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The
People Vs. Larry Flynt
1996
130 mins
dir
- Milos Forman
stars - Woody Harrelson - Larry Flynt Courtney Love - Althea
Leasure Edward Norton - Alan Isaacman Brett Harrelson - Jimmy
Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt is the story of porn magazine chairman
Larry Flynt who launched Hustler magazine, a porn magazine
that broke all taboos and crossed all boundaries and which
became a huge success and earned Flynt a great deal of power
in the American Community. This inevitably caused massive
opposition and public outrage and he had to fight to keep
his buisiness up and running. Flynt was proud of the fact
that his magazine was so daring and willing to go places that
his contemporaries (most notably Playboy) never dared and,
as he was prepared to cross these boundaries he was also prepared
to take all the consequences that came with it to protect
what he saw as a breach of people's freedom of speech. Huster's
popularity amongst its fans was unquestionable and as this
fan base grew so did Larry Flynt's empire and power and his
continued attempts to further and further shock America were
met with more powerful and wide-spread opposition, from politicians
to religious figures all of whom wanted to see the end of
Flynt and his empire.
The
acting in this film is first class especially from the three
main characters. Woody Harrelson who I think is class anyway
plays Larry Flynt, Courtney Love, although she seems to play
a junkie stripper in every film she is in is good as his wife
Althea (she spends most of the film with no clothes on which
is a bonus) and Edward Norton who plays Alan Isaacman his
lawyer also gives a good performance and makes a great speach
to the jury when summing up his defense in one of the many
court appearances.
It
is a very entertaining film made all the more watchable because
a) it is a true story and b) because you can't help liking
Flynt even if you don't agree with what he does because he
is still a likeable person and you have to admire what he
stands for, which is freedom of speech and the power of his
ambition.
