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05-29-2003 01:43 PM |
Bruce Almighty? The Irony.... ;)
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Church Has 'Almighty' Digits
May 28, 9:40 AM EST
TURNER, N.C. (AP) -- When people here dial the telephone number shown in the movie "Bruce Almighty," they know they're going to hear Bruce's voice.
No, not the movie character portrayed by Jim Carrey, but the Rev. Bruce MacInnes, pastor of Turner's Chapel Church.
In the film, Carrey stars as a mortal who receives the powers of God. The character of God tries to reach Carrey's character by repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager, but instead of the usual 555 prefix used by most television shows and films, God's exchange is 776.
MacInnes said he noticed nine calls had been made to the church when he checked the answering machine last Sunday morning, but only one caller left a message.
"They were all hang-ups except one who said something about God and laughed," he said, noting he was curious, but not especially concerned.
A neighbor told MacInnes her daughter had seen the movie and instantly recognized the church's phone number, he said, providing the first clue about the number's sudden popularity. The neighbor's daughter's boyfriend called the number, he said, and seemed quite surprised to hear "Bruce" answer.
While most of the callers say nothing, MacInnes is hopeful the message will provide an opportunity for someone.
"I had another call (Tuesday) from a man who asked to talk to God. I told him if he was serious I would be happy to talk with him about God. I said if he wasn't serious he could just hang up. He hung up," MacInnes said.
Two Florida families with the same telephone number have been experiencing the same situation. One Florida woman, Dawn Jenkins, says she has been receiving 20 phone calls an hour on her cell phone from people asking for God and hanging up. Several similar phone tales have occurred in South Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado.
A spokeswoman for Universal Studios, which produced the film, told the Rocky Mountain News in Colorado that the number was picked because it doesn't exist in Buffalo, N.Y., the movie's setting.
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This has got to be the funniest one of them yet. Tons of people keep getting calls, even though no one is calling in the movie's setting.
Also funny, If people are getting called all over the States.. Then obviously people don't realize that they do not live in heaven, and thus do not have the correct area code for it. ;)
Best of all, They finally called Bruce, The Almighty Pastor!!!! heehehehe, Thats just Classic :)
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