Weekend at Bernie's
1989 comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane, and starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Terry Kiser. It tells the story of two young insurance corporation employees who discover that their boss Bernie is dead after arriving at his house in The Hamptons. While attempting to convince people that Bernie is still alive until they can leave to prevent them from being falsely suspected for causing his death, they discover that Bernie had ordered their assassinations to cover up his embezzlement. Weekend at Bernie's grossed $30 million on a $15 million budget. The film's success inspired a sequel titled Weekend at Bernie's II (1993).
Weekend at Bernie's | |
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Directed by | Ted Kotcheff |
Written by | Robert Klane |
Produced by | Victor Drai |
Starring | |
Cinematography | François Protat |
Edited by | Joan E. Chapman |
Music by | Andy Summers |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[2] |
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Running time | 97 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[3] |
Box office | $30.2 million[2] |