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* RealityEnsues: When you keep mocking the legal institutions, they won't listen to you anymore.
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* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge also sentences him to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution 25 years]]'' and denies bail. Subverted in Larry's later trials, when the judges are clearly more frustrated by Flynt's appalling behavior, a retaliation for his earlier mistreatment.
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* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge also sentences him to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution 25 years]]'' and denies bail. Subverted in Larry's later trials, when the judges are clearly more frustrated by Flynt's appalling behavior, a retaliation for his earlier mistreatment. Larry lets the judge (played by Flynt himself) have it at the end of his first trial.
-->'''Larry:''' Your honor, you have not made one intelligent decision during the course of this trial and I don't expect one now: knock yourself out.
-->'''Larry:''' Your honor, you have not made one intelligent decision during the course of this trial and I don't expect one now: knock yourself out.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Ain't no rule that says Larry can't post bail by having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of cash into a courtroom.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Ain't no rule that says Larry can't post bail by having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of cash into a courtroom. The judge has the money accepted, but specifically warns Flynt that he expects future payments to be handled through the usual cashier's checks.
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* LittleNo: Larry's response to being asked to take an oath in court. It's leads to a BigNo from the judge wondering why and Larry explains that as an atheist, an oath to God means nothing to him. The judge just shakes his head and asks him to affirm instead, which Larry agrees to.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Supreme Court Justices, who press Isaacman on how the Constitution protects obscenity, and rule in his favor when he gives a decent answer.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed when Larry first meets Althea, as he can tell that she is "not legal" when she auditions for his strip club. She admits she's but a centimeter from legal age - as in, the ''very next day'' was her 16th birthday (the age of consent in Ohio), and she auditioned while she was still underage just to amuse herself.
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* NaughtyNuns: After being put in a Catholic orphanage after her father killed himself and his wife, Althea, as in real life, claims she was forced to sexually pleasure the nuns running it.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Larry wins his case against Rev. Jerry Falwell and has his place in history. Unfortunately, he doesn't have his true love, Althea.
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* OffToSeeTheWizard: Althea suggests a feature of The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion [=gangbanging=] Dorothy.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Due to Althea not making it to the end, and the extra expense needed to insure Courtney Love, the writers gave her a LOT to do in the movie in order to get as much use of her as possible.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: According to ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Shooting Script]]'', when the RealLife Larry Flynt found out about the movie, he met with the writers to go over the script as it was at that point. His objections qualified for this.
-->"I would never say 'Jim Dandy'. I never served biscuits and molasses at the Club. The Jackie O issue went to three printings, not four. I never depicted {{Bestiality|IsDepraved}}."
-->"I would never say 'Jim Dandy'. I never served biscuits and molasses at the Club. The Jackie O issue went to three printings, not four. I never depicted {{Bestiality|IsDepraved}}."
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* CourtroomAntic: Larry offers plenty of this, including going to the courtroom with the American flag as a diaper! It later gets too much, though, and no decent self-respecting law, judge or court is willing to take on his case.
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* CourtroomAntic: Larry offers plenty of this, including going to the courtroom with the American flag as a diaper! It later gets to be too much, though, and no decent self-respecting law, judge or court is willing to take on his case.
* DoomedByCanon: Althea, since {{Canon}} here is RealLife.
* FatBastard: Jerry Falwell, big time. He becomes the film's FinalBoss.
* FatBastard: Jerry Falwell, big time. He becomes the film's FinalBoss.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people. [[spoiler:It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people. [[spoiler:It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
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Larry is a real person rather than a previously depicted fictional character, so historical beauty upgrade is the only trope that applies.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The real Larry Flynt never looked as handsome as Woody Harrelson did.
* [[LoopholeAbuse Ain't No Rule]]: That says Larry can't post bail by having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of cash into a courtroom.
