Lenny
Director Bob Fosse’s nervy, freewheeling showbiz drama tells the real-life story of taboo-shattering comedian Lenny Bruce, the counterculture prophet whose unfiltered style opened up new frontiers in self-expression. Dustin Hoffman brings a live-wire intensity to his portrayal of the motormouthed Bruce as he goes from small-time strip-club emcee to free-speech lightning rod, while Valerie Perrine lends the film its soul with her deeply affecting performance as his wife, Honey, an innocent lost on the dark side of bohemia. A complex portrayal of one iconoclast by another, Fosse’s film makes deft use of stark monochrome photography and kinetic editing to vividly capture Bruce’s smoky, seedy backstage world.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary from 2015 featuring film historians Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo
- Archival interview with actors Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
- Interview with editor Alan Heim
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris and a 1975 interview with director Bob Fosse
Cover based on an original theatrical poster
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary from 2015 featuring film historians Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo
- Archival interview with actors Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
- Interview with editor Alan Heim
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris and a 1975 interview with director Bob Fosse
Cover based on an original theatrical poster
Cast
- 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
- Kathie Witt
- Girl
- Monroe Meyers
- Hawaiian judge
Credits
- Director
- Bob Fosse
- Producer
- Marvin Worth
- From the play Lenny by
- Julian Barry
- Screenplay by
- Julian Barry
- Executive producer
- David Picker
- Associate producer
- Robert Greenhut
- Director of photography
- Bruce Surtees
- Production designer
- Joel Schiller
- Editor
- Alan Heim
- Musical supervision and scoring
- Ralph Burns
- Costume designer
- Albert Wolsky
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