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      • The Burial is a riveting court drama based on the story of Jerry O'Keefe, who decides to take on a large funeral company called The Loewen Group and hires attorney Willie E. Gary to help him.
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  2. Oct 6, 2023 · The true story that inspired The Burial was the subject of a New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, published with the same title in 1999. In it, Harr portrayed in great detail the specifics and...

  3. The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright. It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr. [4]

  4. Dec 7, 2023 · The Burial is a riveting court drama based on the story of Jerry O'Keefe, who decides to take on a large funeral company called The Loewen Group and hires attorney Willie E. Gary to help him.

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  5. Oct 12, 2023 · ‘The Burial’ is a true story based on a real 1995 civil trial between Gary and Loewen Funeral Company. While the case is real and the script, penned by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, has been inspired by a 1999 New Yorker report by journalist Jonathan Harr, Betts has still taken some creative liberty to not portray the events exactly as they ...

  6. Oct 13, 2023 · The Burial is based on a true story but does make some artistic changes to the case. Director Maggie Betts recently told TIME that Doug Wright’s script was originally “dated”: “It was a good script, but the point of view was dated. It felt like it was from another era, from the ’90s.”

  7. Oct 19, 2023 · The Burial is based on a true story and stars Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx. Find out who else appears in the Prime Video film.

  8. Oct 13, 2023 · Now comes “The Burial” (streaming on Prime Video), starring Jamie Foxx as an elegant Florida lawyer, Willie Gary, who represents Mississippi funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones)...

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