* [[LoopholeAbuse Ain't No Rule]]: That says Larry can't post bail by having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of cash into a courtroom.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed when Larry first meets Althea, as he can tell that she is "not legal" when she auditions for his strip club. She admits she's but a centimeter from legal age - as in, the ''very next day'' was her 16th birthday (the age of consent in Ohio), and she auditioned while she was still was underage just to amuse herself.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Ain't no rule that says Larry can't post bail by having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of cash into a courtroom.
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''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' is a 1996 {{biopic}} directed by Creator/MilosForman about Larry Flynt, the founder of ''Hustler'' magazine. Creator/WoodyHarrelson stars as Flynt, with a supporting cast that includes Creator/CourtneyLove, Creator/EdwardNorton, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
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''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' is a 1996 {{biopic}} directed by Creator/MilosForman about Larry Flynt, the founder of ''Hustler'' magazine. Creator/WoodyHarrelson stars as Flynt, with a supporting cast that includes Creator/CourtneyLove, Music/CourtneyLove, Creator/EdwardNorton, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed when Larry first meets Althea, as he can tell that she is "not legal" when she auditions for his strip club. She admits she's but a centimeter from legal age - as in, the ''very next day'' was her 16th birthday(the age of consent in Ohio), and she auditioned while she still was underage just to amuse herself.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed when Larry first meets Althea, as he can tell that she is "not legal" when she auditions for his strip club. She admits she's but a centimeter from legal age - as in, the ''very next day'' was her 16th birthday(the birthday (the age of consent in Ohio), and she auditioned while she still was underage just to amuse herself.
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* RealityEnsures: When you keep mocking the legal institutions, they won't listen to you anymore.
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* RealityEnsures: RealityEnsues: When you keep mocking the legal institutions, they won't listen to you anymore.
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* TakeThat: InUniverse, everything Larry does when he comes back in 1983 is meant as a retaliation against the U.S. Government, MoralGuardians and anyone else he can think of due to his frustration with how there was no investigation of his getting shot back in 1978. The Campari ad parody with Jerry Falwell is the pinnacle.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people. [[spoiler: It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people. [[spoiler: It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
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* TakeThat: InUniverse, everything Larry does when he comes back in 1983 is meant as a retaliation against the U.S. Government, MoralGuardians MoralGuardians, and anyone else he can think of due to his frustration with how there was no investigation of his getting shot back in 1978. The Campari ad parody with Jerry Falwell is the pinnacle.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people.[[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people.
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* YoungEntrepreneur: The film [[AMinorKidroduction starts]] with Larry and his brother bottling and selling home made moonshine at the respective ages of 10 and 8.
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* YoungEntrepreneur: The film [[AMinorKidroduction starts]] with Larry and his brother bottling and selling home made homemade moonshine at the respective ages of 10 and 8.
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* CourtroomAntic: Larry offers plenty of this, including going to the courtroom with the American flag as a diaper!
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alan finally has had it with Larry and lets him have it about how his irreverent behaviour has isolated him from decent people. [[spoiler: It hits hard enough for Larry to give a proper defense on freedom.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: Larry himself freely admits that he's a sleazebag, but the movie clearly positions him on the right side, as opposed to the self-righteous (and hypocritical) puritans he opposes.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Larry himself freely admits that he's a sleazebag, but the movie clearly positions him on the right side, side of the debate, as opposed to the self-righteous (and hypocritical) puritans he opposes.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Larry himself freely admits that he's a sleazebag, but the movie clearly positions him on the right side, as opposed to the self-righteous (and hypocritical) puritans he opposes.
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* AsHimself: A doctor and a bodyguard who took care of Flynt in real life do the same on-screen here.
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* CreatorCameo: Flynt himself plays a judge. The screenwriters also have brief appearances.
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* HappierHomeMovie: After one of the reporters asks Larry if he has any regrets, he lets them know he only has one -- then the scene cuts to him watching these. But it does show...
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
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* HappierHomeMovie: After one of the reporters asks Larry if he has any regrets, he lets them know he only has one -- then the scene cuts to him watching these. But it does show...
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
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* HappierHomeMovie: After one of the reporters asks Larry if he has any regrets, he lets them know he only has one -- then the scene cuts to him watching these.
