Bruce Almighty Page #27

Rain droplets splash on the river where Bruce first raged at

God. He stands in the middle of the street, looks up

heavenward, weakly. Humble.

BRUCE:

You win. I' m done. Please. I

don't want to do this anymore. I

don't want to be God.

(sighs)

Please, help me.

And with that, the rain stops. The dark clouds slowly open

as beams of light cut through, shining down upon Bruce,

birds begin to chirp.adding to this magical moment as. . .

HONK1 HONKI

A MAC TRUCK SLAMS THROUGH FRAME, MOWS BRUCE DOWN. His spirit

remains in the same spot, looking confused, then STREAKS UP

heavenward.

FLYING POV:

117.

SHOOTING HEAVENWARD like a missile, THROUGH THE CLOUDS,

THROUGH THE SKY to...

A HUGE WHITE ROOM - No walls, just white as far as the eye

can see. The flooring is the whitest of white puffy clouds.

Bruce finds himself standing there. He looks around and when

he turns behind him, he sees GOD. Floating on nothing, as

though sitting in the most royal throne.

BRUCE:

Am I...?

GOD:

You can't expect to kneel down in

the middle of a highway and live to

talk about it.

BRUCE:

But why? Why now?

GOD:

I work in mysterious ways, son.

A beat as Bruce takes everything in.

BRUCE:

You knew it all along. You knew if

I got everything I wanted, I would

ruin my life.

God doesn't respond, just listens.

BRUCE:

So I'm dead... Okay. If this is

what you want. Okay, okay...

God holds up the PRAYER BEADS, tosses them to Bruce. Bruce

looks at the beads, then up at God, puzzled.

GOD:

Go ahead, use 'em.

BRUCE:

Alright... I've learned that I

don't know as much I thought I

did...

GOD:

Boy, you can say that again.

BRUCE:

Hey, I'm praying here.

118.

GOD:

Sorry, go.

BRUCE:

If I could have just one thing in

the world. It would be for Grace

to live a happy, joyful life. And

that she finds someone...

(getting emotional as he

realizes what he's

saying)

...that she finds someone that will

treat her with the love and respect

that she so deserves.

God smiles the most satisfied of smiles.

GOD:

Now that is a prayer.

(beat)

Well, I better get on that one.

See ya, Bruce.

Off Bruce's puzzled reaction he DROPS THROUGH THE CLOUDS --

FALLING POV - BACK DOWN TOWARDS EARTH, back THROUGH THE

CLOUDS, and right INTO ANOTHER WHITE ROOM where...

BRUCE EYES OPEN and he GASPS FOR BREATH. The PRAYER BEADS

still clutched tightly in his hand.

TWO DOCTORS stop giving Bruce CPR, see that his vitals have

returned. . .

NURSE:

He's back!

INTERN:

BP 40 over 110 and rising.

DOCTOR #1

(to Bruce) -

Bruce? Can you hear me?

(Bruce nods)

We almost lost you there.

WIDER ANGLE - The WHITE ROOM is a HOSPITAL ROOM - Bruce is

heavily bruised and bandaged.

DOCTOR #1

You lost a lot of blood. It wasn't

easy to find a match - you're a

very rare blood type.

119.

Bruce looks to the blood bag, sees "A/B Positive" written on

the side.

CLOSE ON BRUCE - THINKING, HIS MIND RACING

BRUCE:

(groggy whisper)

A/B Positive...

DOCTOR #2 (O.S.)

You should thank God for donors.

We don't have a lot of that type on

hand.

NURSE:

There's your angel now.

Bruce turns toward the hospital door and sees...

GRACE:

A cotton swab taped to her arm. Now he remembers where he

heard of that blood type.

GRACE:

(re:
her swab)

I hear that all of this winds up in

a warehouse somewhere. But you

know me, I'm a sucker for this

stuff.

The doctors give Grace the nod to enter as they go, leaving

the two of them alone. Grace tentatively approaches.

GRACE:

I don't even know what I'm doing

here. But... When I heard that

you'd been in an accident and that

you might not make it. . .

She starts to cry.

BRUCE:

Hey, I'm okay.

GRACE:

Does it hurt?

BRUCE:

Only when I talk., and smile... and

y'know, exist in general.

120.

Grace laughs. That's one thing Bruce could always do, is

make her laugh. Grace spots the prayer beads in Bruce's

hand, raises his arm.

GRACE:

Oh my gosh, you still have those?

Bruce looks at the prayer beads, then looks at Grace. He

remembers his prayer to God and the emotion wells within him

GRACE:

What is it?

BRUCE:

Nothing. It's just really nice to

see you.

She goes to him, Bruce sits up a bit and they embrace.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. CITY PARK - DAY

A BIG BLOOD DRIVE in progre ss. Everyone is there, Grace,

Sam, Debbie and Zoe, Ginnie and Jack, the Kowolski brothers,

Momma Kowolski, Evan, Susan , Dallas, Fred. Bobby serves

various food items from his cart.

BOBBY:

You know, French Toast was invented

by tavern owner, Joseph French, who

had a poor knowledge of grammar,

and did not know how to use the

possessive apostrophe, so he called

it French Toast instead of French's

Toast...

Pull back to reveal BRUCE, crutch under one arm, cast on his

leg, mic in hand, reporting. He's now talking in his OWN

VOICE, much more himself.

BRUCE:

This is Bruce Nolan at Buffalo's

first annual "Be the Miracle" blood

drive. Remember, the life you save

may be mine, so hurry down. I had

a close call and, well, can you

imagine what life would have been

like without me?

Laughs in the background, from the people that know Bruce.

Bruce walks over to the Kowolski Brothers.

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