| The People vs. Larry Flynt | 
 enlarge | Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson, Donna Hanover
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 15833
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 129
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD82459D
ISBN: 0800141865
UPC: 043396824591
EAN: 9780800141868
ASIN: 0800141865
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1996
Release Date: December 10, 1997
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Leave it to Czech director Milos Forman (One Flew Over to Cuckoo's Nest) to make the most entertaining and offbeat celebration of the American Constitution that the movies have ever given us. You think the First Amendment was designed to protect you from offensive speech? Think again. The real glory of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights--as brought to life in this splendidly quirky and alternately reverent and irreverent comedy--is that it ensures everyone's freedom by protecting a whole range of expression, from the banal to the outrageous. Scripted by the writers of Ed Wood (another affectionately twisted biography of a disreputably eccentric entertainment figure), The People vs. Larry Flynt applies a similar sort of exaggerated and telescoped editorial-cartoon sensibility to the wild life and times of Hustler skin-magazine publisher Larry Flynt. It's the great (and fictionalized-but-true) American story of how smut-peddler Flynt--the poor man's redneck Hugh Hefner--ended up appealing a libel case (brought by televangelist Jerry Falwell) to the Supreme Court and winning a major legal victory that affects us all. Terrific performances by Woody Harrelson as Flynt, grunge-star-turned-glamour-puss Courtney Love as his wife Althea, and Edward Norton as their lawyer (a composite character). --Jim Emerson
Product Description
This is the true story of larry flynt the magazine publisher who was sued by the religious right and paralyzed by an assassins bullet. The film focuses on the court battles flynt fought for freedom of the press and on his unconventiional marriage to an ex-stripper. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/31/2006 Starring: Woody Harrelson Edward Norton Run time: 130 minutes Rating: R Director: Milos Foreman
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 Unbelievably boring October 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who cares about Larry Flunt? He's some redneck who tried to make a splash with a dirty pictures magazine. Big deal. That was two boring hours of my life I'll never get back....
 Nice new edition of the DVD May 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always liked this movie, but this edition with the new documentary and the commentaries from the director and some of the actors is a nice bonus.
It was definitely worth paying the extra few dollars in order to hear that, especially Woody and Milos each talking about the making of the movie.
 A non conformist for the ages November 4, 2007
This is an awesome movie. Funny a lot of the time yet gripping to see all the things Larry Flint went through . I was purley fascinated. I am now reading his autobigography, which is also good.
Makes Boogie Nights Boring January 27, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great movie. I laughed, and cried, and laughed again at this incredibly wild film. Boogie Nights can't hold a candle to this one. Look for a guest appearance by THE Larry Flynt.
 Very well done, Woody was terrific and should have been November 14, 2006
nominated for an Academy Award. Courtney was also terrific and also should have been nominated. They both played off each other well and pulled off a piece of history regarding "free" speech. which we know there really isn't any "free" speech in this country. Enjoy!
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