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* HappierHomeMovie: After one of the reporters asks Larry if he has any regrets, he lets them know he only has one -- then the scene cuts to him watching these. But it does show...
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the home movie, Althea claims that she will never be old and ugly but Larry will.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed as Larry fears that Althea is too young to be a stripper.
* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge also sends him to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution 25 years]]'' and denies bail. Subverted in Larry's later trials, when the judges are clearly more frustrated by Larry's appalling behavior. But this behavior is due to Flynt feeling mistreated.
* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge also sends him to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution 25 years]]'' and denies bail. Subverted in Larry's later trials, when the judges are clearly more frustrated by Larry's appalling behavior. But this behavior is due to Flynt feeling mistreated.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Discussed as when Larry fears first meets Althea, as he can tell that Althea she is too young "not legal" when she auditions for his strip club. She admits she's but a centimeter from legal age - as in, the ''very next day'' was her 16th birthday(the age of consent in Ohio), and she auditioned while she still was underage just to be a stripper.
amuse herself.
* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge alsosends sentences him to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution 25 years]]'' and denies bail. Subverted in Larry's later trials, when the judges are clearly more frustrated by Larry's Flynt's appalling behavior. But this behavior is due to Flynt feeling mistreated.behavior, a retaliation for his earlier mistreatment.
* KangarooCourt: In Larry's first trial, evidence in favor of Flint is denied, specifically magazines with similar content as ''Hustler''. The judge also
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''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' is a 1996 biopic directed by Creator/MilosForman, about Larry Flynt, the founder of ''Hustler'' magazine. Creator/WoodyHarrelson stars as Flynt, with a supporting cast that includes Creator/CourtneyLove, Creator/EdwardNorton, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
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''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' is a 1996 biopic {{biopic}} directed by Creator/MilosForman, Creator/MilosForman about Larry Flynt, the founder of ''Hustler'' magazine. Creator/WoodyHarrelson stars as Flynt, with a supporting cast that includes Creator/CourtneyLove, Creator/EdwardNorton, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
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->-- '''Larry Flynt'''
''The People Vs Larry Flynt'' ([[Creator/MilosForman Miloš Forman]], 1996) is a dramatic biopic about Larry Flynt (portrayed by Creator/WoodyHarrelson), the founder of ''Hustler Magazine''. The film begins with him as a young boy selling moonshine to hillbillies and ends with him hearing about the outcome of his Supreme Court case. Along the way, the virtues and downsides of organized religion, pornography, capitalism and free speech are explored. It is the second of screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's trilogy of {{Biopic}}s of "anti-Great Men," after ''Film/EdWood'' and before ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', about Creator/AndyKaufman.
The film was nominated for two UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, for Best Actor (Harrelson) and Best Director.
''The People Vs Larry Flynt'' ([[Creator/MilosForman Miloš Forman]], 1996) is a dramatic biopic about Larry Flynt (portrayed by Creator/WoodyHarrelson), the founder of ''Hustler Magazine''. The film begins with him as a young boy selling moonshine to hillbillies and ends with him hearing about the outcome of his Supreme Court case. Along the way, the virtues and downsides of organized religion, pornography, capitalism and free speech are explored. It is the second of screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's trilogy of {{Biopic}}s of "anti-Great Men," after ''Film/EdWood'' and before ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', about Creator/AndyKaufman.
The film was nominated for two UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, for Best Actor (Harrelson) and Best Director.
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''The People
The film begins with him as a young boy selling moonshine to hillbillies and ends with him hearing about the outcome of his Supreme Court case. Along the way, the virtues and downsides of organized religion, pornography, capitalism and free speech are explored. It is the second of screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's trilogy of {{Biopic}}s of "anti-Great Men," after ''Film/EdWood'' and before ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', about Creator/AndyKaufman.
The film was nominated for two UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, for Best Actor (Harrelson) and Best
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* BikiniBar: Mostly played straight at Larry's strip club, Althea then makes a point of averting.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The movie version of Flynt is considerably more attractive than the real life version ever was.
