1989 comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff
Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane, and starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Terry Kiser.
It tells the story of two young insurance corporation employees who discover that their boss, Bernie, is dead after arriving at his house in The Hamptons. While attempting to convince people that Bernie is still alive until they can leave to prevent them from being falsely suspected for causing his death, they discover that Bernie had, in fact, ordered their killing to cover up his embezzlement.
Weekend at Bernie's was released on July 5, 1989, and grossed $30 million on a $15 million budget. The film's success despite the mixed reviews inspired the sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II, released in 1993.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.