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    At the movies

    Journalist Skip Hollandsworth helps bring "only-in-Texas" true-crime story tothe screen in Bernie

    Joe Leydon
    May 4, 2012 | 6:30 am
    • Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine star in Bernie.
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    • Skip Hollandsworth at the Hollywood premiere of Bernie.
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    Texas Monthly writer Skip Hollandsworth would be among the first to agree with Jim Morrison’s memorable take on human nature: People are strange.

    Consider: As his editor, Jake Silverstein, duly notes this month in the magazine that provides them both with gainful employment, Hollandsworth has written – vividly, perceptively and often award-worthily — about such notorious types as Andrea Yates, the H-Town mother who drowned her children in the family bathtub; Clara Harris, the Clear Lake dentist who brought her troubled marriage to a violent quietus by repeatedly running over her husband with her Mercedes; and Susan Wright, the Harris County housewife who stabbed her husband 193 times because she was really, really pissed off at the guy.

    And yet, even after years of frequent exposure to so much extreme behavior, Hollandsworth admits he remains uniquely astounded by the life and crimes of Bernie Tiede, a seemingly genial and mild-mannered fellow who came to grief while working as assistant director of a funeral home in the East Texas town of Carthage.

     

      Even after years of frequent exposure to so much extreme behavior, Hollandsworth admits he remains uniquely astounded by the life and crimes of Bernie Tiede.

      In 1997, Tiede, then 39, was arrested for the murder of 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow who by most accounts was a singularly, if not aggressively, unpleasant individual. Tiede had long been Mrs. Nugent’s attentive companion and trusted confidant. So trusted, in fact, that he had ready access to her bank accounts.

    Danny Buck Davidson, the criminal district attorney who prosecuted the case, claimed Tiede murdered Mrs. Nugent because she had discovered he was embezzling. But Tiede’s defense attorney counter-argued that his client committed the crime during a bout of temporary insanity – and, furthermore, had used Mrs. Nugent’s money only to help needy Carthage residents.

    Whatever his motivation, Tiede shot Mrs. Nugent four times in the back, then stuffed her body in his deep freeze. (He would later claim that he’d fully intended to eventually give her the decent burial she deserved.) Amazingly, no one noticed her absence for the better part of nine months. Incredibly, after the murder was uncovered and Tiede was arrested, many of the good folks of Carthage rallied to his defense.

    Indeed, prosecutor Davidson wound up asking the presiding judge to move the murder trial to San Augustine, because he thought there weren’t enough potential jurors in Carthage who’d be willing to convict the improbably popular defendant. (The judge, it should be noted, agreed.)

    “Midnight in the Garden of East Texas,” Hollandsworth’s account of bizarre case, was published in the January 1998 issue of Texas Monthly. Shortly after it appeared, the writer was approached by Houston-born filmmaker Richard Linklater, who wanted Hollandsworth to adapt the piece into screenplay.

    Linklater was convinced that this stranger-than-fiction true-crime story could be turned into a memorable movie. Unfortunately, it took him more than a decade to find investors who agreed with him.

    But some things are well worth waiting for: Bernie, the darkly comical and critically acclaimed film based on Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article, opens in Houston this weekend. It features Jack Black in the title role, Matthew McConaughey as Danny Buck Davidson and Oscar-winning living legend Shirley MacLaine – winner of the 2010 Cinema Arts Festival Houston award for lifetime achievement – as the notoriously ill-tempered Marjorie Nugent.

    And Hollandsworth – who did indeed co-write the screenplay with director Linklater – visited Houston last week to tell us all about it.

     CultureMap: The great David Lean once complained that the worst part of filmmaking was having to leave on the cutting-room floor some scenes that were difficult to shoot yet dear to his heart.

     Skip Hollandsworth: OK, I’m already terrified. Here I am, I’m just a hack magazine writer, and you’re bringing up David Lean. Oh, my God.

     

      Linklater was convinced that this stranger-than-fiction true-crime story could be turned into a memorable movie. Unfortunately, it took him more than a decade to find investors who agreed with him. 

