The Man Who Sued God (2001)


Billy Connolly          Steve Myers
Judy Davis              Anna Redmond
Colin Friels            David Myers
Wendy Hughes            Jules Myers
Bille Brown             Gerry Ryan
Blair Venn              Les
Emily Browning          Rebecca Myers
Vincent Ball (II)       Cardinal
Frank Whitten (II)      Anglican Primate
Linal Haft              Rabbi
John Frost              Edward Piggot
Tim Robertson           Judge Bonaface
Peter Whitford          Church Moderator
Ritchie Singer          Sam Cohen
Steve Jacobs            Hal
Josephine Byrnes        Cressida Roache
John Howard (II)        Edward Piggott

Directed by:            Mark Joffe
Produced by:            Ben Gannon


A fisherman's boat is struck by lightning and overturns. When insurers refuse reimbursement, deeming 
the incident an "act of God," the man tries to sue God.

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Billy Connolly plays Steve Myers, a lawyer who became a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece 
of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was 
'an act of God'. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the church under the 
guise of God, defending himself. The accident leads him to a friendship and eventual relationship with 
a journalist, Anna Redmond (Davis).

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Advocate Steve Myers is disillusioned with the lies and deception he experiences in Court and decides to 
quit. He invests money in a small yacht and goes off sailing. Then one day he wakes up to find his yacht 
has been struck by lightning and totaled. He informs his insurance company, who review and then 
subsequently decline his claim on the grounds that they are not liable as his yacht was destroyed due to 
an 'Act of God'. With no money to finance another yacht, Steve dramatically files a claim against God, 
naming the Pope and the local Bishop as representatives of God, and thereby the respondents. The Pope, 
the Bishop, their respective lawyers, as well as their insurance company get together to find a way to 
settle this dilemma, which does catch the fancy of the media. It is in Court that God's representatives 
will have to admit that Steve's yacht was actually His Act, accept it, and compensate him, or deny it 
altogether, and thereby deny His existence, and leave the onus on Steve to prove his claim.