Oh, God! Book II (1980)

Director:

Gilbert Cates

Writers:

Josh Greenfeld (story)
Josh Greenfeld (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 October 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

That's right, I made another movie. You know me, I can't stop creating.

Plot:

God asks a young girl to help spread his word and influence with a slogan.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Numbered Sequel | Depiction Of God | Reference To God | Religion

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

George Burns	...	God
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Paula Richards
David Birney	...	Don Richards
Louanne	...	Tracy Richards
John Louie	...	Shingo
Conrad Janis	...	Charles Benson, School Principal
Anthony Holland	...	Dr. Jerome Newell
Hugh Downs	...	NBC Newscaster
Joyce Brothers	...	Herself on NBC
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Judge Thomas Miller
Marian Mercer	...	Harriet Manley
Bebe Drake	...	Dr. Young, School Psychologist (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mari Gorman	...	Mrs. Hudson, Tracy's Teacher
Vernon Weddle	...	Superintendant Jeffrey Hodges
Alma Beltran	...	Rosa, Paula's Housekeeper
Denise Galik	...	Joan, Don's Big Boobed Girlfriend
Tad Horino	...	Mr. Yamamoto
Mitsu Yashima	...	Mrs. Yamamoto
Jessica Rains	...	Helen
Sunshine Parker	...	Railroad Station Derelict
Deborah Allison	...	1st Girl in Lounge
Terry Bolo	...	2nd Girl in Lounge
Al Rosen	...	Priest (as Albert Rosen)
Edie McClurg	...	Mr. Benson's Secretary
Ruth Silveira	...	Dr. Newell's Nurse
Ted White	...	Motorcycle Policeman
Bob Terhune	...	Motorcycle Policeman
Lisa Roberson	...	Medical Technician
Rodney Allen Rippy	...	Charlie
Rick Segall	...	Randy (as Ricky Segall)
Erin Ramsey	...	Lisa, Tracy's Classmate
Elizabeth Bryant	...	Lizzi
G. Lewis Cates	...	1st Child
David Yanez	...	2nd Child
Susanne Chandonae	...	3rd Child
Justin Randi	...	Harold (as Justin Randy)
Howard Duff	...	Dr. Benjamin Charles Whitley
Hans Conried	...	Dr. Barnes
Susan Krebs	...	Woman Psychiatrist
Edmund Stoiber	...	Psychiatrist 1
James Kirkwood Jr.	...	Psychiatrist 2 (as James Kirkwood)
Robin Braxton	...	Psychiatrist 3
Andre Philippe	...	Psychiatrist 4
Henry Polic II	...	Psychiatrist 5 (as Henri Polic II)
Richard Reicheg	...	Psychiatrist 6
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Janine King	...	Chinese Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Gilbert Cates

Writing credits
Josh Greenfeld		(story)
Josh Greenfeld		(screenplay) and
Hal Goldman		(screenplay) and
Fred S. Fox		(screenplay) and
Seaman Jacobs		(screenplay) and
Melissa Miller		(screenplay)
Avery Corman		(novel "Oh, God!")

Produced by
Gilbert Cates	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Fox

Cinematography by
Ralph Woolsey

Film Editing by
Peter E. Berger

Casting by
Karen Rea

Production Design by
E. Preston Ames

Set Decoration by
R. Chris Westlund		(as Chris Westlund)

Costume Design by
Vicki Sánchez

Makeup Department
Monique DeSart	....	hair stylist
Ruby Ford	....	hair stylist
John Norin	....	makeup artist
Jerry O'Dell	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kurt Neumann	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Lofaro	....	assistant director
David Valdes	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Art Dudley	....	construction coordinator
Paul Rylander	....	assistant property master
Tony Sweet	....	set designer
Steven Westlund	....	property master

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Gene Eliot	....	sound editor
Vince Gutierrez	....	dialogue replacement editor
Sid Lubow	....	sound editor
Andy MacDonald	....	re-recording mixer
Vern Poore	....	re-recording mixer
B. Scott Senechal	....	boom operator
Don Sharpless	....	sound
Josef von Stroheim	....	sound editor (as Joe von Stroheim)

Stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts: God
Bobby Porter	....	stunt double: Tracy
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric D. Andersen	....	camera operator (as Eric Andersen)
Bob Farmer	....	gaffer (as Robert Farmer)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera
Wynn Hammer	....	still photographer
Robert Moore	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Theresa Laursen	....	costumer (as Teresa Volpe)
Bucky Rous	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Daniel T. Cahn	....	assistant editor (as Daniel Cahn)
Virgil A. Tanner	....	color timer

Music Department
Eugene Marks	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Alan Collis	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Tom Folino	....	production associate
Peggy Griffin	....	assistant to producer
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor
Jack Langdon	....	assistant: George Burns
Phill Norman	....	title design
B.J. Smith	....	set medic
Paula Wakefield	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1982) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Tracy and Friend" - USA (poster title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

The second of three "Oh God" movies starring George Burns.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Tracey and her father are riding to the restaurant in his Jeep, they are not wearing seat belts. This is obvious when Tracey kisses her father on the cheek. In 1980, there were no mandatory seat belt laws. The first mandatory seat belt law was enacted in New York State in 1984.

Quotes:

Tracy Richards:How old are you?
God:Who knows after the first 2,000,000 years I stopped counting.

Movie Connections:

References Benji (1974)

Funny for kids and adults

The movie is about a kid who meets God in a restaurant.He tells her to think of something to make more people want to believe in God and all that junk.Well the kid and her friend think of something and come up with the slogan Think God.The write it all over the place.As soon is this goes out everyone thinks she is crazy.So they suspend her from school.And all she wanted to do was help God.So they plan to but her in a camp for "insane" kids.She needs help from God.She runs away from home.And God comes and brings her back home on a motorcycle. So at the meeting.To decide what to do with her.God shows everybody to have a little faith.That was a good movie like I said for kids and adults.