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Lenny

Year:
Duration:
111 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.7
Director:
Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 9 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1974-11-10
Filming Locations: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Earnings
Gross: SEK 1,021,233 (Sweden) Admissions 74,966 (Sweden)
Cast
Actor
Character
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
Lenny
Dustin Hoffman
Lenny Bruce
Valerie Perrine
Honey Bruce
Jan Miner
Sally Marr
Stanley Beck
Artie Silver
Frankie Man
Baltimore Comic
Rashel Novikoff
Aunt Mema
Gary Morton
Sherman Hart
Guy Rennie
Jack Goldstein
Michele Yonge
Nurse
Kathryn Witt
Girl (as Kathie Witt)
Monroe Myers
Hawaiin Judge
John DiSanti
John Santi
Mickey Gatlin
San Francisco Policeman
Martin Begley
San Francisco Judge
Mark Harris
Defense Attorney
Richard Friedman
San Francisco Prosecutor
Lee Sandman
2nd San Francisco Judge
Jack Nagle
Reverend Mooney
Phil Philbin
New York Plainclothesman
Bruce McLaughlin
New York Judge
Ted Sorel
New York Attorney
Clarence Thomas
New York Attorney
Mike Murphy
New York Prosecutor
Susan Malnik
Kitty (age twelve)
George DeWitt
Comic
Judy LaScala
Chorus Girl
Don Newsome
Connection
Allison Goldstein
Kitty (age one)
Winston Lee
Chinese Waiter
Bridghid Glass
Kitty (age two)
Joe Mencel
Court Reporter
Richard O'Barry
Court Clerk
Beth Challis
Club Owner
Robert Parsons
Chicago Plainclothesman
Cecil Seay
Chicago Plainclothesman
Bob Collins
New York Assistant DA
Frank Ardell
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Bud Atchison
New York Plainclothesman
Molly Bandes
Lady in Los Angeles Audience (uncredited)
Alfred Barney
(uncredited)
Lynette Bernay
Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited)
William Boone
(uncredited)
Buddy Boylan
Marty
Daniel Burger
First Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Anthony Caruso
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Tom Chamberlain
San Francisco Policeman
Rufus Cleare Jr.
Second Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Jimmy Crawford
Second Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Edward Crocetti
(uncredited)
Joey Dano
Baltimore Strip Club Band Member (uncredited)
Lewis DiMartino
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Cindy Embers
Opening Stripper (uncredited)
Andy William Fischer
Duffy's Strip Club Band (uncredited)
William Flannigan
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Belle Flower
Babysitter (uncredited)
Turnip Green
(uncredited)
Sherry Greene
Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Gerald Guidice
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Jeffrey Holck
(uncredited)
Phyllis Hyman
Nightclub Patron
Diego Iborra
Baltimore Strip Club Band Member (uncredited)
Jay W. Jensen
Nightclub Customer
Mal Jones
New York Court Clerk (uncredited)
Myrtle Jones
Second Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
David Light
Duffy's Strip Club Band (uncredited)
Sonny Mange
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Larry Mark
Humiliated Customer (uncredited)
Ben Marks
Duffy's Strip Club Band (uncredited)
Lee Martin
Duffy's Strip Club Band (uncredited)
David Joseph Martinez
Marine Private
John Henry McCarthy
Man in Cellar Club (uncredited)
Norbert Mogwitz
Club Charles Band Member (uncredited)
Eugene Monahan
Los Angeles Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Paul Martino Musenga
First Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Onyx
Stripper (uncredited)
Alan Ormsby
Man in Audience of Cellar Club (uncredited)
Frank Orsatti
Hunter
Christine Page
Nightclub Patron
Jeannie Parker
Lady in Los Angeles Audience (uncredited)
Leonard Perna
First Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Paula Plyler
Truth Girl (uncredited)
William Richko
Catskills Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Richard F. Rose
Second Cellar Club Band (uncredited)
Ted Rosen
Club Charles Band Member (uncredited)
Joseph Santaniello
(uncredited)
Jack Savage
Man in Chicago Audience (uncredited)
Lonnie Sintow
Woman in Chicago Audience (uncredited)
Kim St. Leon
Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Rita Turner
Stripper (uncredited)
Charles Victor
Club Charles Band Member (uncredited)
Glenn R. Wilder
Hunter
Zorita
Nightclub Owner
Lillian Zuckerman
Nightclub Patron
Did you know?
Trivia
The one-take master shot scene of Lenny doing his act in a raincoat near the end of the film came from an actual tape recorded from a show he did that was sent to Dustin Hoffman by a student who saw the show. Lenny's exact words in the scene on stage are verbatim from the tape of his show.
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The Broadway production of "Lenny" by Julian Barry opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York on May 26, 1971 and ran for 453 performances.
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Neil Diamond was originally selected for the title role but declined.
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Goofs
During the movie's opening monologue, Lenny says that it's 1964 and then references the MDA Telethon, which debuted in 1966.
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Quotes
Lenny Bruce: l'm not anti-Christ or anti-religion, l just think it's encouraging that people are leaving the Church and going back to God.
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Lenny Bruce: "Fuck you." Never understood that insult, because fucking someone is actually really pleasant. If we're trying to be mean, we should say "unfuck you!"
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Lenny Bruce: Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt gave Lou Gehrig the clap?
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Faq
Q
How does it end?
A
Honey talks about her being committed to a mental institute.Lenny was sentenced to four months in prison. His mother takes Kitty for the night, and Lenny overdoses. Last shot: Lenny naked on the bathroom floor.
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