Dear God (1996)

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PG | 1 hr 51 mins | Comedy, Drama | Released: 11/1/1996 |Box Office Total: $7.1M

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Synopsis:

A con artist who can't fathom the idea of an honest day's work, Tom Turner has tried every scam in the book. Then, while trying to pay off a gambling debt, he gets arrested attempting to sell tickets on an airline that hasn't flown since the '80s! Sentenced by a judge to get a job or go to jail, Tom reluctantly chooses to serve one year in one of the country's toughest institutions: the United States Post Office. As fate would have it, with the busy holiday season approaching, he is assigned to the Dead Letter Office. When first introduced to his new colleagues, a group of clock-watching, misfit co-workers, Tom begins to believe he might have met a better class of people in jail. Ever the charlatan, he inadvertently uses the unanswerable mail in a con of divine proportions. But Tom's holiday scam will transform him unknowingly into a very reluctant Samaritan, inspiring his postal partisans into a frenzy of goodwill and launching a Yule tidal wave that becomes the event of the season.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/1/1996

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Garry Marshall	Director
Scott Marshall	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Greg Kinnear	Tom Turner
Laurie Metcalf	Rebecca Frazen
Maria Pitillo	Gloria McKinney
Tim Conway	Herman Dooly
Hector Elizondo	Vladek Vidov
Jon Seda	Handsome
Roscoe Lee Browne	Idris Abraham
Anna Maria Horsford	Lucille
Kathleen Marshall	Whispering Wendy
Isadora O'Boto	Hot Mary
Felix Pire	Ramon
Donal Logue	Webster
Sam McMurray	Federal Prosecutor
Nancy Marchand	Judge Kits Van Heynigan
Larry Miller	State Judge
Rue McClanahan	Mom Turner
Jack Sheldon	Homeless Trumpeter
Artis Ivey (Coolio)	Gerard
Toby Huss	Doubting Thomas Minister
Stephanie Niznik	Emanda Maine
John Pinette	Junior
Seth Mumy	Joey McKinney
Greg Lewis	Greek Bailiff
Sunny Hawks	Greek Daughter
Timi Prulhiere	Southern Tourist
Valerie Wildman	Southern Tourist
Jennifer Perkins	Information Booth Clerk
Rick Hill	Parade Father
Barbara Marshall	Sister Charlotte
Jane Morris	Sarah Alcott
Tom Hines	Theo
Jeff Michalski	Otis
Shannon Wilcox	Madame Zema
Joshua Iscovich	Joey's Friend
Jill Lover	Regular Costumer
Sheron Bellio	Regular Costumer
Leigh Molloy	Regular Costumer
Timothy Stack	Cousin Guy the Postal Cop
William Wolff	Doug Diamond
Sarina L Ranftl	Postal Window Clerk
Monica Campbell	Postal Window Clerk
Sam Lima	Postal Customer
Ellery King	Postal Customer
Diane Frazen	Postal Customer
Jennifer Peterson	Postal Signer
Joy Rosenthal	Rich Postal Customer
Adrienne Wilde	Postal Cashier
Bud Markowitz	Juggling Biker
Bonnie Aarons	Prophet Woman
Steve Tisch	Neighbors With Dog
Mariana Morgan	Neighbors With Dog
Jack Klugman	Jemi
Marvin Braverman	Petting Zoo Man
Ellen Cleghorne	Marguerite
Curtis Williams Jr	Marguerite's Son
Deborah Benson-Wald	Juanita
Odette Yustman	Angela
Marcus Toji	Petting Zoo Kid
Yvonne Pollack	Normandie Arms Tenant
Mona Lyden	Crystal Fricker
Betty Carvalho	Maid
Hope Alexander-Willis	Female Minister
Mel Novak	Sidewalk Minister
Dom Magwili	Teacher
Don Feldstein	Charlie at Bowl
Harvey Keenan	Homeless Man
A Kent Braverman	Salvation Army Guy
Lori Sigrist	Adult Twin Nurses
Terri Sigrist	Adult Twin Nurses
Patrick Richwood	Federal Clerk
Jim Meskimen	State District Attorney
Israel Juarbe	Ernesto on Scaffold
Martin Garbus	Assistant Prosecutor
Allan Kent	Court Officer
Duane Matthews	Court Officer
Carol Williard	Court Photographer
Sean O'Bryan	Undercover Cop
Joanna Heimbold	Undercover Cop
Rebecca Holmberg	Undercover Cop
Renee Albert	Camerawoman
Robert Malina	News Video Cameraman
Jeris Lee Poindexter	Local Newscaster
Barbara Beck	Bodacious TV Anchor
Dr Joyce Brothers	Herself
Erin Moran	Celebrity in Parade
Elinor Donahue	Celebrity in Parade
Production Credits	Credit
Angel Pine	Associate Producer
Ellen H Schwartz	Co-Producer
Steve Tisch	Producer
Mario Iscovich	Executive Producer
Karen Stirgwolt	Associate Producer
Kearie Peak	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Steve Tisch Company	Production Company
Rysher Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Warren Leight	Screenplay
Ed Kaplan	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Patrick Siembieda	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Helen Ruiz	Production Auditor - assistant production auditor
Crystal Ann Hawkins	Production Auditor
Art Department	Credit
Garrett Lewis	Set Decorator
Dawn Ascher	Art Department Coordinator
Gary S Isbell	Lead Person
Albert Brenner	Production Designer
Gregory William Bolton	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Leigh French	Voice Casting
Carrie Frazier	Casting
Wendy Weidman	Casting Assistant
Stacy Alexander	Casting Associate
Brent Scarpo	Extras Casting - extras casting associate
Craft Services	Credit
Beverly Burton	Craft Service
