We recently provided you with a quick look at the trailer (01/29/2008) and now we have the full sized promo poster for HBO’s exclusive airing of Bernard and Doris (see my review this coming Saturday just prior to the February 9th airing at 8p.m.).
Based on the life story of billionaire tobacco baroness Doris Duke, comedic and popular character actor Bob Balaban delves into the scandal about her will. Doris (Susan Sarandon) is an extravagant woman of much wealth and influence who amassed many high society friends in her lifetime. Surprisingly, upon her death in 1993, she leaves her entire estate in the care of her gay Irish butler Bernard (Ralph Fiennes), who is barely literate. Controversy erupts on how exactly Bernard came to be the sole recipient of his employer’s entire fortune. The film offers an intimate, humorous look at how the relationship between the two might have unfolded.
