| Weekend at Bernie's II | |
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| Directed by | Robert Klane |
| Produced by | Victor Drai Joseph Perez |
| Written by | Robert Klane |
| Starring | Andrew McCarthy Jonathan Silverman Terry Kiser |
| Music by | Peter Wolf |
| Cinematography | Edward Morey III |
| Editing by | Peck Prior |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 9, 1993 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7,000,000 |
| Box office | $12,741,891 (USA) |
Weekend at Bernie's II is a comedy film released in 1993 by TriStar Pictures and was the sequel to the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie's.
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The film continues the misadventures of two young executives, Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman), and their deceased boss, Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser). In the first film, Larry and Richard were forced to create the illusion that Bernie was still alive in order to avoid being killed themselves. In the sequel, Larry and Richard plot to use Bernie to find the embezzled $2 million he had buried at the U.S. Virgin Islands. Before stuffing the body into a suitcase and heading for fortune, however, Bernie is partially revived in a botched voodoo ceremony and made to walk toward the hidden treasure whenever he hears music. Larry and Richard are also on the run from the mob, as well as two flunkies of the voodoo lady, and a representative from the insurance company sent to recover the embezzled $2 million, who usually ends up questioning his sanity whenever he sees a walking Bernie, convinced Bernie has died. Richard is administered poison by the "mobu", and must find the treasure by sundown to get the antidote. Larry befriends a lovely native girl named Claudia (Troy Beyer), whose father is a medical doctor who can cure Richard if he can get the blood of a virgin (which Larry confesses he can provide). The mobsters and voodoo lady are arrested, and Bernie is last seen leading the flunkies in a carnival parade, who have been transformed into goats by voodoo. Larry returns the $2 million to the insurance company, but not before learning Bernie actually stole $3 million. Larry and Richard use the remaining million to purchase a yacht with a crew of attractive women. After the credits roll, one last shot is seen of Bernie wearing numerous gold chains and riding a shark into the sunset.
The movie was filmed in 1992 in the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States and in New York City. The talent and staff, who were mainly from the Los Angeles area were on location when the Los Angeles riots of April 1992 broke out and they stated in a St. Thomas interview that they were worried for their loved ones.
Weekend at Bernie's II appears as a comedy choice (a "Gene pick") in the Seinfeld episode "The Comeback" in the segment "Vincent's picks" when Kramer convinces Elaine to rent this movie instead of another arthouse "pick" by Vincent, her romantic interest.
The movie is referenced in the How I Met Your Mother episode "How Lily Stole Christmas" when Ted attempts to insult Lily for having a poor sense of humor. "Remember that time we heard her laughing, and we thought she was watching Weekend at Bernie's but it turned out she was watching Weekend at Bernie's II!" Similarly in an episode of NCIS a character who needs to establish an alibi is too embarrassed to say which film he had been watching. The team assume he was watching a porn film, be he eventually admits it was Weekend at Bernie's II, to which movie buff Agent DiNozzo says, "Even worse."[1]