Bernie
A story so unbelievable it must be true.
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.
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Worldwide
- $9M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
10 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Bernie returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $9M
- Release date
- Apr 27, 2012
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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