Forces of Nature Page #3

Synopsis: Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off. All later flights are cancelled because of an approaching hurricane, so he is forced to hitch a ride in a Geo Metro with an attractive but eccentric woman named Sarah.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Bronwen Hughes
Production: Dreamworks Distribution
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
1999
105 min
602 Views


Sarah Lewis.|And you are?

Ben Holmes. Really,|I'm not that scared.

- Jack's- - I can assure you|absolutely nothing is going to happen.

I speak from experience.|I was a tlight attendant. There you go.

Oh, yeah?|In one ot those little uniforms?

Please stay calm!

Oh, my God!

Hold on!

Oh, my God!|This is a disaster.

- Daddy.|- Oh, for heaven sake.

- Let's go live-|- On the other hand,

you can never have|too many ot these.

- It's tabulously colorful.|- Give you that.

How tar do you think|I could throw it?

Don't you dare, young-|Give me that now.

To the hospital for minor injuries.

Ceramic clown trom the?

- Brewsters.|- My God! That's Ben!

There's no official word|on the cause of the crash.

There may have been|a foreign object-

Let's get some help!

She hit her head.

Everyone's pretty shook up.

We had a couple ot passengers go to|a local hospitaI with concussions.

Oh, my God. There he is again.

Call me!|Oh, Ben! I love you.

Call me! No. Go back.

There you have it.|The latest information-

Hello? Ah, Ben!

Hi, honey. Yeah, I'm fine.|No, I'm okay.

I'm a little trazzled.

I mean, I was|in a plane crash.

This place is a nightmare.

People are running around.|I guess they lost everything.

I don't care about any ot that.|I'm just so happy you're okay.

I- I-I just wish that-

- Ben! Ben, listen.|- TelI him, um-

- What happened?|- You just get yourself down here sate and sound.

The thing is, I'm a little bit scared|to fly before I was in a plane crash,

so I don't teel|much like getting-

- Jesus!|- You are a god.

- You are a god amongst all men. Do you realize that?|- I'm on the phone.

- Sorry.|- Do you mind?

- What in the hell?|- Just one ot the passengers.

- He saved my lite!|- She's kidding.

It's a joke.

I'm gonna get a rental car|and drive down there, okay?

I'll call you w-w-when|I have a finalized plan.

Okay, great.|Thank you, sir.

Sorry. I couldn't|contain myself.

It's amazing when you think about it.|We almost died today. Dead.

Isn't there a rent-a-car this way?|Are we goin' the right way?

It I died, how|many people would care?

I mean, really care.|You'd have your shares of "What a shame.

What a waste.|She was so young. "

- But no real crying.|- It might be in that terminal.

No eating disorders,|no attempted suicides.

Nothing.|Absolutely depressed.

You know what?|I'm thoroughly depressed.

I just need to shake it otf.

So what were you thinking?

I was thinking how it would attect|our trequent flier miles.

What do you do|tor a living?

I'm a, uh,|jacket copywriter.

Huh. What does that mean?

- Means I write jackets to books basically.|- Oh.

Do mostly fiction,|but I do some nontiction.

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Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. more…

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