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.
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Cast
149 people
Jack Black
Bernie Tiede
Known for
Kung Fu Panda
The School of Rock
Shirley MacLaine
Marjorie Nugent
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Matthew McConaughey
Danny Buck Davidson
Known for
Interstellar
Dallas Buyers Club
Brady Coleman
Scrappy Holmes
Known for
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Powder
Richard Robichaux
Lloyd Hornbuckle
Known for
Big Shot
Paradise
Rick Dial
Don Leggett
Known for
Sling Blade
Crazy Heart
Brandon Smith
Sheriff Huckabee
Known for
Jeepers Creepers
Powder
Larry Jack Dotson
Rev. Woodard
Known for
Lost in the Sun
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Merrilee McCommas
Molly
Known for
Friday Night Lights
Mathew Greer
Carl
Known for
Godless
Mad Money
Marjorie Dome
Townsperson
No other roles listed
Tim Cariker
Townsperson
No other roles listed
Richard Linklater Director · Skip Hollandsworth Screenplay Graham Reynolds Composer
Worldwide gross $9.2M · Budget $5M · United States release April 27, 2012
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,206,470
Gross vs. budget
1.8×
Production
Mandalay Vision
Production
Detour Filmproduction
Production
Wind Dancer Films
Production
Millennium Media
Production
Millennium Films
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Production
Horsethief Pictures
Production
Wind Dancer Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 16, 2011
Premiere · Los Angeles Film Festival
United States · April 27, 2012
Limited theatrical
United States
March 14, 2012 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
Australia
August 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 6, 2011 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
France
January 8, 2025 · Theatrical
March 12, 2025 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
April 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Greece
March 7, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
September 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 13, 2012 · Digital
Iceland
June 22, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 26, 2013 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 25, 2012 · Theatrical
Poland
November 16, 2012 · Digital
Romania
April 27, 2012 · Premiere
South Korea
June 20, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
August 7, 2015 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 5, 2012 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 30, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 26, 2013 · Theatrical
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