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1st Look: Bernard and Doris television poster promo sheet

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.

Bernard and Doris Poster

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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