Bernard and Doris

Bernard and Doris
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Directed byBob Balaban
Written byHugh Costello
Produced byBob Balaban
Dana Brunetti
Jonathan Cavendish
Adam Kassen
Mark Kassen
C. Cory M. McCrum-Abdo
Mark Olsen
Kevin Spacey
Glen Trotiner
StarringSusan Sarandon
Ralph Fiennes
CinematographyMauricio Rubinstein
Edited byAndy Keir
Music byAlex Wurman
Distributed byHBO Films
Release date
  • September 2006 (2006-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Bernard and Doris is a 2006 film directed by Bob Balaban. The teleplay by Hugh Costello is a semi-fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty later in her life.

The film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 17, 2007 and was broadcast by HBO on February 9, 2008. It has been released on DVD.


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