The People vs. Larry Flynt Page #4

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we have to tolerate things

that we don't necessarily like.

So go back in that room,

where you are free to think

whatever you want to think about

Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine.

But ask yourselves if you want to

make that decision for the rest of us.

Because the freedom

that everyone in this room enjoys

is in a very real way

in your hands.

If we start throwing up walls against

what some of us think is obscene

we may very well wake up

one morning

and realise walls

have been thrown up

in all kinds of places

that we never expected.

And we can't see anything

or do anything.

And that's not freedom.

That is not freedom.

So be careful.

Thank you.

- Have you reached a verdict?

- Yes, Your Honour, we have.

Hand the verdict to the bailiff.

Will the defendant please rise?

Madam Clerk, read the verdict.

"We, the jury, find the defendant

Larry Claxton Flynt,

guilty as charged on all counts."

Do you have anything to say

before I sentence you?

Your Honour

you have not made

one intelligent decision

during the course of this trial

and I don't expect one now.

Knock yourself out.

I sentence you to 25 years

in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

- No!

- We request bail.

- Bail denied!

- Denied?

- Bailiff, take him away.

- This is a standard procedure!

All I do is publish a magazine!

Mrs. Flynt, were you surprised

by the verdict?

No. I was not surprised

by the verdict at all.

We had a stupid judge. We had

a uptight prosecutor, two of them.

Are you ashamed to have

your husband locked up?

I am not ashamed of Larry.

I never would be.

I'd rather have a man who stands up

for what he believes in.

Of course, I'm not happy

he's going to jail.

But you know what?

You guys can call this a circus

you can call it a witch-hunt,

but you can't

Hi, baby.

You are so beautiful.

Oh, Larry.

- How are you?

- I miss you.

I miss you too.

You got any girlfriends in here?

- You got calluses on your hands?

- You know it.

I fantasise about you,

just, all the time.

Our bed is so empty.

Oh, baby.

Oh, baby.

Oh, God.

Oh, baby.

What can I do to get you out of here?

You know, Isaacman says there's

no way this is gonna hold up.

What if Alan's wrong?

What if you don't get out

till the year 2000

and I'm fat and old and ugly,

and you don't love me anymore?

You ain't never gonna be

old and fat and ugly.

I promise you.

- I love you.

- I love you.

Please, please, please.

Please, please.

And now,

Americans for a Free Press

take extreme pleasure in welcoming

to Cincinnati, direct from jail

cleared 100 percent

by the appellate court

This is really great. Americans for a

Free Press to invite us here tonight.

You idiot.

Americans for a Free Press is me.

- Who do you think's paying for this?

- That freedom fighter

Larry C. Flynt!

Thank you.

- Thank you.

- We love you, Larry!

I have a thought for you:

Murder is illegal.

But you take a picture of somebody

committing the act of murder

they'll put you

on the cover of Newsweek.

You might even win a Pulitzer Prize.

And yet sex is legal.

Everybody's doing it, or everybody

wants to be doing it, huh?

Yet you take a picture of two people

in the act of sex

or just take a picture

of a woman's naked body

and they'll put you in jail.

Now, I have a message

for all you good, moral, Christian

people who are complaining

that breasts and vaginas are

obscene. Hey, don't complain to me.

Complain to the manufacturer. Okay?

Although Jesus told us not to judge,

I know you will. So judge sanely.

Judge with your eyes open.

What do you consider obscene?

Is this obscene to you?

Or perhaps that's obscene to you.

Maybe this is obscene to you.

But what is more obscene?

This?

Or this?

This?

Or this?

You know, politicians

and demagogues like to say

that sexually explicit material

corrupts the youth of our country

and yet they lie,

cheat and start unholy wars.

Look at them. They call themselves

men. They're sheep in a herd!

I think the real obscenity comes

from raising our youth to believe

that sex is bad and ugly and dirty.

And yet, it is heroic

to go spill guts and blood

in the most ghastly manner

in the name of humanity.

With all the taboos attached to sex,

it's no wonder we have problems.

It's no wonder we're angry

and violent and genocidal.

But ask yourself the question:

What is more obscene, sex

- or war?

- War!

She's a

She's a killer.

- Larry?

- Yeah?

- Hi, Althea.

- Hi, Arlo.

Arlo, you wanted something?

Yes, I've got bad news.

A Georgia prosecutor arrested some

news dealers for selling Hustler

and some other retailers

are getting nervous

and they're taking issues

off the stands.

Fuel the jet.

Okay.

Wait. Alert the Georgia media.

Tell them the cavalry's on the way.

- Mr. Flynt?

- Mr. Flynt?

Larry, why are you here?

Good, hardworking news vendors

are being threatened.

If that's not censorship,

I don't know what is.

- So, what's your plan?

- Well, just watch me.

Come on, right on in here.

- You okay, baby?

- I'm fine.

Stand right over there.

All right. Don't crowd.

Let the cameras through, okay?

You rolling?

Now, what we're gonna do here is

I'm gonna pay this gentleman

$1000.

I am renting the Puff and Read

for the next 24 hours.

I am in control now.

And anybody who would like

to purchase a copy of Hustler

Could I please buy a copy

of the Hustler magazine?

Yes, you can, sir. Here is the Hustler

magazine that I am selling

That's it. Larry Flynt,

you are under arrest.

Okay. I gotta give him

some change.

Only in America, huh?

- How far are you willing to go?

- What are your plans now?

There's many who support Hustler,

but none are willing to support you.

How do you feel about that?

Why do I have to go to jail

to protect your freedom?

That's good.

So we're gonna pay

a million bucks?

Why not? Listen, if it catches

the killer, I think it's worth it.

Okay, moving on.

A**hole of the month.

- Jerry Falwell.

- You always say Jerry Falwell.

Jerry Falwell is always an a**hole.

That's why, Arlo.

How about this month

we do Anita Bryant?

I say Gerald Ford.

I say Larry Flynt.

Yeah, I like that, bro. I mean,

everybody thinks I'm an a**hole.

- Yeah, it's true.

- Is that right?

- Larry, you have a phone call.

- Take a message.

- How about a**hole of the decade?

- She's calling from North Carolina.

She says she's the president's

sister. Ruth Carter something.

Ruth Carter Stapleton?

- She's a woman of God.

- What does she want with you?

What are you afraid of?

Pick up the phone.

Okay.

Patch her through.

Hello, this is Larry Flynt.

- Praise the Lord, I've found you.

- Hallelujah.

What can I help you with?

We have a mutual friend, Larry.

A television producer

and he suggested

we get together.

He thought you and I

would hit it off.

You know, I don't understand.

I mean, you're an evangelist

and I'm a smut peddler

Larry, I don't believe in labels.

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