Synopsis Barney Panofsky is living with his best friend Boogie (Speedman) in Rome. After she tells him she is pregnant with his child, he marries the mentally disturbed and unfaithful Clara Charnofsky (Lefevre). Barney later finds out the child is not his, and he demands they separate. Clara commits suicide, and a devastated Barney decides to return home to Montreal.
Barney soon gets a job back home and meets what becomes his nameless second wife (Driver), the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family. At their lavish wedding, Barney meets Miriam Grant (Pike), and immediately falls in love. He tells Miriam his feelings for her that night but she rejects him. Despite his marriage, Barney sends Miriam flowers and gifts. Barney later picks up Boogie, who is in the middle of detox therapy, for a few days at Barney's lake house. He eventually finds Boogie sleeping with his wife. Barney is at first overjoyed that he has an excuse to divorce her and pursue Miriam, but questions Boogie's integrity. The two argue, firing rounds from Barney's gun into the air before Barney collapses onto his dock and passes out, and a drunk Boogie falls back into the lake and presumably drowns. When Barney awakens, it appears that he has shot Boogie. An abusive detective (Mark Addy) tries to beat a confession out of Barney until Barney's father, Izzy (Hoffman), intervenes.
With his divorce finalized, Barney asks Miriam out on a date. He travels to New York City to meet her, and they finally begin a relationship. They marry and have two children as Barney gets a job producing a television series. Izzy later dies in a brothel, causing Barney to laugh and cry and call his father a "King". Barney and Miriam live happily until, on another vacation to the lake house, Barney meets Blair (Bruce Greenwood), who is trying to get a job in Miriam's line of work. Both Blair and Miriam travel to the city to try and use Miriam's contacts. Barney gets drunk at a bar and ends up sleeping with a former actress on his show. Miriam finds out about her husband's infidelity and the two divorce. Miriam later marries Blair, which further deteriorates Barney.
Boogie's body is discovered and Barney is cleared of all charges. He begins to show signs of dementia, which causes his daughter to look after him. Barney realizes he is losing his memory and begs Miriam to agree to be buried next to him while they lunch at their favorite restaurant. She agrees to think about it, and begins to cry in the restroom. When she returns to the table, Barney is gone. She finds him wandering, where he begins to ramble about their life together. Barney's condition worsens until his death. The final scene shows Miriam going to his grave, leaving roses at a tombstone holding both of their names.
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Title ______________ Barney's Version
Source _____________ Blu-ray
Release ____________ 03-25-2012
Ripper _____________ Zoo
Runtime ____________ 02:14:06
Video ______________ x264 @ 2,262 Kbps
Audio ______________ AC3 6CH @ 448 Kbps
Resolution _________ 1280 x 544
Genre ______________ Drama
Language ___________ English
Subtitle ___________ English
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