Bernard and the genie (1991)
Title Bernard and the genie
Publisher Televista
Year: 1991
Format DVD
Type Movie
Genre Comedy films; Fantasy films
LC Call No. PN1995.9.F36B476 1991
Subject Art thefts--Drama; Christmas--Drama; Jinn--Drama
Year 1991
Runtime 70 min
Director Weiland, Paul
Cast Henry, Lenny - Genie
Cumming, Alan, 1965- - Bernard Bottle
Atkinson, Rowan - Charles Pinkworth
Synopsis Sacked, jilted, his apartment stripped bare ... it's just not Bernard Bottle's day.  All he has left is an old Arabic lamp, and when he gives it a good polish, the ensuing explosion puts him in a hospital.  He returns home to a very large genie wearing very large pants and an even larger frown.  Once he has calmed down, however, the genie is delighted with the wonders of civilization: ice cream, Big Macs, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Barry White's Greatest Hits.  And Bernard is delighted with having his very own genie to fill his flat with art treasures and exact revenge on his exceptionally evil boss, his ex-fiancée and his ex-best friend.  Life for the streetwise hustler from 30 B.C. and the polite ex-art dealer from the present day is just magic -- until two days before Christmas when everything goes hideously wrong.  Bernard is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa and murdering a perfectly pleasant police officer.  Only the genie can save him, and he's in Piccadilly Circus watching Terminator 2.
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