Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie (1991)

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.

Date of release
1991-11-23
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie
Director
Paul Weiland

Casting

Interesting facts

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, with a single BBC repeat on 19 December 1993. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, it follows Alan Cumming as Bernard Bottle, an art dealer who is not having a good day. Lenny Henry won the Radio Times TV Comedy Performance of the Year award for his portrayal of Josephus the Genie.

Production

Writer Richard Curtis was inspired to write Bernard and the Genie out of a desire for something cheerful following a viewing of an Agatha Christie adaptation which left him and his family feeling miserable.

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