The People vs. Larry Flynt Page #8

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Hey, go to hell, Larry. Go to hell.

Bye.

Why did you disobey this court's order?

You were not to leave California.

- We had an honest misunderstanding.

- Counsellor, he's right.

Some rules are made to help us,

not hurt us, and I

I do apologise, Your Honour, and

I wanna fess up and reveal my source.

Now tell me who was

the source of this videotape?

- The samurai.

- Excuse me?

The samurai gave me the tape.

And who is this man,

and where is he?

Unfortunately, he had

a critical groin injury on the way

to give me the tape,

and he's undergoing

acupuncture treatment

in Beijing, China right now.

- It's okay, Alan.

- Mr. Flynt.

This court fears

that you're seriously mentally ill.

Opinions are like a**holes:

Everybody's got one.

- Cut it out.

- Shut up, Alan!

- Shut up.

- You shut up!

Mr. Flynt, let your lawyer

do the talking.

No, I know the rules, okay?

- You're fired. I'm representing myself

- I am so tired of you. You're fired.

- You can't f***ing fire me!

- No cursing in this courtroom!

What?

- Larry Flynt

- How about spitting?

Marshal, put a gag on that man.

- Sit down, sir.

- You bastard!

Sit down, lady!

Be seated there in the back!

- Get off me!

- Everybody down in this courtroom!

All right, Mr. Flynt, are you willing

to calm down now, sir?

If I take that gag off of you

are you gonna show me and my staff

the respect that we deserve?

All right, marshal.

- F*** you, you son of a b*tch!

- I've had enough of this.

You leave me no choice

but to sentence you to 9 months.

- Nine months? Is that all you got?

- Three more months.

- F*** you, Your Honour!

- Want more?

- Larry, stop it.

- Sit down, lady!

Larry Flynt

you are sentenced to 15 months

in a federal psychiatric prison.

Hey, don't look at me.

Ask for bail, counsellor.

Can I post bail, Your Honour?

No!

- Now get him out of my courtroom!

- F***ing bastard!

You can say all of those foul words

behind four padded walls. Get him out!

- Gentlemen.

- Something we'd like to show you, sir.

I don't understand.

The reverend would never

endorse a liquor company.

- There's a larger problem.

- Substantially larger.

You see, sir, it says right there

that the reverend

It says, sir

that he fornicated with his mother

in an outhouse.

Give me a second.

Now, what do you boys

have for me today?

Reverend, I think you need to read this.

Give me your jacket, please.

Jesus Christ.

Stand up, please.

Raise your foot.

- Arms up.

- Arms what?

Arms up.

Larry

you look so good.

You look like sh*t.

- What?

- Larry

I don't want to work

at the magazine anymore.

People there don't listen to me

and they don't talk to me.

They're afraid of me

and they don't shake my hand.

Larry, I went to Dr. Robert and

He told me that I was sick.

I mean, sick-sick.

I mean, I got AIDS, Larry.

They won't shake your hand?

Yes, sir. Yes.

Code pink. Code pink.

Code pink. Code pink.

Larry, it's Jimmy here.

You there?

Larry? Larry, you there?

I have some important

announcements to make.

- How's the hospital treating you?

- Never mind that.

- Is everybody there?

- We're here, Larry.

Good. You're all fired.

You can't just fire these people.

We need these people.

Shut up! It's my business,

and I'll run it into the ground if I want to.

Okay, that's all. I gotta go.

What the f*** was that?

Just calm down, Arlo.

Don't panic on me.

None of you guys are fired.

- But Larry just said that

- What did he say? He's in a nut house.

You're not fired. Is that a problem?

Thank you. Thanks.

Jesus, Althea.

Hi, hi.

Come on, sit down. Sit down.

You all right, Mrs. Flynt?

Fine, thanks.

You look different. I don't know.

Did you change your hair?

- Yeah, I changed my hair.

- Yeah, I like it.

Yeah, my hair's different.

So, what's up?

I got this the other day,

and I brought it by

to see if you would look at it, please.

Wow, that is

- I mean, this is

- It's intense.

Yes, it is.

What are we gonna do?

- You're gonna give it to Larry's lawyers.

- Alan, you are our lawyers.

You've always been our lawyers. You're

part of the family. Don't listen to Larry.

- You know how he is.

- I don't know, Althea.

We really need your help.

Please, please help us.

Please, please

Alan.

Boy, this is great, Larry. This is

really great. I hope it was worth it.

Didn't I fire you?

Well, I've always ignored

most of what you've said, right?

Listen, I know the timing is lousy

but you remember

your little Campari ad?

The Jerry Falwell in the outhouse

with his mother and ?

He saw it.

And I guess it's safe to say he

He didn't find it all that funny.

He is suing you

for libel and intentional infliction

of emotional distress.

And he is asking for 40 million dollars.

This is Jerry Falwell in his home state.

So if you're up to it

we really ought to figure out

how you want to deal with this.

Countersue.

- What?

- Yeah, Jerry. He's suing you.

He's suing me?

For heaven's sakes, on what grounds?

Well, you xeroxed his ad

and you sent it out

in a million fundraising letters.

Yeah, so?

But you didn't get his permission.

And that's copyright infringement.

The depth of his depravity sickens me.

They'll put you on the stand,

and your testimony

will make or break us, as always.

So downplay how much

you hate Falwell.

You've got to make them understand

that it was just a joke.

I'm just a clown

Take this seriously, Larry.

This is gonna be the most

expensive case you've ever had

- if you lose.

- Okay!

Reverend Falwell, you're a preacher,

is that right?

Yes, I am.

And as a preacher, you speak

to a fairly broad audience.

You preach on television and on your

"Old-Time Gospel Radio Hour"?

I do.

So you've achieved

a certain notoriety.

One might say a national reputation

for your sermons and your opinions

and ideas and your leadership

of the Moral Majority.

Yes, our membership

is now over 5 million.

But even beyond your membership,

really, you've been recognised

and awarded for your efforts

all over America.

I have a number

of honorary degrees.

In a recent poll

of Good Housekeeping magazine

I was voted Second

Most-Admired American

behind President Reagan.

Good Housekeeping? That's

I mean, hey, you're famous, right?

Well, I suppose you could say that.

Reverend Falwell, have you ever

had sex with your mother?

- Absolutely not.

- Never? I mean, you never ?

Never in the outhouse

as Hustler magazine suggested?

That is an absurd question.

My mother was

a very godly woman

and as close to a saint

as anyone I have ever known.

I'm sure she was.

Reverend, have you ever preached

while you were drunk?

Drunk? Never.

Never?

You never even had a few too many

and then went back on the radio?

That is a totally

outrageous suggestion.

- Totally outrageous?

- Totally.

You don't think that

some people, Reverend Falwell

despite your reputation, might have

reason to believe you could do that?

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