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Dominican Rep. The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Original title
- The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 130 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Woody Harrelson
Courtney Love
Edward Norton
Crispin Glover
James Cromwell- James Carville
- Brett Harrelson
- Donna Hanover
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. 1970s. 1980s. Sexuality & Porn. Disability. Drugs
- Synopsis
- In THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, Milos Forman expertly directs the viewer's sympathy toward Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson in a superb performance): smut peddler, misogynist, and Editor in Chief of the infamous Hustler magazine. Born in the back woods of Appalachia, the young Flynt--in an opening scene that immediately grabs and amuses--is seen selling moonshine as a child to alcoholic hermits. Flash forward to the 1960s, and he's running a go-go club where he meets the wild (and strangely loveable) Althea Leasure (Courtney Love) who becomes his soul mate and wife. Life is not as sweet as it first seems for the porn king who finds a massive readership for his magazine (the first to show crotch shots). He soon finds himself in the middle of several Supreme Court law suits, and also as an assassin's target. While Flynt's various outrageous meetings with self-righteous Reverend Jerry Falwell (Richard Paul) and devout Christian Ruth Carter Stapleton (President Jimmy Carter's sister, played by Rudolph Giuliani's ex-wife Donna Hanover) are hilarious and smartly pointed, it is perhaps the touching, and ultimately tragic, love story between him and Althea that make him very human, and very interesting to watch.
- Awards
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1996: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Director (Milos Forman), Actor (Woody Harrelson)1996: 2 Golden Globes: Best Director (Milos Forman), Screenplay. 5 Nominations1996: National Board of Review: Freedom of Expression Award, Top 10 Films Award1996: Satellite Awards: Best Original Screenplay & Supporting Actress (Love)1996: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Courtney Love). 2 Nominations1996: Critics' Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Film
- Critics' reviews
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"An enormously entertaining and surprisingly touching bio-pic."
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"Smart, funny, shamelessly entertaining and perfectly serious too."
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"The film catches us by surprise in its moving portrayal of the love between Larry and Althea, played by Courtney Love in a performance that glides from kinky abandon to stark tragedy."
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"Love proves she is not a rock star pretending to act, but a true actress, and Harrelson matches her with his portrait of a man who has one thing on his mind, and never changes it."
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"Provocative and engrossing."
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