The People vs. Larry Flynt

After founding Hustler magazine in the 1970s, Larry Flynt pushed the limits of decency and fought ferociously for his right to free speech. But it took a severe toll on his personal life. Biopic., Woody Harrelson earned a Best Actor nomination as brassy Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in this bold biography. The film follows Flynt from his childhood as a moonshine runner to his highly publicized court battles on obscenity and libel charges, which developed into an ongoing war to defend his freedom of speech. Courtney Love costars as Flynt’s stripper wife. Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Crispin Glover, James Carville, Brett Harrelson., Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson) is a blue-collar pornographer from the backwoods of Kentucky committed to freedom of expression who builds his sex empire from scratch, managing go-go bars and strip clubs, before launching Hustler, the magazine that captured the hearts and groins of working-class America and scandalised the Establishment. But although publicity is good for his business, it turns out to be bad for his health – a would-be assassin’s bullet leaving him confined to a wheelchair. With Courtney Love and Edward Norton. Director: Milos Forman., Powerful biopic charting the personal and professional saga of the controversial self-proclaimed peddler of smut Larry Flynt. In founding the magazine Hustler in the 1970s, Flynt captures the mood of a nation’s sexual awakening and finds himself pitted against America’s religious right. He becomes an unlikely champion of the right to free speech as his battle to continue publishing reaches the Supreme Court., Strip club owner Larry Flynt and his wife, Althea, create a pornographic magazine that ignores society’s morals and taboos. “Hustler” magazine brings the Flynts not only millions in profit but also the wrath of “decent” people. Flynt and his overburdened attorney find themselves in courtrooms all over the nation defending Larry against criminal and civil charges. In the meantime, Flynt is beset by paralysis, the result of an assassination attempt, drug addiction, mental illness, and Althea’s failing health., Larry Flynt is a blue-collar pornographer from the backwoods of Kentucky committed to freedom of expression who builds his sex empire from scratch, managing go-go bars and strip clubs, before launching Hustler, the magazine that captured the hearts and groins of working-class America and scandalised the Establishment., Woody Harrelson stars as porn magnate Larry Flynt, who takes his struggle against the religious right to the Supreme Court., Porn publisher Larry Flynt’s life is chronicled from early childhood to adulthood, when he wins a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court., Woody Harrelson proves he’s not just a comic actor with this powerful, Oscar-nominated drama based on the life of one of America’s most notorious publishers. It is the early 1970s and Larry Flynt captures the mood of a nation’s sexual awakening when he founds a small magazine named Hustler. Taking pornographic imagery further than anyone has previously dared, Flynt has soon outraged most of respectable America, but he becomes an unlikely champion of the First Amendment – the right to free speech – when he takes his fight to go on publishing to the Supreme Court. Edward Norton co-stars as Flynt’s reluctant lawyer and Courtney Love plays his drug-addicted girlfriend, Althea., True story tale of Hustler magazine’s creator Larry Flynt and his fight against the system when censorship mongors attempt to shut him down. Makes for good drama with excellent performances from Harrelson and Love., Intriguing portrait of porn publisher Larry Flynt, who won a First Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court., Larry Flynt is a blue-collar pornographer from the backwoods of Kentucky committed to freedom of expression who builds his sex empire from scratch, managing go-go bars and strip clubs, before launching Hustler, the magazine that captured the hearts and groins of working-class America and scandalised the Establishment. But although publicity is good for his business, it turns out to be bad for his health – a would-be assassin’s bullet leaving him confined to a wheelchair.