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Bernie is a 2011 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Richard Linklater, and written by Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth. The film stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. It is based on Hollandsworth's January 1998 article, "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas", published in Texas Monthly magazine.
May 31, 2024 · Released in 2011, Bernie is a dark comedy-drama directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey. Inspired by true events, this satirical tale follows the life of Bernie Tiede, a beloved funeral director in a small Texas town who forms an unusual friendship with a wealthy widow named Marjorie Nugent.
Jun 22, 2012 · Bernie. In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Richard Linklater
- 2012-06-22
Apr 27, 2012 · Richard Linklater's Bernie is a gently told and unexpectedly amusing true-crime comedy that benefits from an impressive performance by Jack Black. Assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede (Jack...
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- Richard Linklater
- PG-13
- Jack Black
In a series of interviews with townspeople, mixed with flashbacks, we follow Bernie: he arrives in Carthage, Texas (pop. 7,000), where old ladies adore him; he befriends a wealthy, mean-spirited widow named Marjorie Nugent; they become companions in both daily routines and expensive vacations.
Apr 23, 2013 · Texan filmmaker Richard Linklater offers a wry, blackly comic take on his home state with this tongue-in-cheek, often camp spin on a real-life murder case that took place in the late 1990s. Jack...
Apr 27, 2011 · Summary. In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town’s most beloved residents. He taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir and was...
