The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Miloš Forman
Written by	Scott Alexander; Larry Karaszewski
Produced by	Oliver Stone ; Janet Yang ; Michael Hausman
Starring	Woody Harrelson; Courtney Love; Edward Norton;
Cinematography	Philippe Rousselot
Edited by	Christopher Tellefsen
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Phoenix Pictures;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	October 13, 1996 (New York); December 25, 1996 (U.S.);
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$43 million

The People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman, chronicling the rise of pornographer Larry Flynt and his subsequent clash with religious institutions and the law.^[4] It stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love as his wife Althea, and Edward Norton as his attorney Alan Isaacman. The screenplay, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, spans about 35 years of Flynt's life, from his impoverished upbringing in Kentucky to his court battle with Reverend Jerry Falwell, and is based in part on the U.S. Supreme Court case Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.

Despite limited success at the box office, The People vs. Larry Flynt was acclaimed by critics and garnered Harrelson, Love, Norton, and Forman numerous accolades, including a Best Actor nomination for Harrelson and Best Director nomination for Forman at the 69th Academy Awards. Forman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

^ "The People vs. Larry Flynt (18)". British Board of Film Classification. January 14, 1997. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
^ Collins, Scott (March 1, 1997). "The Many People vs. 'Larry Flynt'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
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^ "Milos Forman Explains Why He Made 'The People Vs. Larry Flynt'". Chicago Tribune. December 27, 1996. Retrieved November 2, 2010.