Overview
Genre
Comedy, DramaRelease Date
April 27, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating
PG-13Duration
104 min.Studio
Millennium FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Richard LinklaterProducer
Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Ginger SledgeScreenwriter
Skip Hollandsworth, Richard LinklaterStarring
- Jack Black as Bernie
- Matthew McConaughey as Danny Buck Davidson
- Shirley MacLaine as Marjorie Nugent
- Rick Dial
- Gary Teague
- Tommy G. Kendrick
- Larry Jack Dotson
- Veronica Orosco
- Mona Lee Fultz
- Brady Coleman
Story
"Bernie" is a dark comedy about a relationship in a small East Texas town between a fussy, but beloved assistant funeral home director (Black) and the town's domineering grande dame (MacLaine). The film is based on "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas, an article published in Texas Monthly magazine in 1998. The article chronicles the life of Bernie Tiede, who transformed the town of Carthage with his generosity and who then, to the disbelief of Carthage residents, was arrested for a serious crime".
