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
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.
wittywhimsicallightheartedfeel-goodfantasticalsillycheerfulcozy
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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