MOVIE · 1996

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Drama130 min

Woody Harrelson is Larry Flynt, the Hustler publisher whose crude, headline-making magazine business turns into a running legal war over obscenity and free speech. As Larry pushes from small-time hustling into national notoriety, Courtney Love’s Althea becomes his wife and closest ally, and Edward Norton’s attorney Alan Isaacman finds himself defending a client who keeps turning the courtroom into part of the spectacle. Miloš Forman’s film tracks Flynt’s rise through scandal, arrests, and public backlash, keeping one eye on his gaudy persona and the other on the constitutional fight gathering around him.