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In Sherman Olney’s world,there’s always something that needs fixing.
When Douglas Langley rescues a mysterious stranger named Sherman from two muggers behind his sandwich shop, he soon discovers his new friend has a special gift for fixing things. It isn’t long before the townspeople learn that Douglas has a new handyman who can fix just about anything. Business picks up and Douglas couldn’t be happier: he, fixing corned-beefs-on-rye; Sherman, fixing electric toothbrushes, hairdryers, and chainsaws. Word spreads, and people come from far and wide for Sherman’s fix. Soon he’s fixing not just things but also problems – taxes, parking tickets, even marriages. Then one night, Sherman performs a life-altering miracle that turns everyone’s world upside down. The whole world descends on St. John’s clamoring for miracles, but Sherman has one last fix that will surprise us all.
Screenplay by David Poulshock
Adapted from the short story by Percival Everett.
WGA # 1096994
© 2008 by Fix Features, LLC