  Bernard And Doris (2007) (Dvd)Bernard And Doris (2007) (Dvd)
UPC Number: 883929010059
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, James Rebhorn, Susan Sarandon, Monique Curnen
Directors: Bob Balaban
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Release date: April 29, 2008
Run time: 109 minutes
Product Description
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 Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) and Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient). 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. Directed by Bob Balaban (Gosford Park), 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.
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