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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Comedy / Crime / Drama /  more » Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations  more » User Ratings: 6.7 (21,442 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she's alive.  more »

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Filmmakers: Richard Linklater - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Producer, Skip Hollandsworth - Writer (based on the article in Texas Monthly by) (screenplay), Liz Glotzer - Producer, David McFadzean - Producer, Dete Meserve - Producer, Judd Payne - Producer, Celine Rattray - Producer, Martin Shafer - Producer, Ginger Sledge - Producer, Matt Williams - Producer, Dick Pope - Cinematographer, Graham Reynolds - Composer, Bruce Curtis - Production Designer, Sandra Adair - Editor  more »

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