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   Is the burial based on a true story?

   • Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Burial. The Burial is a riveting court drama based on the story of Jerry O'Keefe, who decides to take on a large funeral company called The Loewen Group and hires attorney Willie E. Gary to help him.

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   Who plays Willie in 'the burial' based on a true story?

   • Directed by Maggie Betts, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Doug Wright based on a New Yorker article, The Burial stars Foxx as the real-life personal injury lawyer Willie E. Gary, who was thrust into the legal limelight after winning an astonishing $500 million payout for his client in a 1995 lawsuit. As Gary, Foxx is magnetic.

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   Who wrote 'the burial'?

   • Initially written by Doug Wright (who is credited as a co-writer), The Burial mostly sticks with the above basic facts, but Betts takes generous liberties throughout. The script had been floating around since the late ‘90s, with directors like Alexander Payne and Ron Howard circling it at different points.

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   How does 'the burial' relate to race?

   • With deliberate tonal shifts—from comedic, to serious and profound, back to some comedic relief as the trial progresses—Betts infused The Burial with narrative touch points where race incrementally became more relevant to the story. “And then it hits this big revelation about the history of race in America,” she says.

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   Oct 6, 2023 · The true story that inspired The Burial was the subject of a New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, published with the same title in 1999. In it, Harr portrayed in great detail the specifics and...

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   Oct 13, 2023 · This post details plot points of the new movie "The Burial" and the real-life events it's based on. Everyone loves a great Hollywood legal drama, especially when the triumphant tale is true.

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   Oct 12, 2023 · Is The Burial based on a true story? The Burial is inspired by the true story of a 1995 court case between Jeremiah 'Jerry' O'Keefe, who owned eight funeral homes in Mississippi, and the Loewen Group, who bought a funeral home from Jerry and began selling their own insurance policies - despite having agreed to sell those from Jerry's company.

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   Oct 12, 2023 · ‘The Burial’ is a true story based on a real 1995 civil trial between Gary and Loewen Funeral Company. While the case is real and the script, penned by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, has been inspired by a 1999 New Yorker report by journalist Jonathan Harr, Betts has still taken some creative liberty to not portray the events exactly as they ...

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   Dec 7, 2023 · The new courtroom drama on Prime Video is based on the real story of Jerry O'Keefe and Willie E. Gary, but how much of it is true?

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   Oct 13, 2023 · Is The Burial based on a true story? Yes, The Burial is based on the true story of an American lawyer named Willie E. Gary (played by Jamie Foxx) and his client, Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe (Tommy...

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   Oct 14, 2023 · The legal drama movie The Burial from Prime Video has viewers wondering if it is based on a true story. The film has an A-list ensemble cast, including Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones, and is the story of a lawsuit aimed at a large funeral company.