Credited cast: | |||
Jim Rash | ... | Bernard | |
David Koechner | ... | Huey | |
Mae Whitman | ... | Zelda | |
Sasha Alexander | ... | Roz | |
Eka Darville | ... | Conrad | |
Richard Kind | ... | Marty | |
Lauren Miller Rogen | ... | Stephanie | |
Nancy Travis | ... | Mona | |
Bellamy Young | ... | Aggie | |
Jay Renshaw | ... | Young Bernard | |
Jake O'Connor | ... | Young Huey | |
Shelby Fero | ... | Young Mona | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Samantha Michele Buchanan | ... | Sheila | |
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Celeste Busa | ... | The Urban Chick |
Hartleigh Buwick | ... | Quinn |
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 ...
Mirvish and company, working from Jules Fieffer's long lost script, crafted a smart, funny, and thoughtful film. The camera moves effortlessly in subtle ways, making this dialogue rich script float along.