Lenny (8/11) Movie CLIP - Dirty But Not Obscene (1974) HD

Lenny movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don’t miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lenny (Dustin Hoffman) makes a triumphant return to the stage after being arrested for acting obscene. FILM DESCRIPTION: Adapted by Julian Barry from his own Broadway play, Lenny manages to be both brutally frank and highly romanticized in detailing the short life and career of influential, controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The chronology hops, skips and jumps between Lenny (Dustin Hoffman) in his prime and the burned-out, strung-out performer who, in the twilight of his life, used his nightclub act to pour out his personal frustrations at great, boring length. We watch as up-and-coming comic Bruce courts his “Shiksa goddess,“ a stripper named Honey (Valerie Perrine). With family responsibilities, Lenny is encouraged to do a “safe,“ conformist act, but he can’t do it. Constantly in trouble for flo