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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792852247 Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792852249 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: D1003337D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 16, 2002 Running Time: 111 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 1974 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Based loosely on the Broadway play, this film biography of late comedian Lenny Bruce captures his fiery brand of provocative humor while looking at his less-than-savory personal life. Dustin Hoffman earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Bruce, a seminal figure in stand-up comedy who broke boundaries of language and subject matter by questioning hypocrisy and telling it hilariously like he saw it. Director Bob Fosse, working with cinematographer Bruce Surtees, used black-and-white to capture the shadowy nightclub world in which Bruce rose and fell, bleakly depicting the eventual loss of his livelihood when he became a victim of governmental obscenity prosecution. Hoffman is ably supported by Valerie Perrine as Bruce's stripper wife, Honey, as much a victim as a lover for Bruce. --Marshall Fine Description: Two-time OscarÂ(r) winner* Dustin Hoffman brings controversial 60s comedian Lenny Bruce tolife in this landmark (Variety) film that earned six OscarÂ(r) nominations,** including Best Picture. A jagged portrait of a man driven to mainlining honesty into the arteries of a hypocritical culture (Newsweek), Lenny is artful, imaginative (Los Angeles Times) and truly an extraordinary film (Saturday Review)! From his first gig as a nervous Catskillcomedian, it's obvious that Lenny Bruce is a force to be reckoned with. Armed with a shocking routine and a stripper as his muse (Valerie Perrine), Lenny turns comedyand Americaon its ear with his abrasive and often offensive humor. But life in the smoke-filled bars of the comedy circuit begins to take its toll. The drugs and arrests for his subject matter wear heavily on this maverick crusader but don't stop him from pushing the envelope right to his tragic and myth-making end. *1988: Actor, Rain Man; 1979: Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer **1974: Actor (Hoffman), Actress (Perrine), Director, Screenplay Adapted from Other Material, Cinematography Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hot Honey HarlowI think this movie is great! I have purchased a Baker's dozen for my friends. I married Honey Bruce in 1984, here in Honolulu (husband number two). I first had the pleasure of meeting Honey in 1974 in San Anselmo, California. That summer, I was playing the bass guitar in a rock n' roll band for a fellow by the name of MiddleJohn. Middle and I were living in a ranch house directly across the street from where Honey was making her home. I was sleeping in my 1971 Dodge Sportsman camper Van which ... Read More Rating: - Lenny on videotapeExcellent condition, great price. Technology changes, great art doesn't. Bob Fosse and Dustin Hoffman for pennies -- videotape is better and cheaper than ever! Rating:  - Lenny Bruce was not only first, but he was different.For a film that's over 30 years old, this looks great. What helps matters is that it's black and white, which is easier to clean up in the post production process. Really though, it looks like it could have been filmed last year. Dustin Hoffman channels Lenny Bruce in a film directed by Bob Fosse. Yes it's a weird thing, there's no denying that. Bob Fosse, who was better known for his choreography (Chicago, Cabaret), turned to directing as another outlet of his creative forces. As for Hoffman, looking ... Read More Rating: - LennyHoffman fully inhabits the tortured genius of Lenny Bruce, a performer whose scathingly funny routines seem fairly tame by today's standards, but which, in the proper, conforming fifties and early sixties, offended the establishment sufficiently to prompt multiple arrests for obscenity. Valerie Perrine delivers vivid support as Bruce's cheesy stripper wife, Honey, as much a victim of the times--and drugs--as Bruce himself. "Lenny" is a rare non-musical triumph for director Fosse, who was Oscar-nominated, ... Read More Rating: - Dustin really captures Lenny BruceBob Fosse knew what he was doing when he casted Dustin Hoffman as The late great Lenny Bruce. There were times when i thought i was watching the real Lenny. The story of Lenny Bruce and his unfortunate fate is well know to most people and it's inpact on American society was an important one, tou can draw parallels to the more recent Bill Hicks and his infamous censorship with The Late Show. The movie really captures the time in America and the attitude, it's shoot in black and white which i loved. ... Read More |
