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DVD : Bernard and DorisIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $26.98 Amazon.com's Price: $22.99 You Save: $3.99 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0883929010059 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 29, 2008 Running Time: 109 minutes Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 12989 MPN: HBOD37134D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: 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 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 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. Amazon.com: Bravura turns by Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon in the title roles carry Bernard and Doris, director Bob Balaban’s 2007 film about the long relationship between zillionaire tobacco heiress-philanthropist Doris Duke and her butler, Bernard Lafferty. These are two fine actors (Sarandon has been nominated for five Oscars, winning for Dead Man Walking, while Fiennes has been nominated twice) at the top of their games. That’s a good thing, as they are on screen almost constantly; and the truth is that other than the evolution of the Duke-Lafferty bond, not a lot actually happens. Sarandon delivers a measured, almost casual performance as Duke, a woman who seems relatively unpretentious (if clearly entitled) about her vast fortune, despite have done absolutely nothing to earn it. Duke barely even acknowledges her various employees, except to fire them (or occasionally sleep with them; the twice-married heiress has a predilection for studly, much younger men)--until Lafferty comes along, that is. Stone broke and fresh out of rehab (his alcoholism is an ongoing theme), the shy Irishman gradually ingratiates himself with his demanding employer until he becomes as much a companion as a servant. It helps that as a gay man, he has no interest in seducing her; moreover, unlike the many others who are out to get their hands on her money, Lafferty seems to genuinely value loyalty and friendship over more venal concerns ("I just want to take care of you," he says in one of several poignant scenes), and he’s rewarded with several million dollars and full control of her estate after her death (in 1993). Fiennes is also admirably restrained in a role that could have been meretricious and over the top; combine that with a fine script (by Hugh Costello) and some great songs by Peggy Lee, and a splendid time is guaranteed for all. --Sam Graham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Almost completely fiction .This very fictionalized movie really trashed Doris Duke . It was sad to see her victimized again . Rating:  - FANTASTIC MOVIE!!!!This movie was spectacular! Susan Sarandon caputures the pure essence of Doris Duke. Ralph Fiennes was just great in this challanging and dark role! Excellent cinematography! Rating: - Bernard and DorisThis was an excellent HBO film for TV with two great actors. I think it demestraigted how poeple (no matter how rich or poor) have certain basic needs; moreover how far we'll go for fulfullment of those needs. Thesetwo indiviuals came fom different back grounds, but I think they loved each other deeply. They went through many trials in their relationship. This film is Rated R for sexual content and language. I recommend it with 4 stars. Rating: - I fell in love with Bernard and DorisThis beautifully shot and extremely well acted film captures an unlikely friendship at it's heart and eventual co-dependency. Susan Sarandon is her at her finest and creates a dreaming yet real, vulnerable yet strong and well rounded complex 'Doris' while Ralph Fiennes plays a convincingly complexly dysfunctional butler with nothing but love and adoration for Mrs. Duke. It's a charming and delightful tale of misfits who find each other and feed each other's insatiable need for love. Well done. Rating:  - Two stars for two stars...Of course, the performances are riveting. Just to be in the same room with these greats is a treat. However, this is a lifeless film, which might have been titled, "Zombies In Love." It went on and on and on, drab and exhausting to the final, gray, ending. Or, I should say, it "expired," as did its leading lady. Two more empty-headed, befuddled, besotted (with each other and alcohol) bores could not be found on the planet. I think it was supposed to be a tragedy, but the true ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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