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23 hours ago · Bernie is based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 1998 article titled Midnight in the Garden of East Texas, published in Texas Monthly magazine, exploring a true crime story — the murder of 81-year-old millionaire Marjorie Nugent in 1996. Bernie Tiede, an assistant funeral director, is highly regarded by the residents of Carthage, a small town in Texas.
4 days ago · That article was written by Skip Hollandsworth, a prolific true-crime writer who director Richard Linklater worked with before.
23 hours ago · Glen Powell, who collaborated with Linklater on the script, which is based on an article by Skip Hollandsworth, plays mild-mannered New Orleans philosophy professor Gary Johnson. Although his routine-driven, solitary lifestyle centres on his cats, Gary’s flair for electronics does enable him to dabble in undercover surveillance work for the police as a sideline.
4 days ago · Johnson’s story, first brought to light in an article by Skip Hollandsworth, has now been transformed into a film directed, produced, and co-written by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock), along with Glen Powell, who helped author the story and stars in the film.
5 days ago · Loosely based on a Skip Hollandsworth magazine article from Texas Monthly, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man follows Gary Johnson (played by Glen Powell), a professor of psychology and philosophy who moonlights for the New Orleans police department during sting operations.
4 days ago · To that, he partnered with Glen Powell and screenwriter Skip Hollandsworth to bring the story to life, but with added fictional elements as mentioned.
1 day ago · Near the end, when they have a couple of felonies behind them, Gary declares his love for Maddy. Then he adds a caveat: “There’s some factual loose threads we’ll be dealing with.” Those are the words of the screenwriters — Linklater, Powell and Skip Hollandsworth — owning up and calling themselves out for a job not-quite-so-well ...
