Bernard and the Genie (1991)
- Directed by
- Paul Weiland
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 29 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An unlucky art dealer accidentally releases a genie from an antique bottle. The genie grants him wishes that help turn his bad day around.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.