The People vs. Larry Flynt Page #2

Synopsis: Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Milos Forman
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1996
129 min
784 Views


in your left hand.

No, not that one.

Your other left hand.

- Yeah, that's it.

- What? Hey, hey, hey.

Look, you know, we're not running

a flower shop here, okay?

We're selling the girl.

Stop futzing around with the props

and the pillows and the flowers,

and just shoot the girl. Okay?

Okay, now,

let's go for that leg thing here.

Let's recline a little. Yeah.

Let's see you open up them legs

a little bit.

Now give me a little wider. That's it.

Now give me a little wider.

A little wider.

Just another little touch wider.

- No, baby, not quite that wide.

- Wait, wait, wait.

No. That Get back to that.

That's exactly what we want.

Here. Okay, that's perfect.

Leave it there.

That's what you want.

A woman's vagina has

as much personality as her face.

- But you can't show the genitalia.

- Why not?

Well, Larry, Rudy's right.

- You can't legally show the vagina.

- Hey, shut up, Jimmy.

- Rudy, are you a religious man?

- Yeah.

- Okay, you believe God created man?

- Yeah.

- God created woman.

- Yeah.

Well, then surely the same God

created her vagina.

And who are you to defy God?

Just shoot her!

Jesus Christ.

Where is she?

Althea! Hey, baby. Hey.

Happy birthday, baby.

And I have a heart from my heart.

Larry, that's beautiful.

- What's wrong?

- The distributor called

and unfortunately, we've had

only a 25 percent sell-through.

Somebody want to translate that

for me?

What that means is,

they're sending back 150,000 copies.

That's what it means.

- Sh*t!

- You're a stupid, dumb briarhopper.

- What made you think you'd pull it off?

- At least he has balls, Jimmy.

- Yeah, well, what he needs is brains.

- Oh, God, Einstein's speaking.

I'm so impressed.

- One more issue and we're wiped out?

- Yeah.

You said yourself,

"It's not so bad to be poor."

Hey, f*** you, Althea.

You go be poor, okay?

F*** me? I believe you're the one

that got us into this debt

in the first place.

You think just because it's your

birthday that you can be a b*tch?

Yeah, and I think I'm 50 feet tall

and you have a needle dick, okay?

Don't ever hit me like that again.

Don't talk to me like that.

Don't hit me like that.

I'll go back.

I'll go back, and I'll eat dog food,

okay? Dog food.

You know, take this. I don't

own this anymore. I don't have one.

Throw it out in the street.

We have a guy on the phone

from Italy.

He claims he has naked pictures

of Jackie O.

Put him through. Yeah, hello.

- You the photographer?

- Right, yeah.

- What do you got?

- Is this Mr. Flynt?

Yeah, this is Mr. Flynt.

Listen, I was watching

that damn island for four months

and then one day, man,

cabana door opens

and out comes Jackie O

with nothing on.

- I mean, not a single stitch.

- You sure it's Jackie O?

Yeah, sure.

- And what do you see?

- You see absolutely everything.

Trust me. And she's a good one.

This ain't no Mamie Eisenhower

or Lady Bird.

Oh, my God. First p*ssy.

Everyone's talking about

local boy done good

- Hey!

- What?

Larry Flynt, whose Hustler magazine

has reached national sales

of an astonishing 2 million copies.

- And in a stunning disclosure

- Move your ass!

WGBE-TV has learned that

Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes, himself

was spotted at a newsstand buying

a copy of the infamous Jackie O issue.

- I spoke to the governor today

- Move it!

and he had this response:

Everybody knows I've been a historical

buff about first ladies for a long time.

Are you saying you'd be interested in

nude photos of Martha Washington?

- She's a little bit before my time.

- Arlo!

What about nude photos of your wife?

A teacher educates our children

and they become model citizens.

The clergyman preaches,

and we find spirituality.

My bank gives loans,

and homes get built.

But now there's a new,

darker influence in Cincinnati.

Mr. Leis, if you would?

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask

that you review this material carefully.

It's important you know

that I did not buy these

at a smut store.

These were not purchased

at a dirty book shop.

I bought this

in a neighbourhood grocery store

in full view of our children.

Ma'am, you cannot hide from this.

Decent people are being corrupted.

Why, just look what happened

to our fine governor.

As members

of the Citizens for Decent Literature

we cannot relent.

We must prevent the destruction

of the soul of our country.

- Larry.

- Yeah?

Take off your pants.

- What?

- Take off your pants.

- Why?

- Because

I never f***ed a millionaire before.

Look at that.

Happy birthday, America!

This is Larry's house?

- Ma. Pa.

- Must be it.

- My son.

- Hey. You came.

- It's so big.

- Hey, Larry.

- Larry, who are all these people?

- Well, these are my friends, Ma.

- You have so many friends.

- Lots of money, lots of friends.

- Look at you.

- Hey, Arlo.

- Know how many rooms I have here?

- No.

Twenty-four rooms.

Know who else has 24 rooms?

- The president?

- Hugh Hefner.

This is the best room in the house.

I think you're gonna like it.

"This is the best room in the house,"

he said.

You know, there's a maid

still cleaning up in there.

Let me just say a word.

The maid's cleaning up in there.

He's got

Listen, my folks are here, so just

move the girls into the Jacuzzi

- and I'll get with you later.

- Your folks are here?

What in the world is that?

- Hey, ladies.

- Larry!

The party is just beginning.

She's nice

and she's frigid.

Have to see what we can do

about that.

One, two

- Larry.

- Yeah?

Do you ever think

about getting married?

Oh, God. You know,

there's nothing more certain

to ruin a beautiful relationship

than marriage.

As soon as you get that ring

around the finger, okay

suddenly you have

an ownership situation.

Prior to that, it's friendly.

You're kind to each other.

And I'll tell you something.

As much as I love you

I want a variety of different

Vagina, p*ssy.

- I'm

- What did we just do?

- That's what I'm talking about.

- What am I?

So do you think I'm talking

about monogamy?

- You think I'm talking?

- You're not talking about monogamy?

No, of course not.

Larry, how could you

misunderstand me?

I was wondering,

because I thought

I don't wanna get married

and stop the way we live.

The way that we live is great.

Nothing would change. My God.

- Why? Why now?

- Because I only wanna be with you.

You're the only man I wanna be with.

I want this ring on my finger

to tell me that you love me

above all other women.

- You want a ceremony?

- I wanna go to a church.

- We'll pay the

- I want a preacher.

Pay the preacher

on the way in

and we'll get a cash-ectomy

from the lawyer on the way out.

You are my life.

- You're my life. I'm here

- You're my life too.

- for the rest of my life.

- Right now, my life.

I can't speak for 20 years

down the line.

- I can.

- You can?

- Yeah.

- Let me say something, all right?

- Oh, man.

- No, no, no.

Just forget I brought it up.

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Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander was born on June 16, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for 1408 (2007), Ed Wood (1994) and Man on the Moon (1999). more…

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