You Gotta Believe Me story
Earl Sweet races against time as he tries to prevent a Boeing 747 he saw in a nightmare from crashing, just as it did in said nightmare. Directed by: Kevin Reynolds. Story by: Steven Spielberg, Stu Krieger.
7 total · 2 choice · 1 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I caught a glimpse of the future | choice | Earl had what he interpreted to be a prophetic nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing outside of his house. The story follows Earl's efforts to prevent the aerial disaster and ensure the airliner reaches its destination safely. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | choice | Earl was dead certain that his dream was a vision of the future. He discovered one thing after the other that matched what he had dreamed, so he had good cause to be convinced. Other people, however, had no such reassurance and simply thought that Earl was a nutter. |
| sacrifice to prevent mass death | major | Earl risked life-and-limb to prevent the vision he had seen in his dreams of a Boeing 787 crashing, coming to pass. |
| drunk driving | minor | The drunken pilot of a light aircraft nearly caused a Boeing 747 to crash on takeoff. |
| heroism | minor | The Boeing 747 pilot recommended they "pin a medal" on Earl, who had single-handedly averted a disaster. |
| husband and wife | minor | Earl neglected his wife's advice to take a bromide and go back to bed. |
| law enforcement | minor | Earl was arrested by two uniformed police officers for making a scene at the airline departure gate. |