Directed by Don Roos
Written by Don Roos

Ben Affleck .... Buddy Amaral
Gwyneth Paltrow .... Abby
Natasha Henstridge .... Mimi
Jennifer Grey .... Mrs. Guererro
Tony Goldwyn .... Greg
Joe Morton .... Jim
David Paymer .... Prosecution Lawyer
Alex D. Linz .... Scott

Produced by Michael Besman and Steve Golin
Original music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Film Editing by David Codron

Rated PG-13 for some language and sensuality

1. Need To Be Next To You - Leigh Nash [Music] 2. Central Reservation - Beth Orton (The Then Again Version) [Music] 3. Here With Me - Dido [Music] 4. Divided - Tara MacLean [Music] 5. Silence - Delerium/Sarah McLachlan [Music] 6. I'm No Ordinary Girl - Anika Paris 7. Lose Your Way - Sophie B. Hawkins 8. My Baby And Me - Nic Garrisi 9. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day - Morcheeba 10. Hush - Angie Aparo 11. Our Affair - Carly Simon (remix) 12. Love - Sixpence None The Richer (remix) 13. Only Thing That's Real, The - Sister 7 14. Never Gonna Come Back Down - BT

STUDIO SYNOPSIS:
Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) is a partner in a hip L.A. ad agency who has it all: confidence, charm, women, money. He makes things happen. Even when he's stuck in a snowstorm one late December night at Chicago's O'Hare airport, he makes the most of it -- giving up his seat to a man who wants to be home with his family, and scoring a night with a woman he's just met.

But the next morning, Buddy learns that the plane he should have been on has crashed, and for the first time in his life, the guy with all the answers is at a loss.

Compelled to make things right, Buddy sets out to find the wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) of the man who took his seat. It's a bold move that will change the lives of two people who never in a million years would have met, in very surprising, unpredictable and ultimately unforgettable ways.
© 2000 Miramax

BUDDY TRADES HIS AIRPLANE SEAT WITH A MAN WHO WANTS TO GET HOME EARLIER.

QUESTION: ARE WE HELPLESS VICTIMS OF DESTINY?

SCRIPTURES THAT SPEAK OF DESTINY:

"The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. _E-mail ow that one fate befalls them both." -Eccles. 2:14 NASB-U

"...also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will..." -Ephes. 1:11 NASB-U

"In fact, everything they did occurred according to your eternal will and plan." -Acts 4:28 NLT

QUESTION: SO ARE WE HELPLESS VICTIMS OF DESTINY?

If God is sovereign, how can humans be free? If God knows about everything in advance, does that mean that God forces things to be the way they are?

The problem with these questions is that they go beyond Scripture in their desire to figure everything out. They ignore large portions of Scripture that affirm human choice and the integrity of human freedom.

CONSIDER THIS SCRIPTURE:

"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!" -Deut. 30:19

THE BALANCE BETWEEN DESTINY AND FREEDOM

I am convinced that God has given us freedom (the ability to chart our course) and destiny (the unchangeable course of predetermined events). In the last analysis, the way in which God's guidance of his creation interfaces with human freedom is unknown to us. There is a mysterious interplay between the two.

CHOOSING AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD.

God does not usually stop us from making choices that are against divine will. God lets us declare our supposed independence from God, even though God knows that in time we will become slaves to our own rebellious choices-we will lose our freedom not to sin. There is no worse slavery than slavery to sin (addictive things that control us).

Again, "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!"

So that's my opinion.
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