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Genres:
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Biography /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Bob Fosse
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Actors:
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Jan Miner,
Stanley Beck,
Frankie Man,
Rashel Novikoff,
Gary Morton,
Guy Rennie,
Michele Yonge,
Dustin Hoffman,
Valerie Perrine,
Kathryn Witt
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Duration:
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111 min.
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Rating:
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(7.6/10)70.5
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Plot Summary:
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1950s humorous Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs contention with his analgesic use, graphic language and marriage to a stripper (Valerie Perrine) .
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Lenny
Trailblazing stand behind-up comedian Lenny Bruce was an iconic colleague of the 60s counterculture, a noted figure whose outspoken act challenged the boundaries of good politeness so decisively that he was regularly hauled into court on charges of obscenity. Slotting neatly into the trite constraints of the biopic genre - where the subject's rise and inevitable fall are ticked off with clockwork preciseness - Bob Fosse's blear fails to balance the nitty-gritty of the comic's soul with the importance of his stir. Boldly at once in abominable and anaemic and packaged in a pseudo-documentary structure, Lenny succeeds chiefly on the footing of Hoffman's Academy Confer-nominated prime performance, which succeeds in capturing the comedian's warm exhibit performanc...
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