Bernie
Release Date: April 2013
Genre: Black Comedy
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
WINNER - NY Critics Circle, Best Supporting Actor, Matthew McConaughey
WINNER - Gotham Awards, Best Ensemble Cast
NOMINATED - Golden Globe, Best Actor Musical or Comedy, Jack Black
NOMINATED - Independent Spirit Awards, Best Film and Best Actor, Jack Black
Synopsis: In an amazing true story set in Carthage, Texas, Jack Black plays Bernie Tiede, the small town’s beloved mortician who befriended its most unpopular citizen, Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine). When the townspeople went months without seeing Marjorie, they were shocked to finally learn that she was dead and Bernie Tiede had been charged with her murder.