DVD 109 mins IMDB 6.2
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Bernard And Doris
HBO Home Video (2007)
In Collection
#311

Seen It:
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Comedy, Drama
USA  /  English

Ralph Fiennes Bernard Lafferty
Susan Sarandon Doris Duke
James Rebhorn Waldo Taft
Peter Asher First Butler
Don Harvey Security Guard
Chris Bauer Chef
Monique Curnen Paloma
Marilyn Torres Nancy
Nick Rolfe Ben
Dominick Dunne Board Member

Director Bob Balaban
Producer Bob Balaban; Dana Brunetti
Writer Hugh Costello

After failed relationships with her previous waitstaff, Doris meets Lafferty, fresh out of rehab and without a penny to his name. She takes him on as her butler and he is put in the unenviable position of having to convince the notoriously demanding Duke to keep him in her employ.

Edition Details
Barcode 883929010059
Region Any Region
Release Date 29-Apr-08
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date July 2008
Store MAO
Tags CL
Links DVD Empire
IMDB

Features
- Revealing audio commentary with director Bob Balaban
- "Growing Up Rich: The Real Doris Duke": A featurette, narrated by director Bob Balaban, detailing the life and times of the real woman behind the headlines

Notes
Every heiress needs a butler. Every butler needs a Duke. Inspired by the true story of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke and her devoted Irish butler Bernard Lafferty, the touching HBO Films drama Bernard and Doris stars Oscar winner Susan Sarando and Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Oscar nominee Bob Balaban, the film effectively captures the elegance of a bygone era and is scored with countless musical standards, such as Peggy Lee's "The Best Is Yet To Come". Bernard and Doris tells the witty and endearing tale of an unconventional bond between a society "princess" and her flawed "pauper" of a butler.