Bernard and Doris

Bernard and Doris

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 Oscar? nominee 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 Oscar? nominee 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.

Production Year: 
2007
Released: 
Tue, 04/29/2008
Run Time Minutes: 
109
Rating: 
NR
Genres: 
Comedy
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
480x720 LowRez
More Information: 
HD-4
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
5.1
Actors: 
Susan Sarandon - Doris Duke
Actors: 
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard Lafferty
Actors: 
Peter Asher - First Butler
Actors: 
Don Harvey - Security Guard
Actors: 
Chris Bauer - Chef
Actors: 
Monique Gabriela Curnen - Paloma
Actors: 
Marilyn Torres - Nancy
Actors: 
Nick Rolfe - Ben
Actors: 
James Rebhorn - Waldo Taft
Actors: 
Dominick Dunne
Actors: 
Thomas J. McGrath
Actors: 
Gene Parseghian
Actors: 
Henry Schleiff
Actors: 
Calvin Trillin
Actors: 
Kunnath P. Namboodiri - Swami
Actors: 
David Kuhn
Actors: 
Neal Huff
Actors: 
James Bracchitta - Patrolman
Actors: 
Robert Penotti - Masseur
Actors: 
Bruce MacVittie - Doctor
Actors: 
Ed Onipede Blunt - Second Officer