The Burial(Movie, 2023)

Name: The Burial
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: T02:6:00
Rating: 3.6

| 2h 6min | Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 125 votes)

The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright. It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr. It stars Jamie Foxx as Gary, Tommy Lee Jones as O'Keefe, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, and Bill Camp. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023, and was released by Amazon MGM Studios in a limited release on October 6, 2023, prior to streaming via Prime Video on October 13, 2023. ()

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About The Burial

When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.

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Teaser (Teaser) | Official Trailer (Trailer) | Willie Gary's Origin Story (Clip)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.amazon.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New Orleans (Louisiana)

Made by: Maven Pictures, Big Indie Pictures, Double Nickel Entertainment, Foxxhole Productions, Bobby Shriver Inc., Amazon MGM Studios

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 29 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/06/2023

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, Bill Camp, Dorian Missick, Pamela Reed, Amanda Warren, Alan Ruck, Billy Slaughter, Lance E. Nichols

Director: Maggie Betts

Screenwriter: Doug Wright, Maggie Betts

Film Editor: Lee Percy, Jay Cassidy

Director of Photography: Maryse Alberti

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"The Burial: Krieg der Bestatter"

"خاک‌سپاری"

"더 베리얼"

"Погребение"

Keywords: funeral director, racial tension, trial, funeral home, corporate greed, based on true story

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The Burial(Movie, 2023)

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