LENNY (WIDESCREEN/FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1974
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman brings controversial '60s comedian Lenny Bruce to life 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 nervcous Catskills comedian, it's obvious that Lenny Bruce is a force to be reckoned with. Armed witha shocking routine and a stripper as his muse (Valerie Perrine), Lenny Bruce turns comedy -- and America -- on 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.; ; *1988: Actor, 'Rain Man,' 1979 Actor, 'Kramer vs. Kramer'; **1974: Actor: (Hoffman), Actress (Perrine), Director, Screenplay Adapted from Other Material, Cinematography
• Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man, Rashel Novikoff, Gary Morton, Guy Rennie, Michele Yonge, Kathryn Witt, Monroe Myers, John DiSanti, Mickey Gatlin, Martin Begley, Mark Harris, Richard Friedman, Lee Sandman, Jack Nagle, Phil Philbin, Bruce McLaughlin, Ted Sorel, Clarence Thomas, Mike Murphy, Susan Malnik, George DeWitt, Judy LaScala, Don Newsome, Allison Goldstein, Winston Lee, Bridghid Glass, Joe Mencel, Richard O'Barry, Beth Challis, Robert Parsons, Cecil Seay, Bob Collins, Frank Ardell, Bud Atchison, Molly Bandes, Alfred Barney, Lynette Bernay, William Boone, Buddy Boylan, Daniel Burger, Anthony Caruso, Tom Chamberlain, Rufus Cleare Jr., Jimmy Crawford, Edward Crocetti, Joey Dano, Lewis DiMartino, Cindy Embers, Andy William Fischer, William Flannigan, Belle Flower, Bob Fosse, Turnip Green, Sherry Greene, Gerald Guidice, Jeffrey Holck, Phyllis Hyman, Diego Iborra, Jay W. Jensen, Mal Jones, Myrtle Jones, David Light, Sonny Mange, Larry Mark, Ben Marks, Lee Martin, David Joseph Martinez, John Henry McCarthy, Norbert Mogwitz, Eugene Monahan, Paul Martino Musenga, Onyx, Alan Ormsby, Frank Orsatti, Christine Page, Jeannie Parker, Leonard Perna, Paula Plyler, William Richko, Richard F. Rose, Ted Rosen, Joseph Santaniello, Jack Savage, Lonnie Sintow, Kim St. Leon, Rita Turner, Charles Victor, Glenn R. Wilder, Zorita, Lillian Zuckerman, Julian Barry
• Director: Bob Fosse
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie