Title: Lenny
Original Title: Lenny
Year: 1974
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 111 Minutes (1 hour 51 min)
- Genre: Drama Biography Comedy
- Studios: United Artists
- Age rating: 18 (Suitable only for adults)
Release Dates
- United States: November 10 1974
Plot
Adapted by Julian Barry from his own Broadway play, Lenny manages to be both brutally frank and highly romanticized in detailing the short life and career of influential, controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The chronology hops, skips and jumps between Lenny in his prime and the burned-out, strung-out performer who, in the twilight of his life, used his nightclub act to pour out his personal frustrations at great, boring length. We watch as up-and-coming comic Bruce courts his "Shiksa goddess," a stripper named Honey. With family responsibilities, Lenny is encouraged to do a "safe," conformist act, but he can't do it. Constantly in trouble for flouting obscenity laws, Lenny develops a near-messianic complex, which fuels both his comedy genius and his talent for self-destruction.
Cast
Director:
Lenny Bruce
Honey Bruce
Sally Marr
Artie Silver
Baltimore Comic
Aunt Mema
Sherman Hart
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