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    Lenny (1974)

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    Filthy-mouthed, heroin-addicted sociopath Lenny Bruce is not the kind of heroic biographical subject that draws crowds, but Bob Fosse’s tight direction and Dustin Hoffman’s mesmerising central performance as the self-destructive comic make Lenny a controversial film worth serious study.

    Drug addiction, continual arrests for obscenity, and a desperate struggle to open the world’s eyes to the ugliness of life through comedy led to a tragic downfall.

    Hoffman manages the miracle of making you see a thoroughly unpleasant creep in a new light.

    Not for the squeamish.

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    Lenny Bruce
    Dustin Hoffman
    Honey Bruce
    Valerie Perrine
    Sally Marr
    Jan Miner
    Artie Silver
    Stanley Beck
    Sherman Hart
    Gary Morton
    Aunt Mema
    Rashel Novikoff
    Jack Goldstein
    Guy Rennie

    Director
    Bob Fosse

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