Paul Diamond	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Robert Morgenroth	Video - video effects supervisor
Paul Babin	Camera Operator
Maurizio Dotto	Photography - assistant photographer
Charles Minsky	Director of Photography
John Manocchia	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Jim Passon	Color Timer
Tim Roe	Photography - assistant photographer
Jack E McLean	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Tom Connole	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Robert Sharman	Video - video coordinator
Toby White	Photography - assistant photographer
Ron Batzdorff	Photography - still photographer
Frank Del Boccio	Photography - assistant photographer (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Rysher Films	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Tom Wallace	Music Arranger
Chavez	Song Performer
Lia Vollack	Music Editor
Elliot Lurie	Music Supervisor
Jeremy Lubbock	Orchestrations - score orchestrator and conductor
Jeremy Lubbock	Music - music score
Jane Morris	Music Performer
Nat King Cole	Song
Jules Chaikin	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
James Patrick Dunne	Music - music score
Tony McCutchen	Music Arranger
Irving Mills	Song
Capella Istropolitana	Music Performer
Jeff Atmajian	Orchestrations
Rachel Sweet	Song Performer
Billy Williams	Song - song producer
Frank Bennett	Orchestrations
Orchestra of Vienna Volksoper LTG	Music Performer
Jeffrey Pollack	Music - music consultant
Gary Glitter	Song Performer
Amanda Goodpaster	Music - assistant music editor
Clay Tarver	Song
Midge Ure	Song Performer
Matt Sweeney	Song
12 Gauge	Song Performer
Bob Bornstein	Music - music preparation
Tag	Song Performer
Randy Waldman	Music - music and piano solos
James Lo	Song
William Garrett	Song
FOS	Song Performer
Lyle Lovett	Music - song performer and producer
Georgia Dobbins	Song
Brett Raymond	Music - song performer and producer
Joan Osborne	Song Performer
Jane Morris	Music
Brian Holland	Song
Jack Sheldon	Song Performer
Johann Sebastian Bach	Music
Freddie Gorman	Song
Darlene Koldenhoven	Song Performer
Melissa Mackey	Song Performer
Robert Bateman	Song
J Strauss Jr	Music
David Kershenbaum	Song - song producer
Randy Crenshaw	Song Performer
Gary Glitter	Song
Linda Harmon	Song Performer
Mike Leander	Song
Rick Logan	Song Performer
Susan Stevens Logan	Song Performer
Midge Ure	Song
Donna Medine	Song Performer
Brett Raymond	Song
Don Sheldon	Song Performer
Gerry Brown	Song - song producer
Bill Malina	Song - song producer
Robert Gordon	Song
Isiah Pinkney	Song
Gareth Young	Song
Treana Morris	Song
Steven Scott Harwell	Song
Chris Geer	Song
Eric Bazilian	Song
J Fred Coots	Song
Haven Gillespie	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Gary Combs	Stunt Coordinator
Ray Bickel	Stunts
Greg Brickman	Stunts
Perry Barndt	Stunts
John-Clay Scott	Stunts
Shelley Peterson Boyle	Stunts
Tracy Keehn Dashnaw	Stunts
Hal Burton	Stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Steve Shkolnik	Location Manager
Ellen H Schwartz	Assistant Director
Cheryl Li Fong	Assistant Production Coordinator
Carol DePasquale	Script Supervisor
Alecia Larue	Production Coordinator
Margaret Hilliard	Unit Production Manager
David H Venghaus Jr	Assistant Director
Michael Risoli	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Nancy Jane King	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Susan E Walter	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Stuart Fink	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Doc Kane	ADR Mixer
Michelle Pleis-Stirber	Assistant Sound Editor
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Donald O Mitchell	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Joseph Mayer	ADR Editor
Randle Akerson	Sound Effects Editor
Beth Sterner	Sound Editor
James E Webb Jr	Sound Mixer
Randy K Singer	Foley Mixer
Thomas W Small	Foley Editor
Jeffrey Williams	Boom Operator
Rick Winquest	Sound Mixer - score recorder and mixer
Bill Ward	Assistant Sound Editor
John Benson	Sound Editor
Frank A Montano	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Susan Kurtz	Sound Effects Editor
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
Devon Curry	ADR Editor
Tammy Fearing	Foley Editor
Ken Dufva	Foley Artist
Rick Hart	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Corrine Villa	Assistant Sound Editor
Karen Wilson	Sound Effects Editor
Scott Curtis	Foley Editor
david fein	Foley Artist
Ken Miller	Assistant Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Tom Ward	Special Effects Coordinator
Nina Saxon	Titles - titles design
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Carol A O'Connell	Hair Stylist
Mari Grimaud	Costumes - key costumer
Bruce Hutchinson	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Deborah Hopper	Costume Supervisor
Stephen A Abrums	Makeup Artist
Dione Taylor	Hair Assistant - assistant hairstylist
Robin Borman-Wizan	Costumes - costumer
Lynda Foote	Costumes - costumer
Ann Culotta	Costumes - costumer

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