Film
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!
Comedy, Crime· Directed by Ted Kotcheff· 98 min
Overview
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
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- A lively comedy about a guy who isn't.
USA Theatrical
- Bernie Lomax would be the perfect host, except for one small problem: He's dead.
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- Two morons. One corpse. And the plot thickens...
- The drop dead comedy of the year!
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Connections
Weekend at Bernie's
- Weekend at Bernie's (1989) — this film
- Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
You don't have to stop partying just because you've stopped breathing.
Top billing
- Andrew McCarthy as Larry Wilson
- Jonathan Silverman as Richard Parker
- Catherine Mary Stewart as Gwen Saunders
- Terry Kiser as Bernie Lomax
- Don Calfa as Paulie, Vito's Hit Man