You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it?
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonLarry Flynt
- Courtney LoveAlthea Leasure
- Edward NortonAlan Isaacman
- Brett HarrelsonJimmy Flynt
- Donna HanoverRuth Carter Stapleton
- James CromwellCharles Keating
- Crispin GloverArlo
- Vincent SchiavelliChester
- Miles ChapinMiles
- James CarvilleSimon Leis
Crew
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Scott AlexanderScreenplay
- Larry KaraszewskiScreenplay
- Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher TellefsenEditor
- Oliver StoneProducer
- Janet YangProducer
- Michael HausmanProducer
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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