and
sugar into his cup, looks around the table.
BRUCE:
Excuse me I need a spoooo...
Bruce chokes up a spoon into his hands, wipes it off with his
napkin.
BRUCE:
That's alright, I found one.
The Old Man eyes Bruce suspiciously, gets up and moves
further down the counter.
The Waitress sets down the soup, heads off, then turns back.
WAITRESS:
I lie to my sister.
BRUCE:
What?
WAITRESS:
(becoming emotional)
And I'm sleeping with my best
friend's husband. I know he's just
using me but.. I'm just so tired of
being alone. I don't know why I'm
telling you all this. Just seems
like you'd understand.
BRUCE:
Okay.
43.
WAITRESS:
(sets the check down)
Take care of that whenever you're
ready.
Bruce looks at the soup. His look grows intense. He slowly
raises his hands over the soup bowl....
MUSIC UP:
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THEMEThe front door blows open, as A WIND SWIRLS through the diner
and with all the flourish of Moses at the Red Sea, BRUCE
PARTS HIS RED SOUP.
A little cockroach scurries across the table, climbs up the
edge of the bowl and walks through to the other side.
GOD (O.S.)
Havin' fun?
Bruce is startled and the soup splashes back to normal
collapsing on the cockroach. He looks up at God standing
beside the booth. Bruce is now awestruck.
BRUCE:
You- He- Thy...
GOD:
Let's take a walk.
EXT. LAKE ERIE - DAY
God leans down, lets the little soup covered cockroach go.
God and Bruce then walk along the lake shore.
GOD:
(re:
the cockroach)Most people want to kill these
guys. I'm quite fond of em'. Very
streamlined design. Like little
armored tanks. Y'know, they can
hold their breath for forty minutes
and their cells divide only once
cytoskeleton with cell adhesion
that...
(catching himself)
Oh, this is a bit over your head,
isn't it?
Off Bruce's look.
44.
GOD:
Okay, let me explain the rules.
BRUCE:
Rules ?
GOD:
Yeah, you left in such a rush I
didn't get a chance to explain.
BRUCE:
Well the two extra fingers freaked
me out a little bit.
GOD:
(laughs)
I figured that would get your
attention.. I did the same thing to
Ghandi, he couldn't eat for three
weeks. Now, here's the deal. You
have all my power. Use it any way
you choose. There are only two
rules. You can't tell anyone
you're God. Believe me you don't
want that kind of attention. And
you can't mess with free will.
BRUCE:
Uh huh. Can I-ask why?
GOD:
(excited)
Yes you can. That's the beauty it.
Suddenly a LARGE SAILBOAT SAIL PASSES RIGHT BY THEM. Bruce
looks to the sail, oddly, then...
WIDE ANGLE - REVEAL God and Bruce are now walking ON THE LAKE
about 100 feet from the shore. They watch the sailboat pass.
Bruce is awestruck.
BRUCE:
This is amazing.
GOD:
Oh, speaking of amazing...
God dips his hand in the Lake and pulls out THE PRAYER BEADS.
He pockets them as he talks.
45.
GOD:
Since you're finished with these, I
think I'll hang to 'em. Might come
in handy someday.
WIDE MASTER - BUFFALO CITY-SCAPE
God and Bruce are tiny figures on the river, as God begins to
walk away.
GOD:
I'll be seein' ya.
BRUCE:
Where are you going?
GOD:
I'm taking a vacation.
BRUCE:
God can't take a vacation. Can he?
Can you?
GOD:
Ever hear of the Dark Ages?
Besides, I'm covered. You can fix
everything in five minutes if you
want to, right?
ON BRUCE:
BRUCE:
...Right.
Left alone, Bruce begins to carefully tip toe back to shore,
progresses to a full sprint.
INT. GROCERY STORE - DAY
Grace and Debbie stand at the check-out stand. Grace flips
through a celeb magazine, as Debbie places the last few items
from the cart to the conveyor belt.
In the background, throughout, Debbie's daughter, Zoe is
grabbing random items off the shelves and placing them on the
belt.
GRACE:
(re:
magazine)Gosh, this girl is so talented and
all they ever talk about is her
hair.
46.
DEBBIE:
Yeah, she should marry somebody
famous, take the focus off.
Grace checks her cell phone screen.
DEBBIE:
GRACE:
I know. It's just that he usually
calls during the day.
DEBBIE:
He just needs to blow off some
steam, he'll be fine.
GRACE:
I hope so. I've never seen him *
that mad. An d I lashed back-- *
DEBBIE:
Wow, you lashed? You never lash.
I'm impressed.
GRACE:
I feel bad for him. He's wanted
anchor for so long.
Zoe begins pulling groups of items onto the belt.
DEBBIE:
Well, I've been praying to win the
lottery for fifteen years, but it's
not going to happen. You know,
it's not all about money.
The CLERK finishes ringing the last item.
CLERK:
That'll be four hundred and twenty-
seven, eighty.-
DEBBIE:
What?!
Debbie looks in a bag, pulls out a handful of various counter
items. Zoe giggles and proudly holds up one of the hundred
or so Tic-Tac mint containers.
DEBBIE:
Zoe.
(to Clerk)
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