     CM: Then let’s put it another way: What did you hate to lose while you were translating this story from magazine article to motion picture?

     SH: Well, that’s a tough one. And I think it’s the reason Rick hired me. He could have hired any screenwriter he wanted to. But he hired me because I think he already envisioned 14 years ago exactly what he wanted this movie to look like. And how he wanted it to be. He wanted it to be close to a documentary. So he wanted someone with him who could do the research, pull quotes from people, get the stories right. So that everything would come out of the actual facts of the story.

    I’ve had articles optioned before, and the screenwriter’s come in and, basically, treated the original article as a very basic blueprint for them to take off on their flights of fancy. But right from the start, Rick saw this as a way to paint a picture of a corner of the world that nobody knows about.

     CM: And he didn’t want anyone to Hollywoodize it, right?

     SH: Yeah, but here’s the thing: When I realized I was going to get my name on this movie – when I realized, “Hey, I’m a screenwriter!” – I began writing these scenes that I thought were fantastic. My creative side was coming out. But whenever I did that, Rick would ask – in that gentle, loving way of his – “Did that really happen?” And when I said it didn’t, he’d say, “Hell, no.”

    So, to answer your question, no, there wasn’t anything that had to be taken out [in the editing room]. We just stuck to the facts, and the narrative came out of that.

     CM: How did you feel when you learned Bernie was finally going to be made – with this particular cast?

     SH: Stunned. Flabbergasted. Rick said, “We’ve gotten $5 million for this movie.” Which was a statement in itself about the state of independent film in America in 2010. But then Rick got Black, McConaughey and MacLaine to take Screen Actors Guild minimums to be in the movie. So if Jack Black got $12 million or whatever for his last movie, Gulliver’s Travels, and then got, what, $65,000 for this one – it must mean that he just loved the idea of what he was going to get to do in the movie. I was pretty amazed.

    Actually, I think one of the reasons the script didn’t sell early on was, there was no actor around who could be clearly identified as the guy who could play Bernie. I think Rick was sort of searching for that when he had meetings with people. I wasn’t in on them, but as I understand it, when they asked him, “Well, who’s going to be your Bernie?” – he didn’t know what to say.

    And then here comes the serendipitous stuff. He meets Black when they do School of Rock and they become fast friends. Rick’s direction of School of Rock helps push Black’s career into the stratosphere. So Black always loves this idea of working with Rick again.

     CM: But did you have any reservations about someone known as a comic actor playing this particular role?

     SH: [Laughs] Joe, I have no idea what actors can or cannot do. I’ve never been close to this world before. I didn’t know anything. I was, like, on the set watching open-mouthed. I never engaged in any conversations like, “Oh, Jack Black? Does he have the right dramatic gravitas?”

     CM: How about Matthew McConaughey? Were you surprised that he wanted to play the district attorney?

     SH: No, because Matthew and Rick are like brothers. They love each other. They take batting practice at the UT baseball cage. Matthew has now bought a home in Austin, so they do even more stuff together. And Matthew has often said that of all the directors he’s ever worked with, there have only been a couple that have allowed him to help mold the character he played.

    And Rick is one of those directors – well, remember when I wrote in my [May 2012 Texas Monthly] article about how Shirley MacLaine got crazed because Rick wouldn’t tell her what to do? That’s because he makes you come to the character, and find that character for yourself. And Matthew loves that.

     

      Let me tell you something about else Matthew McConaughey: The guy is a brilliant improvisational actor.

      Let me tell you something about else about Matthew McConaughey: The guy is a brilliant improvisational actor. He would go off script, and I would be sitting there thinking, “This is fantastic – and I’m going to get credit for it.”

     CM: When Shirley MacLaine accepted her Cinema Arts Festival award here in 2010, she couldn’t say enough nice things about Jack Black.

     SH: Yeah, I heard about that. It was right after we’d finished filming.

     CM: That probably helped them develop such a distinctive chemistry on screen – the fact that she thinks so highly of him.

     SH: She still does. In the latest round of press stuff she did for the film, she went absolutely crazy for him.

     CM: So let’s cut to the chase: Why do you think Bernie killed the old lady?

