A chronicle of the rise to power of Hustler founder Larry Flynt, and his excruciatingly long legal battle over the limits of the first amendment. Stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Ed Norton, and Brett Harrelson. Directed by Miloš Forman. 1996.
Even as your watching it, The People vs Larry Flynt seems charitable to Larry Flynt, but really, he could use a fucking break, and the film doesn't pretend to be a beat-by-beat life story, omitting such details as Flynt's other wives and second lawyer (the one who actually got shot). Even so, the story of Larry Flynt is an important one to tell, and it is told well here. Harrelson plays Larry Flynt the infamous douche with a heart of gold, and also sells his disability. And seriously, who better to cast as skanky junkie Althea than Courtney Love, the modern queen of the skanks? This is a great movie for enthusiasts of both pornography and civil liberties. It turns out I've seen a few other films by director Forman, but hadn't been paying him any formal attention. If anyone can recommend any of his Czech films I'd like to give them a try.
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