Bernard and Huey
Based on characters that originally appeared in Oscar/Pulitzer-winner Jules Feiffer’s Village Voice comic strip dating back to 1957, Jules wrote the screenplay to “Bernard and Huey” in 1986. It took director Dan Mirvish (Slamdance co-founder) four years to track down the script and work with Feiffer – now 88 and still extremely active as a graphic novelist and playwright – to reinvigorate the project. Cast includes Oscar-winner Jim Rash, Richard Kind, Nancy Travis, Sasha Alexander, Bellamy Young and Mae Whitman, among others. Shot on Super16 film and Alexa. The film starts with post-collegiate Huey (a roguish ladies man) and Bernard (his nebbishy best friend). We flash forward 25 years and now Bernard is a successful New York bachelor, and Huey arrives on his doorstep looking old and washed up. As the two reconnect, Bernard starts a relationship with Huey’s estranged daughter Zelda, an aspiring cartoonist. Huey slowly gets his mojo back and tries to seduce various women in Bernard’s …
- Release: 2018 ( 08 Jun 2018 )
- Genre: ✯ Comedy ✯ Drama
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Runtime: 90 mins
- Rating: 5
- Quality: ✯ 1080P Bluray ✯ 1080P WebRip ✯ 720P Bluray ✯ 720P WebRip
* WebRip: same quality as BluRay, but ripped earlier from a streaming service