     SH: Well, let’s start with the theories that have been put forth. Danny Buck Davidson, the district attorney, is completely convinced – though he has not a shred of evidence – that Mrs. Nugent discovered that Bernie was stealing money out of her accounts while she was alive and spending it on townspeople and a town she didn’t like. She got furious, and was headed to the bank to take his name off of all her accounts. Or she was headed to the police, to report that he was stealing money from her. Either way, he had no choice but to shoot her.

    And if you go to East Texas right now, Danny Buck will invite you into his office and give you a 30-minute lecture to the effect that this is absolutely what happened.

    The other theory is, here is this gentle man who had spent his life devoted to bringing dignity to other people’s lives, to lifting up other people. I mean, he was lifting up Mrs. Nugent. Here was this deeply unhappy woman who didn’t know what to do except be angry. And he wanted to make her feel better before she died. And while doing all of this, he loses his own self. And he has a moment where he loses all sense of sanity in one afternoon, and shoots her four times in the back.

     

      So let’s cut to the chase: Why do you think Bernie killed the old lady?

      CM: And yet he was not able to use temporary insanity as a defense.

    SH: True. But really, just because the courts don’t allow that as an adequate defense – does that mean that people don’t suddenly snap? They don’t have a temporary bout of insanity, and just lose it? Because if you talk to Bernie – that’s what he says happened. And he’s powerfully convincing.

     CM: What do you think?

     SH: I’m a journalist. I keep it straight down the middle. I put the facts in front of you, and let you decide.

     CM: But you’re also a scriptwriter. And that means you had to have some opinion, if only to be able to dramatize the story.

    SH: Well, clearly, we went in the direction of Bernie having a bout of temporary insanity. But still…

     CM: Yes?

     SH: There remains the mystery: What was up with Bernie? What made him kill Mrs. Nugent? We’re never going to know for sure. We can’t eliminate the possibility that maybe there was something sinister in Bernie. But I’ve done a million of these stories where I go through people’s lives, searching for that defining moment that leads them to commit an act that just defies explanation. And there is nothing in Bernie’s background that indicates he had any kind of anti-social personality that would lead him to do something like this. Usually you can find some evidence in someone’s past…

     CM: Unless they’ve been very good at repressing their rage.

     SH: And that’s Jack’s theory: This is a guy who didn’t know how to deal with his own sense of frustration, so he bottled it up – and then it just exploded.

    But here’s another thing: Did Bernie ever spend any money on himself? There’s always been rumors that he hid a few million dollars somewhere in Europe, and he’s waiting until he gets out to get it. But there’s zero evidence of that. All the money’s been accounted for. Bernie never spent any money on himself. So if he wanted to kill her for some kind of financial gain – wouldn’t you have seen some evidence of him taking advantage of that financial gain?

     CM: Also, wouldn’t he have come up with a better plan than simply stowing the body in a freezer for nine months?

     SH: I can understand someone doing something like Bernie did, and you sort of freeze yourself, emotionally freeze yourself, because you don’t know what to do. And with each passing day, no one does anything about it – and that creates even more inertia.

     CM: It’s a cliché, but in this case it’s true: You wouldn’t dare make up a story like this.

    SH: I think the worry back when we were first trying to get this made was, because this story is so fantastic, are people going to believe it’s true? I even had sort of a debate with Rick about that. I said, “Look, instead of having that placard at the start of the movie saying, “What you’re fixin’ to see is a true story,” maybe we should have something like, “The following story is based on true events that happened in Carthage, Texas.”

    We decided that that would have taken away from the overall tone of the movie. But I still wonder if there’ll be people who’ll walk in and see this, and think, “No, that couldn’t have happened. It’s made up.”

    But it’s not made up.

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    Here are the 15 best things to do in Houston this 4th of July weekend

    Craig D. Lindsey
    Jul 2, 2025 | 6:30 pm
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    The city has revealed the performers for its July 4 celebration.

    The 4th of July lands on a Friday this year, which means things will get especially patriotic this weekend.

