In August, Millennium Home Media will bring Bernie to Blu-ray. Directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), this blackly comic docudrama tells the story of Bernie Tiede (Jack Black, High Fidelity), the gentle assistant funeral director in Carthage, Texas, who strikes up an unusual relationship with wealthy widow Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment).
Marjorie's oft-unpleasant demeanor has ostracized her among the majority of Carthage's residents, but Bernie emerges as her most trusted confidante, accompanying Marjorie on vacations and handling her business and personal affairs. But her venom curdles their union, and Marjorie ultimately turns up dead. Much to the surprise of the local district attorney (Matthew McConaughey, The Lincoln Lawyer), however, the town rallies behind Bernie, despite overwhelming evidence implicating him as Marjorie's killer.
While the technical specifications are still unknown for Millennium's Blu-ray, the disc contains a number of bonus supplements, such as:
True Story to Film behind-the-scenes featurette
The Gossips featurette on Carthage's real-life townspeople
Special performance of "Amazing Grace" by Jack Black