Oh God (1977)

"...eschews cheap jokes to build a credible story with warm performances and upbeat message.  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Sincere performances and optimistic end make for a satisfying story.  VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"Burns delivers the goods...  The Motion Picture Guide

Editor's Note Jerry Landers (a terrifically surprising John Denver) is an average guy in every sense of the word. He lives a completely normal, dull life, working at the local supermarket (where everybody, of course, knows him and likes him) and never doing anything out of the ordinary. That's why no one is more surprised than he is when God chooses to make himself known to the world through Jerry by sending him a typewritten, misspelled note granting him an audience with the Supreme Being. Jerry doesn't believe his eyes when God turns out to be an old, scrawny man (who looks a lot like George Burns). First, God must convince Jerry that he really is whom he claims to be; as Jerry grow closer and closer to him, he starts growing apart from his family--his wife, played by Teri Garr, thinks he has lost all his marbles. As Jerry goes public with God's message, his faith is tested every step of the way, resulting in a very funny and meaningful trial scene. This wry, thoughtful comedy from Carl Reiner, based on the novel by Avery Corman, carries a serious message about religion, faith, and the way people care for the world they've been given. George Burns is delightful as the forthright, wisecracking God; his scenes with Denver are cinematic treasures.

	Barnard Hughes
	Barry Sullivan
	David Ogden Stiers
	Dinah Shore
	Donald Pleasence
	George Burns
	Paul Sorvino
	Ralph Bellamy
	Teri Garr
	John Denver
	William Daniels
	Avery Corman - Based On Novel By
	Carl Reiner - Director
	Victor J. Kemper - Director of Photography
	Bud Molin - Editor
	Jack Elliott - Musical Score
	Jerry Weintraub - Producer
	Larry Gelbart - Screenplay

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"----court clerk|"So help me me."----God (George Burns) being sworn in to testify in court