Susan Sarandon, whose "Bernard and Doris" HBO telefilm with Ralph Fiennes is considered an Emmy frontrunner, admits, "I didn't anticipate such a strong response or the range of people who would find something identifiable in it."

That's not a surprise, considering the admittedly "odd setup" of what she views as the love story of the Bob Balaban-directed movie — between the 1970s' richest woman in the world, Doris Duke, and her penniless, alcoholic, g ...

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