Lenny DVD 1974 / Directed by Bob Fosse / Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine

UPC 5999546335941

REGION 2 PAL DVD (Black & White)

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 110 minutes

English Summary:

Lenny is a 1974 American biographical drama film about the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Julian Barry is based on his play of the same name.

The film jumps between various sections of Bruce's life, including scenes of when he was 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. We watch as up-and-coming Bruce courts his "Shiksa goddess", a stripper named Honey. With family responsibilities, Lenny is encouraged to do a "safe" act, but he cannot 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. Worn out by a lifetime of tilting at establishment windmills, Lenny Bruce dies of a morphine overdose in 1966.

Hungarian Summary:

Lenny Bruce, egy csaknem elfeledett amerikai szórakoztatóipari mesterember és showman, az 1950-60-as években a társadalom álszent erkölcsét sértő műsoraival valósággal sokkolja a közönséget. "Mosdatlan szája" miatt gyakran került fogdába. Ez azonban nem törte meg, annál inkább az alkohol és a kábítószer. Mindez nem marad következmény nélkül szakmai és magánéletére. Ezek a konfliktusok Lennyt végül tönkretették.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce
• Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce
• Jan Miner as Sally Marr
• Stanley Beck as Artie Silver
• Rashel Novikoff as Aunt Mema
• Gary Morton as Sherman Hart
• Guy Rennie as Jack Goldman
• Aldo Demeo as Bailiff