Lenny Soundtrack

Synopsis: Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The film traces Bruce from his beginnings as a Catskills comic to his later underground popularity based on his anti-establishment politics and his scatological humor.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Bob Fosse
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1974
111 min
437 Views


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#SongDuration
1Blah-Blah3:03
2Dirty1:13
3Honeycomb2:57
4Intro4:17
5It Never Entered My Mind2:31
6Lament2:43
7Opening3:05

Julian Barry

Julian Barry (born 1930) is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his Oscar-nominated script for the film Lenny about comedian Lenny Bruce. Barry adapted the script from his successful Broadway play of the same name. The film, directed by Bob Fosse and starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine, was nominated for the so-called Oscar Grand Slam, one of some 40 films to be so honored. Barry wrote or rewrote screenplays for several notable films including The River starring Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek, Eyes of Laura Mars starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones, and Rhinoceros, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, Me, Myself and I, starring George Segal and Jobeth Williams, and the American Playhouse production for PBS, A Marriage - Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, starring Christopher Plummer and Jane Alexander. He also appeared as himself in the film documentary Pablo, about the graphic artist and film director Pablo Ferro. Barry resides in Redding, Connecticut, but is frequently in London for theater work. He is not to be confused with the English singer/songwriter of the same name. His autobiography My Night With Orson was published in 2011. more…

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