Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie

70 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 1991

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.

Bernard and the Genie

70 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 1991

Bernard and the Genie
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Miramax, BBC, Talkback Productions, Attaboy Films
Original title Bernard and the Genie
Directors Paul Weiland
Writers Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis

Cast

Lenny Henry

as Josephus the Genie

Alan Cumming

as Bernard Bottle

Rowan Atkinson

as Charles Pinkworth

John Gabriel

as Wizard

Kevin Allen

as Kevin

Denis Lill

as Frank Kepple

Angela Clarke

as Carrie

Janet Henfrey

as Miss Purse

Marcia Ashton

as Miss Temple

Trevor Laird

as PC Parker

Gary Whelan

as Officer

Bob Geldof

as Himself

Melvyn Bragg

as Himself

Trevor McDonald

as Newscaster

Gary Lineker

as Himself

David Forman

as Leonardo