Bernie

Bernie (2012)

12A26 April 2013 (IE)Comedy, Crime, Drama1 hour and 39 minutes
66%
User score

A story so unbelievable it must be true.

Description

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Richard Linklater
Director, Screenplay
Skip Hollandsworth
Screenplay

Actors

Jack Black
Jack Black
Bernie Tiede
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Marjorie Nugent
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Danny Buck Davidson
Brady Coleman
Brady Coleman
Scrappy Holmes
Richard Robichaux
Richard Robichaux
Lloyd Hornbuckle
Rick Dial
Rick Dial
Don Leggett
Brandon Smith
Brandon Smith
Sheriff Huckabee
Larry Jack Dotson
Larry Jack Dotson
Rev. Woodard
Merrilee McCommas
Merrilee McCommas
Molly
Mathew Greer
Mathew Greer
Carl
Marjorie Dome
Marjorie Dome
Townsperson
Tim Cariker
Tim Cariker
Townsperson
Fern Luker
Fern Luker
Townsperson
Jack Payne
Jack Payne
Townsperson
Sonny Carl Davis
Sonny Carl Davis
Townsperson
Chris Humphrey
Chris Humphrey
Townsperson
Jesse Lucio
Jesse Lucio
Mourner
Ann Reeves
Ann Reeves
Townsperson
Kay Epperson
Kay Epperson
Townsperson
Ira Bounds
Ira Bounds
Townsperson
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$9,206,470

Keywords
texasdark comedybased on true storycarthagestockbrokerprison visitmissing personfuneral directorfuneral homeembezzlementhidden corpseestranged family memberjury trialhickconfession of crimeduringcreditsstinger1990sbased on magazine, newspaper or article