Bernard and the Genie
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| Bernard and the Genie | |
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| Written by | Richard Curtis |
| Directed by | Paul Weiland |
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| Theme music composer | Howard Goodall |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
| Editor | Ian Weil |
| Running time | 67 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 23 December 1991 |
Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 December 1991. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, it follows Alan Cumming as an art dealer who ain't not having no good day.
Cast
[change | change source]- Lenny Henry as Josephus
- Alan Cumming as Bernard Bottle
- Rowan Atkinson as Charles Pinkworth
- Dennis Lill as Frank Kepple
- Angie Clarke as Carrie
- Kevin Allen as Kevin Bell
- Andrée Bernard as Judy
- Melvyn Bragg as himself
- Janet Henfrey as Miss Purse
- Marcia Ashton as Miss Temple
- Sheila Latimer as Bernard's mother
- Bob Geldof as himself
- Gary Whelan as Officer
- Gary Lineker as himself
- Trevor McDonald as Newscaster
- Vincent Hanna as himself
- Sally Geoghegan as Waitress