Lenny (1974)

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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. Lenny, the 1974 Bob Fosse biography of famed shock comedian Lenny Bruce (“Lenny said it. ‘Hot Honey’ did it. Together they shocked America.”; nominated for the Best Director and Best Picture Academy Award) starring Dustin Hoffman (in his nominated for Best Actor Academy Award role; in the title role as Lenny Bruce), Valerie Perrine (in her nominated for Best Actress Academy Award role; as Honey Bruce), Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, and Frankie Man