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Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Directed by	Carl Reiner
Written by	Larry Gelbart; Avery Corman (novel)
Produced by	Jerry Weintraub
Starring	John Denver; George Burns; Teri Garr; Donald Pleasence; Ralph Bellamy; William Daniels; Barnard Hughes; Paul Sorvino
Music by	Jack Elliott
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	October 7, 1977
Running time	98 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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Oh, God! is a 1977 comedy film, starring John Denver and George Burns. Based on a novel by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart. The story centers on unassuming supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), chosen by God (Burns) to spread his message, despite the skepticism of the media, religious authorities, and Landers' wife (Teri Garr).

The film inspired two sequels, Oh, God! Book II (1980) and Oh, God! You Devil (1984), both of which featured Burns reprising his role, but with no other recurring characters from the original story.

A long time ago a young monkey named bubbles the dumb monkey found out the wonders of puberty and founbd out how to take a piss and not hit th seat.

Main cast

John Denver ... Jerry Landers
George Burns ... God
Teri Garr ... Bobbie Landers
Donald Pleasence ... Doctor Harmon
Ralph Bellamy ... Sam Raven
William Daniels ... George Summers
Barnard Hughes ... Judge Baker
Paul Sorvino ... Reverend Willie Williams
Barry Sullivan ... Bishop Reardon
Dinah Shore ... Herself
Carl Reiner ... Dinah's Guest
Jeff Corey ... Rabbi Silverstone
George Furth ... Briggs
David Ogden Stiers ... Mr. McCarthy, District Produce Manager
Moosie Drier ... Adam Landers

Trivia

According to screenwriter Larry Gelbart, Reiner initially envisioned his oft-partner Mel Brooks playing God, and Woody Allen playing the supermarket manager.

When Jerry is in the hotel room about to give God a quiz, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), created by Carl Reiner, is playing on the television.

Barbara Harris was originally cast in the role that went to Teri Garr.
The movie's poster can be seen in a scene from the 1999 movie Man on the Moon. The movie took place in the late 70's and early 80's.
In an interview, Burns said, "They're making a sequel. I'm playing God again. Why not? At my age, anything I do is a miracle."

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 The film inspired two sequels, ''[[Oh, God! Book II]]'' ([[1980 in film|1980]]) and ''[[Oh, God! You Devil]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]), both of which featured Burns reprising his role, but with no other recurring characters from the original story.
+A long time ago a young monkey named bubbles the dumb monkey found out the wonders of puberty and founbd out how to take a piss and not hit th seat.
-==Synopsis==
-God appears as a kindly old man to Jerry Landers, an assistant [[supermarket]] manager. After some mixups in trying to set up an "interview," He tells Jerry that he has been selected to be His messenger to the modern world, much like a contemporary [[Moses]]. A bit timidly at first, Landers dutifully tells the world of his encounters with God.  Understandably scoffed at first, Landers's life is turned upside down as [[theologian]]s attempt to discredit him.  Eventually, Jerry decides to prove his story in a court of law, after being sued for slander by a preacher [[God]] called a "fake".
-Jerry argues that if [[God's existence]] is a reasonable possibility, then if He chooses he can materialize and sit in the [[witness chair]].  At first, God fails to appear, and the judge threatens to charge Jerry with [[contempt]] for "what you apparently thought was a clever stunt." Jerry argues that his point was that when he brought up the mere possibility that God would make a personal appearance, everyone clearly waited a moment to see if it would really happen -- proving that he at least deserves the [[Wiktionary:benefit of the doubt|benefit of the doubt]] that his story is true.
-Suddenly, without opening the doors, God appears and asks to be sworn in. "If it please the court, and even if it doesn't please the court, I'm God, your honor."
-God provides some [[miracle]]s, mostly in the form of card tricks, to help the people believe, then He issues a [[parting shot]]: "It can work. Don't hurt each other. If it's hard to have [[faith]] in me, maybe it will help to know that I have faith in you."
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