Concept: A sweet natured assistant funeral home director loved by a small town community strikes up an unlikely friendship with the meanest and wealthiest old widow in town, until she pushes him too far and he shoots her dead.

Genre: Dark Comedy

Status: Release Date: April 27, 2012

Writers: Richard Linklater & Skip Hollandsworth (based on the Texas Monthly article "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas")

Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey

Director: Richard Linklater (SCHOOL OF ROCK, DAZED & CONFUSED)

Official Movie Site: www.bernie-the-movie.com