A story so unbelievable it must be true.
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Writers
- Skip Hollandsworth, Richard Linklater
Themes1990sbased on magazine, newspaper or articlebased on true storycarthageconfession of crime