    We’ve already listed all the fireworks celebrations and restaurant specials that’ll be popping off on Friday. (Don’t forget about the screenings of Independence Day at River Oaks Theatre, Rooftop Cinema Club and Marriott Marquis Houston.) But there are also other must-see events happening this weekend, including a LEGO convention, the second anniversary of a Third Ward eatery, the return of a Stanley Kubrick classic, and an outlaw music festival featuring Willie Freakin’ Nelson and Bob Freakin’ Dylan!

    Thursday, July 3

    Brick Rodeo
    Brick Rodeo is a family-friendly event that features hundreds of custom models and displays made from LEGO bricks. Creators from Texas and around the country will be available to talk about their creations. Fans who want to display their own creations, attend workshops, and participate in all the activities should purchase an All Access Pass. Families and individuals who want to spend a day viewing incredible custom creations, talking with builders, and shopping with vendors should purchase a public exhibition ticket. 9 am (8:30 am Friday-Sunday).

    City Place presents Young Audiences of Houston: Painting with Watercolor Pencils Art Workshop
    This free art workshop, hosted by Young Audiences of Houston teaching artist Judy Malone Stein, transforms City Place’s central waterfront plaza into a classical art studio with easels and other essential supplies. Participants are introduced to the medium of watercolor pencils and will learn basic color theory which includes the color wheel and primary and secondary colors, along with complimentary colors. They will also focus on creating compositions, using traditional visions (portraits, landscapes, still life) as their subject matter. 9:30 am.

    Improv Houston presents Dustin Ross
    Dustin Ross is a NAACP Image Award-winning host, writer, and producer. Fans of The Read podcast may know him as a longtime guest/friend to the show. These days, you can hear him on two pods: The Friend Zone, with co-hosts Hey Fran Hey and Assante; and Holding Court, with Eboni K. Williams. He has also hosted seasons of Bet on Black, REVOLT TV’s competition series, Bet On Black. As an on-air contributor, Ross has appeared on multiple platforms, including MTV, BET, Bravo TV, HBO, FUSE TV, GLAAD, Fox Soul, and more. 7:30 pm.

    Friday, July 4

    Freedom Over Texas
    With an average of 50,000 people in attendance, Freedom Over Texas has become Houston’s annual, signature July 4th celebration. The live, televised event will feature local, regional, and national entertainment, headlined by Ashley McBryde and Lee Brice, and will be capped off with a musically choreographed, “Texas-sized” fireworks finale. It also features a unique non-profit component, as the event will donate a percentage of food and beverage sales to the Houston Food Bank. 4 pm.

    Ensemble Theatre presents The Tap Dance Kid
    Over at The Ensemble Theatre, The Tap Dance Kid is about a 10-year-old African-American kid named Willie who doesn’t want to be a lawyer like his well-to-do strict father, and dreams of becoming a dancer like his talented Uncle Dipsey, an aspiring Broadway choreographer. The final production in the theater’s 2024-25 season, this musical is filled with imaginations of stardom that keep us tapping along. Through Sunday, July 27. 7:30 pm (2 and 7:30 pm Saturday; 3 pm Sunday).

    Dan Electro’s presents The Broken Spokes & Oliver Penn 4th of July Party
    Freedom, music, and a 4th of July Party will be going down at Dan Electros. The show will feature a performance from traditional Texas country band The Broken Spokes, a well-seasoned outfit that’s put in the time honing their craft in honky tonks across Texas,. Also performing will be Rhode Island-born, Houston-based country singer Oliver Penn, who has shared the stage with Charley Crockett, Shakey Graves, Randall King, The California Honeydrops, and Shinyribs. 9 pm.

    Alamo Drafthouse LaCenterra presents Graveyard Shift: Attack the Block
    Guy Fawkes Night in London is a time for fireworks, fooling around, and an occasional surprise or two. But when vicious extraterrestrials decide to crash the hellraisers’ holiday, a time for making merry quickly turns scary. Writer-director Joe Cornish also ensures it’s frequently humorous as well. This frisky, vigorous 2011 spoof — propelled by an insistent electronic score by Steven Price & Basement Jaxx and a star-making lead turn from John Boyega — shows a similar sensibility in its breezy blending of goofiness and gruesomeness. 10 pm.

