Oh god is our throwback thursday classic feature of the week on the beat chicago. Barnard hughes, donald pleasence, george burns, john denver, ralph bellamy, teri garr, william daniels. I think i have found my primary illustration of a great theological point. The movie had a stellar supporting cast including terri garr, donald pleasence, ralph bellamy, william daniels, paul sorvino, barnard hughes, dina shore and david ogden stiers. Married to bobbie landers with two preteen children, adam and becky, living in tarzana, california. This movie was the first date for my wife and myself in 1977. In this boxoffice comedy smash, god played by the one and only george burns comes to earth to spread the good word, but has a hard time. 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 own wife teri garr. When god appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world. When god appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man. The lord, in the form of george burns, chooses a tarzana, calif. A sly, civilized, quietly funny speculation on what might happen if god endeavored to present himself in the flesh yet once again to forgetful man. The film is based on a novel of the same title avery corman. The film doesnt try to answer all of the unanswerable questions, but it does take a pretty good crack at a lot of the big ones q.
With john denver, george burns, teri garr, donald pleasence. The story centers on unassuming supermarket manager jerry landers denver, chosen by god burns to spread his message despite the skepticism of the media. But his generally uneventful life takes a turn when he receives a hand delivered. Based on a novel of the same name by avery corman, the film was directed by carl reiner from a screenplay written by larry gelbart. Watch the passion of the christ 2004 about story yeyus full movie online. I wouldnt want to watch it over and over again, but its nice to check out once every so often. Moses had such a bad memory i had to give him tablets. 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.
Jerry landers, a supermarket assistant manager and a good yet nonreligious person, suddenly finds a. Based on a novel of the same name by avery corman, the film was directed. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all. Todays feature takes you back to 1977 for one of those classic lost movies oh god. God comes to earth to spread the good word, but has a hard time convincing. Watch this classic movie and more on our website an in our app. Subscribe to watch the best free full length movies.
Personally im not very religious, but burns is the kind of god id like. George burns stars as god when he comes to earth, business card in hand, but has a. He chooses a nonbeliever, an ordinary man to carry those precepts to the world. What can i say about a film that stars two of my favorite actors. The film was well received by critics and was regarded by many as one of the best films of 1977, including gene siskel, who placed it on his top 10 list for the year. Jerry landers john denver, an assistant manager in a supermarket, receives a visit from god george burns, who appears in the form of an old man. He comes back this time looking and talking a great deal like george burns, an improvement on his earlier cinematic incarnations. Mildmannered jerry landers is a hard working assistant manager at a food world supermarket outlet.
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