Dear God Page #10

Synopsis: Tom Turner is a con man, defrauding people from their money with a variety of two-bit hustles. One night he makes the mistake of attempting to hustle some undercover cops, and finds himself in court faced with the dilemma of either going to jail or getting a real job. Choosing to stay out of jail, he gets a job at the post office working in their Dead Letter Office helping to sort Dead Letters (i.e. mail which, for whatever reason, can't be delivered). Some of the mail he recieves can't be delivered because it's addressed to God, and he accidentally answers (sending them money in the process). This starts the ball rolling as more of his co-workers get in on the idea of helping people by answering "God" mail.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Garry Marshall
Production: Paramount
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
PG
Year:
1996
112 min
157 Views


I'll see you at work.

You missed my speech.

Way to go. I gotta see my buddy,|the Postmaster General.

It was a piece of cake.|I think I might go to law school.

The verdict is in. Not guilty.

You didn't even write|a Dear God letter!

Mr Turner, if you don't come out here|and wave, there'll be a riot.

By the way, you won the bet.|Steep odds.

- You bet the bailiff on the verdict?|- Just a silly side bet.

There's Joey.

- Hi, Mom.|- There's my mom.

Where?

He's got a girl with him.

- Really?|- Yeah.

Close your eyes.

Take a chance, Tom.

See?

the effects of the God Squad linger

and, hopefully, even longer.

Herman Dooly got his old route back

which had cost him his job.

Hi, everybody, I'm back.|I got my route back. I'm back.

- Mr Roscoe, how are you?|- Herman, how are you doing?

Good to see you.|Merry Christmas. Take care.

Have a happy New Year.

Hi, Mrs Cooper.|Hi, Dee-Dee! How are you?

- Welcome back.|- Good to see you.

Stay calm, Mr Dooly.

Hi, Wallace.

I'm sorry that I bit you in the knee.

I was just under a lot of pressure|at the time.

It seemed like the thing to do.

You were barking, too.|So it was kind of...

I don't want to|lay no blame or nothing.

Anyway, I'm sorry.

See you around, pal.

Happy holidays, Wallace!

Mrs Morgan,|got those cookies with the raisins?

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Warren Leight

Warren Leight (born January 17, 1957) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lights Out and the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His play Side Man was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. more…

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