Two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman brings controversial 60s comedian Lenny Bruce tolife in this landmark (Variety) film that earned six Oscar nominations,** including Best Picture. A jagged portrait of a man driven to mainlining honesty into the arteries of a hypocritical culture (Newsweek), Lenny is artful, imaginative (Los Angeles Times) and truly an extraordinary film (Saturday Review)! From his first gig as a nervous Catskillcomedian, it's obvious that Lenny Bruce is a force to be reckoned with. Armed with a shocking routine and a stripper as his muse (Valerie Perrine), Lenny turns comedyand Americaon its ear with his abrasive and often offensive humor. But life in the smoke-filled bars of the comedy circuit begins to take its toll. The drugs and arrests for his subject matter wear heavily on this maverick crusader but don't stop him from pushing the envelope right to his tragic and myth-making end.
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Starring:
Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce
Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce
Jan Miner as Sally Marr
Stanley Beck as Artie Silver
Rashel Novikoff as Aunt Mema
Gary Morton as Sherman Hart
Guy Rennie as Jack Goldman
Studio: United Artists
Filmed: 1974 - Released: 1974
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