Evan Almighty Page #3

Synopsis: Buffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan, "Change the world." He lucks into a huge house in a new Virginia suburb. His Capitol office is also fantastic, but there's a catch: he's tapped by the powerful Congressman Long to co-sponsor a bill to allow development in national parks. In steps God, who appears to a disbelieving Evan and gently commands him to build an ark. Tools and wood arrive in Evan's yard, animal pairs follow, his beard and hair grow wildly, nomad's clothes and a staff appear. Long grows impatient, Evan starts building, his family leaves him, reporters gather, and drought grips D.C. Still, Evan believes. But will he change the world?
Director(s): Tom Shadyac
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG
Year:
2007
96 min
$100,289,690
Website
2,184 Views


Rita, why didn't you tell me about this?

I just did:

You need to tell me about it

before I need to know about it:

Marty, you are not the vice congressman:

I am the legislative:::

Nobody voted for you: If Evan gets shot

in the head, you do not automatically:::

If Evan got shot in the head,

you're the first suspect:

Play nice:
Play nice:

All right, Eugene, Congressman Long's bill:

What is it?

HR7124, better known as CINPLAN:

The bill would open up fringe areas

of the national parks for development:

Long's been sitting on it for ages:::

Got it:
Pause: Come on, Evan, this is huge:

You hitch your wagon to the right star,

you could ride all the way down

to Pennsylvania Avenue:

This is day one:

You got your name on a major piece

of legislation!

Oh, and another thing,

he wants you to read it today:

Well, I can't do it today:

I promised my kids:::

Eugene:

Well, sir, there's a time clock on the bill:

If Congressman Long wants to

pass it this quarter,

he's going to have to introduce it

to the committee immediately:

I'm personally going with whatever

Congressman Baxter decides,

because if I could be like one man,

it'd be him:

Either him or Kareem:

Can I tase him?

Gene! Heel!

It'd probably be you:

Come on, Evan, this is it!

This is why we came here!

It's world-changing time!

Hey, anybody home?

Come on:
We're in here!

Hey, guys:

Dad, guess what? I got all your stuff

packed up so that we can:::

What's wrong?

We're not going, are we?

First things first:

I have been asked to junior cosponsor a bill:

Yeah:

See? I told you:
And you owe me five bucks:

Whoa, whoa, guys:

Hey:
Hey, we said we would

have to make sacrifices, right?

Yeah:
Whatever:

New house, same old dad:

Hey, I'm the one who has to read this thing!

Hey:
Did you hear?

Junior cosponsor of a bill:

Okay, Ry, let's clean all this stuff up:

Dad's got work to do:

No:
It's 6:14:

Of course:
Voodoo clock speaks again:

What the:
::

Hey! Hey! Hey! No: Okay:

Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa! What's going on?

I got a delivery for Evan Baxter!

Yeah, that's not mine: I didn't order that!

I just deliver, guy, huh?

You got a complaint, call the number!

No! Hey! Listen! We are 416, not 614!

You've got the wrong house!

You can't leave that there!

Listen! Listen!

That's going to leave a brown patch!

I am a U:
S: congressman!

Dad, what are you doing? I'm watching this:

Genesis 6:
14:

Gen 6:
14:

Joan! Do we have a Bible anywhere?

Genesis 6:
14:

"Make thee an ark of gopherwood:::"

Gopherwood:

"Go-four-wood:
" Get it?

Well, it's not really gopherwood:

I just like the wordplay:

No, it's pine and maple:

It was clear-cut from this valley

to make room for all those houses:

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