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Nov 28, 2022 · In the true story behind the movie "Bernie," Bernhardt Tiede II killed his companion, 81-year-old Marjorie "Marge" Nugent, inside her home in Carthage, Texas on November 19, 1996. "Sweet guy" Bernie Tiede's town stuck by him, even after he confessed to murder.
These events are the subject of the critically acclaimed film Bernie (2011), a dark comedy directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black as Tiede. The film attracted attention to Tiede's case, and new evidence was discovered. He was temporarily released on bail in 2014, pending a resentencing hearing.
Jun 22, 2012 · With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman. 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.
May 7, 2012 · In the truth is stranger than fiction category, we can include the true story behind the new movie, "Bernie," a dark comedy. It's a murder story based on what happened in the small town of...
Mar 20, 2024 · Bernie, based upon a bizarre true story, is a reunion of Jack Black and director Richard Linklater. Their 2003 film, School of Rock, remains the quintessential deployment of Black's screen...
Apr 27, 2012 · Based on a true story, “Bernie” centers on Bernie Tiede (Black), a steadfast and ambitious mortician, beloved by the locals in his East Texas town of Carthage for his hard work ethic and...
Apr 23, 2016 · April 23, 2016 4:53 pm. In 2011, Jack Black starred in the Richard Linklater film “Bernie” about a mortician who starts a relationship with a widow, 40 years his senior, murders her and hides the...
