BERNIE

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
• Plot: Directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), this blackly comic docudrama tells the story of Bernie Tiede (Jack Black), the gentle assistant funeral director in Carthage, Texas, who strikes up an unusual relationship with wealthy widow Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine). Marjorie's oft-unpleasant demeanor has ostracized her among the majority of Carthage's residents, but Bernie emerges as her most trusted confidante, accompanying Marjorie on vacations and handling her business and personal affairs. But her venom curdles their union, and Marjorie ultimately turns up dead. Much to the surprise of the local district attorney (Matthew McConaughey), the town rallies behind Bernie, despite overwhelming evidence implicating him as Marjorie's killer.
• Cast: Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux, Rick Dial, Brandon Smith, Larry Jack Dotson, Merrilee McCommas, Mathew Greer, Marjorie Dome, Tim Cariker, Fern Luker, Jack Payne, Sonny Carl Davis, Chris Humphrey, Ann Reeves, Kay Epperson, Ira Bounds, James Baker, Kay McConaughey, Kristi Youngblood, Margaret Bowman, Mollie Fuller, Tanja Givens, Glenda Jones, Travis Blevins, Sylvia Froman, Martha Long, Jo Perkins, Reba Tarjick, Dale Dudley, James Wilson, Teresa Edwards, Billy Vaticalos, Rob Anthony, Tommy G. Kendrick, Pam McDonald, Kathy Gollmitzer, Cozette McNeely, Richard Jones, Suzi McLaughlin, Grant James, Juli Erickson, Charlie m Stewart, Joe Stevens, Raquel Gavia, Amparo García, Doug Moreland, Edward Ji, Jill Blackwood, David Blackwell, Gabriel Luna, Deanna Newcomb, David Steakley, Peter Harrell Jr., Joe Leroy Reynolds, Christian Stokes, John Hornbuckle, Wray Crawford, Margaret Hoard, Charles Allen Eskew, Quita Culpepper, Mona Lee Fultz, Jerry Biggs, Robert Works, Patty Allieri, Heath Allyn, Ben Bachelder, Charles Bailey, Cheryl Bond Danks, Fred Bothwell, Steve Cauley, Gene Cervenka, Franky Coronado, Randy Coy, Wendy Crouse, Garret Danks, Eddy Fitzgerald, Valerie Frazee, Orion Gallagher, June Griffin Garcia, Terry Harrison, Paul Heckmann, Connie Kennedy, Stephen C. Kerr, Robert H. Lambert, Rudi Lee, Kevin Machate, Patrick Martin Jr., James Leonardo Mayberry, Timothy T. McKinney, Caroline McNeil, Joe Nelson, Earl Nottingham, Veronica Orosco, Skye Polchert, Mitchell Rad, Angelita Aronce Sorensen, Gary Teague, Richard Linklater, Skip Hollandsworth
• Director: Richard Linklater
• Runtime: 1:39
• Company: Alliance Films, Mandalay Vision, Wind Dancer Films, Hyde Park Entertainment, Detour Film Productions
• Media Format: Movie