Movie · Drama · Biography

Two-time Oscar® winner Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) directs Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton in this "smart, funny, shamelessly entertaining" film called "a blazing triumph" by the New York Times. Based on the true story of the notorious Hustler publisher who was sued by the Religious Right and paralyzed by a fanatic's bullet, The People vs. Larry Flynt is a stranger-than-fiction comedy about one man's outrageous public persona and eccentric private life. Chronicling Flynt's raunchy business savvy, his wildly unconventional marriage and his infamous courtroom antics, The People vs. Larry Flynt is "the most scintillating and outrageous message movie of the decade. An ultrapop masterpiece!" Playboy Magazine

1996 · 2h 4m
Director Miloš Forman

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The People vs. Larry Flynt

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Two-time Oscar® winner Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) directs Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton in this "smart, funny, shamelessly entertaining" film called "a blazing triumph" by the New York Times. Based on the true story of the notorious Hustler publisher who was sued by the Religious Right and paralyzed by a fanatic's bullet, The People vs. Larry Flynt is a stranger-than-fiction comedy about one man's outrageous public persona and eccentric private life. Chronicling Flynt's raunchy business savvy, his wildly unconventional marriage and his infamous courtroom antics, The People vs. Larry Flynt is "the most scintillating and outrageous message movie of the decade. An ultrapop masterpiece!" Playboy Magazine

COMMON SENSE

Excellent biopic of notorious pornographer; sex, cursing.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8
Reviews 58
Fresh 51
Rotten 7

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Studio
Code Pink, Inc.; Columbia Pictures; Phoenix Pictures Inc.
Released
1996
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
R for strong sexual material, nudity, language and drug use.
Regions of Origin
United States, Canada
© 1996 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.