Director: Richard Linklater

Writers: Skip Hollandsworth; Richard Linklater

Keywords: Dark Comedy

Black comedy dramatizes the real-life story of Texas millionaire Marjorie Nugent's 1996 murder.

ABSTRACT
Adapted from the 1998 Texas Monthly article Midnight in the Garden of East Texas, Bernie follows its titular character, assistant mortician Bernie Tiede, as he strikes up a friendship with lonely elderly widow and millionaire Marjorie Nugent that eventually blossoms into a romance. Tired of Nugent's increasingly abusive demands, Tiede murders her, forcing local district attorney Danny Buck Davidson into an awkward situation where he must work to convict a man so popular in the community that it remains a tall task to swing public opinion against him even after he has confessed.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jack Black	Musician	28-Aug-1969		Half of Tenacious D
Shirley MacLaine	Actor	24-Apr-1934		Terms of Endearment
Matthew McConaughey	Actor	4-Nov-1969		Contact

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