Movie
Bernie
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-04-27
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mandalay Vision, Detour Filmproduction, Wind Dancer Films, Millennium Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Black as Bernie Tiede
- Shirley MacLaine as Marjorie Nugent
- Matthew McConaughey as Danny Buck Davidson
- Brady Coleman as Scrappy Holmes
- Richard Robichaux as Lloyd Hornbuckle
- Rick Dial as Don Leggett
- Brandon Smith as Sheriff Huckabee
- Larry Jack Dotson as Rev. Woodard
- Merrilee McCommas as Molly
- Mathew Greer as Carl
- Marjorie Dome as Townsperson
- Tim Cariker as Townsperson
Crew
- Richard Linklater - Director
- Skip Hollandsworth - Screenplay
- Richard Linklater - Screenplay
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