    Saturday, July 5

    Rado Market 2 Year Anniversary Celebration
    Chef Chris Williams’ market and cafe at the historic Eldorado Ballroom will celebrate its two-year anniversary with a celebration that’s free and open to the public. The event will include complimentary champagne during the first hour, food specials from chef Jaden Gaines, and live music from a DJ for the first two hours. Guests can also browse and shop from a curated lineup of local vendors offering various products for sale, including Posh Body, Ambrosia Nectar, 77 Stash, and Juxx. Patrons can also enter two raffles featuring Radiant Aura samples and other giveaways. Noon.


      
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Winnie’s presents Labubu Face Tattoo Korean Corn Dog Karaoke Party
    Never has an event’s name been a more complete description of what’s happening at the Midtown sandwich shop/cocktail bar on Saturday. Artists from Rodeo Tiger will be tattooing Labubu, the must-have accessory that feels destined to become the Beanie Babies of 2025 ($25 minimum, $50 for both sides, and $100 for full face custom work). While you wait, snack on a Korean corn dog created by chef Jennifer Hoffman. Karaoke starts at 8 pm. 1 pm.

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Barry Lyndon
    This weekend, catch the 50th anniversary screening (in glorious 35mm!) of Stanley Kubrick’s lavish, Oscar-winning 1975 adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 18th-century novel. Forced to leave Ireland after killing an English officer in a duel, young Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal) seeks his fortune as a soldier in Prussia, as a spy, and then as a gambler living among the elite of Europe. He changes his name and marries an aristocrat (Marisa Berenson) for her wealth, but will he finally gain the acceptance he seeks? 5 pm (2 pm Sunday).

    Kings Harbor Waterfront Village presents “Fireworks on the Pier”
    Looking for a post-4th of July throwdown this weekend? Kings Harbor Waterfront Village in Kingwood will have its annual “Fireworks on the Pier” celebration, a patriotic evening of family fun, live entertainment and a spectacular fireworks display. Festivities include family-friendly games like Connect Four, a balloon artist, face painting and bubble stations for kids. Local restaurants will be serving up a variety of delicious food and drink options throughout the evening. A dazzling fireworks show over the pier will begin around 10 pm. 7 pm.

    Movies at Miller: Wicked
    We know there is a lot of y’all who can’t wait for Wicked: For Good to drop in multiplexes this winter. Before that happens, head over to Miller Outdoor Theatre and revisit the Oscar-winning Broadway musical adaptation that set it all off. In the magical Land of Oz, Wicked covers the first act, following Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her friendship with Galinda (Ariana Grande), the future Glinda the Good Witch. The audience is encouraged to come in costume. 8:30 pm.

    Sunday, July 6

    Eldorado Ballroom presents Ball N’ Parlay
    Dubbed “A 1st Sunday Vibeout,” Ball N’ Parlay is a vibrant, Third Ward day party that’s going to be held outside the legendary Eldorado Ballroom. They’re really hyping this one up, calling it “the Sunday you’ve been waiting for, where music, community, and culture meet.” We’re just psyched that some of our favorite DJs will be doing live sets, including DJ Elevated, Maiya Papaya, Alist, and DJ Bloom. 3 pm.

    Outlaw Music Festival
    If you grew up going to Cactus Music and picking up the latest issue of No Depression, looking for the latest in outlaw country releases to scoop up, a fest full of iconic, guitar-strumming banditos will be making a stop at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion this weekend. The 10th anniversary tour of the Outlaw Music Festival will feature an unparalleled lineup of legends and superstars, including Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, The Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, and Tami Neilson. 4:05 pm.

    CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
    As of this writing, we don’t know who will be playing in the final match of the soccer championship known as the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, going down this weekend at NRG Stadium. What we do now is that the winners will be determined on Wednesday night, when the semifinal matchups – the USMNT vs. Guatemala and Mexico vs. Honduras – will take place. This also marks the first time the Gold Cup Final will be held in the state of Texas. 6 pm.

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