Lenny (1974)
La carriera di Lenny Bruce, entertainer divenuto famoso negli anni '50 per il suo modo di aggredire pubblico e società. Fu il 1° uomo di spettacolo a usare in pubblico le parolacce “a quattro lettere” (in italiano anche a cinque) e a parlare dei piaceri delle droghe. Perseguitato dalle autorità, muore di droga a quarant'anni nel 1966, protestatario fino all'ultimo giorno. Fosse ha dato del noto showman un ritratto a più piani per definire il suo malessere e il suo ruolo di critico del costume. Ottima prova di Hoffman e della Perrine nella parte della moglie. Tratto da un dramma teatrale di Julian Barry.
Direttore:
Bob Fosse
Scrittore:
Julian Barry
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Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce |
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Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce |
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Jan Miner as Sally Marr |
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Stanley Beck as Artie Silver |
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Frankie Man as Baltimore Comic |
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Rashel Novikoff as Aunt Mema |
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Gary Morton as Sherman Hart |
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Guy Rennie as Jack Goldstein |
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Michele Yonge as Nurse |
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Kathryn Witt as Girl |
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Monroe Myers as Hawaiin Judge |
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John DiSanti as John Santi |
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Mickey Gatlin as San Francisco Policeman |
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Martin Begley as San Francisco Judge |
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Mark Harris as Defense Attorney |
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Richard Friedman as San Francisco Prosecutor |
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Lee Sandman as 2nd San Francisco Judge |
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Jack Nagle as Reverend Mooney |
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Phil Philbin as New York Plainclothesman |
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Bruce McLaughlin as New York Judge |
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Ted Sorel as New York Attorney |
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Clarence Thomas as New York Attorney |
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Mike Murphy as New York Prosecutor |
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Susan Malnik as Kitty (age twelve) |
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George DeWitt as Comic |
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Judy LaScala as Chorus Girl |
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Don Newsome as Connection |
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Allison Goldstein as Kitty (age one) |
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Winston Lee as Chinese Waiter |
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Bridghid Glass as Kitty (age two) |
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Joe Mencel as Court Reporter |
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Richard O'Barry as Court Clerk |
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Beth Challis as Club Owner |
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Robert Parsons as Chicago Plainclothesman |
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Cecil Seay as Chicago Plainclothesman |
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Bob Collins as New York Assistant DA |
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Lynette Bernay as Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited) |
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Bob Fosse as The Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Phyllis Hyman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Lillian Zuckerman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Mal Jones as New York Court Clerk (uncredited) |
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David Joseph Martinez as Marine Private (uncredited) |
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Alan Ormsby as Man in Audience of Cellar Club (uncredited) |
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Frank Orsatti as Hunter (uncredited) |
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Glenn R. Wilder as Hunter (uncredited) |
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Zorita as Nightclub Owner (uncredited) |
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Cindy Embers as Opening Stripper (uncredited) |
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Rod Ball as Man in Audience of Cellar Club |
| Camera | Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Production | David V. Picker | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Alan Heim | Editor |
| Writing | Julian Barry | Screenplay |
| Production | Marvin Worth | Producer |
| Sound | Ralph Burns | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Julian Barry | Theatre Play |
| Art | Joel Schiller | Production Design |
| Production | Beverly McDermott | Casting |
| Production | Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Directing | Bob Fosse | Director |
| Art | Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Editing | Irving Rathner | Negative Cutter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael J. Harte | Costumer |
| Sound | Ed Rothkowitz | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Bernay | Costumer |
| Camera | Michael McGowan | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roland "Ozzie" Smith | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Charles Holmes | Gaffer |
| Camera | Billy Simpson | Key Grip |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland | Sound |
| Sound | Richard Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | John Winner | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ralph Burns | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Katherine Wenning | Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Associate Producer |
| Production | Gail Geibel | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Thomas Lofaro | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ted Zachary | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Douglas Green | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Trudy Ship | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Nicholas Sgarro | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Nicholas J. Romanac | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Peter J. Silbermann | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Lynette Bernay | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jonathan Pontell | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Romaine Greene | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Laden | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Jud Chalkley | Medical Consultant |
