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The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) -- A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people.
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) -- A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people.

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   26,570 votes
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Director:
Milos Forman
Writers (WGA):
Scott Alexander (written by) &
Larry Karaszewski (written by)
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Release Date:
25 December 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it?
Plot:
A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Flynt Building Goes Dark For Earth Hour
 (From WENN. 26 March 2009, 6:25 PM, PDT)

Kat Dennings Joins Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh on Defendor
 (From toxicshock. 5 October 2008, 1:22 AM, PDT)

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Important character, important movie more

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Also Known As:
Larry Flynt (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual material, nudity, language and drug use.
Runtime:
129 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The real Larry Flynt, when asked who he would like to play him in the movie, picked Michael Douglas. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies are used in Federal Court when Larry Flynt is being asked to reveal his source of the John DeLorean tapes. State law enforcement is not used in Federal Courts. more
Quotes:
Larry Flynt: What is more obscene: Sex or war? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Fantasia on A.D.G. more

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31 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
Important character, important movie, 11 June 1999
Author: PlateOShrimp from Harrisburg, Pa

"The People Versus Larry Flynt" is an important movie, one that affects all of us and our first amendment rights. It's about a guy we all know, a sometimes-loathsome individual devoid of morals, who fights the system and wins a victory for the human spirit.

This movie is honest, and its portrayal of Flynt is not to make us like him. He runs a strip joint. He has sex with the dancers. He likes his moonshine. He is a mockery of the court system. He dislikes organized religion. Yet through this all is a character who went to bat for the American public and, in an odd way, comes out as a patriot.

Woody Harrelson is solid as Flynt, but Courtney Love steals the show as a crazy dancer who ends up marrying him. She plays the role with the right amount of craziness to make their wild relationship seem very believable.

It's questionable whether or not Flynt is a hero. Nobody asked Flynt to protect our rights, from the local courts to the Supreme Court. But the bill of rights affects every single one of us, and the next time you're thinking about that, it'll be hard to think that Flynt didn't have a hand in protecting that right.

This movie is easily one of the five best movies I've seen in the last five years.

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