The Burial (film)

The Burial
The Burial
	Release poster
Directed by	Maggie Betts
Screenplay by	Doug Wright; Maggie Betts;
Story by	Doug Wright
Based on	"The Burial"; by Jonathan Harr
Produced by	Bobby Shriver; Jenette Kahn; Adam Richman; Jamie Foxx; Datari Turner; Celine Rattray; Trudie Styler;
Starring	Jamie Foxx; Tommy Lee Jones; Jurnee Smollett; Alan Ruck; Mamoudou Athie; Pamela Reed; Bill Camp;
Cinematography	Maryse Alberti
Edited by	Lee Percy; Jay Cassidy;
Music by	Michael Abels
Production; companies	Amazon MGM Studios; Double Nickel Entertainment; Foxxhole Productions; Maven Screen Media; Bobby Shriver Productions;
Distributed by	Amazon Prime Video
Release dates	September 11, 2023 (TIFF); October 6, 2023 (United States);
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$32.5 million

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] It stars Jamie Foxx as Gary, Tommy Lee Jones as O'Keefe, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, and Bill Camp.

It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023, and was released by Amazon MGM Studios in a limited release on October 6, 2023, prior to streaming via Prime Video on October 13, 2023.

^ "The Burial". Writers Guild of America West. September 6, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^ "The Burial (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
^ "Fastlane NextGen: Initial Certification Search" (Type "The Burial" in the search box). Louisiana Economic Development. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
^ Jonathan Harr (October 24, 1999). "The Burial". The New Yorker.