1 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,165 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:44,378 --> 00:00:47,630 WOMAN: Larry! Jimmy! 3 00:00:53,095 --> 00:00:54,679 Ugh. 4 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:46,856 [GRUNTING] 5 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:03,915 [♪♪♪] 6 00:02:17,221 --> 00:02:18,971 That's very good. Good. 7 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:21,891 How much is it? Two dollars. 8 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:36,322 There's 1. 9 00:02:38,116 --> 00:02:40,159 There's 2. 10 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,039 Thank you. 11 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:18,489 It's locked. He's in there again. 12 00:03:19,074 --> 00:03:24,287 Pa! What are you doing in there? Open up this door. 13 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:27,081 You better not be doing what I think you're doing. 14 00:03:27,249 --> 00:03:28,875 Hey! 15 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:31,335 I told you, I make that for peddling. 16 00:03:31,503 --> 00:03:33,504 Not for you to drink. 17 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:37,008 Hey, you show some respect. 18 00:03:42,973 --> 00:03:46,642 Larry! Jimmy! Y'all get on to the house. 19 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:48,644 Supper's ready. 20 00:03:48,812 --> 00:03:54,317 [GUNSHOT] 21 00:03:58,864 --> 00:04:00,823 Why did you hit him? 22 00:04:00,991 --> 00:04:04,827 He was drinking my profits. You can't be so ornery. 23 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:07,914 People'll think you're crazy. No. 24 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,958 I'm just trying to make an honest buck. 25 00:04:11,335 --> 00:04:14,337 [FARON YOUNG'S "HELLO WALLS" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 26 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:47,703 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 27 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:51,999 Larry. I'll call you back, Mama. 28 00:04:52,918 --> 00:04:56,462 Give a big, big hand to Ilanis 29 00:04:56,630 --> 00:04:59,423 from Ottawa, Tennessee. 30 00:05:04,012 --> 00:05:05,888 Thank you, Jimmy. You know, 31 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:08,724 I don't know if you feel the way I do right now, 32 00:05:08,892 --> 00:05:12,103 but we deliver the finest ladies in southern Ohio. 33 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:14,021 Don't you think? 34 00:05:15,232 --> 00:05:20,444 Thank you. And now, please give a warm, warm welcome 35 00:05:20,904 --> 00:05:24,073 to Kimberly and Melissa. 36 00:05:24,241 --> 00:05:28,202 They're all the way here from Paris and London, Kentucky. 37 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:31,330 [FARON YOUNG'S "COUNTRY GIRL" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 38 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:33,958 [SCATTERED APPLAUSE] 39 00:05:43,719 --> 00:05:45,845 So how are we doing? 40 00:05:46,638 --> 00:05:49,974 Bad. What do you mean, bad? 41 00:05:50,142 --> 00:05:52,601 I mean we're broke. How can we be broke, Larry? 42 00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:56,355 Well, you know, these giveaways are killing us. The limousine. 43 00:05:56,523 --> 00:06:00,484 The smorgasbord was a stupid idea. 44 00:06:00,652 --> 00:06:04,363 Then all your buddies are coming here every night drinking for free. 45 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,657 You don't have to bring my friends into this. 46 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:09,994 LARRY: Oh, hey, ladies. Hey, Larry, we're ready to go. 47 00:06:10,162 --> 00:06:14,957 You put forth some hard work. Thank you. Thank you. 48 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:19,503 Ilanis, I'll be by in about an hour, and I'll bring the Ping-Pong balls. 49 00:06:19,671 --> 00:06:23,299 Leticia, I'll see you in two hours. 50 00:06:24,301 --> 00:06:27,219 Hey, Leticia, I liked the way you blew that candle out tonight. 51 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,055 [WOMEN GIGGLING] 52 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,432 There's the secret, right there. 53 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,978 If I could just somehow let people know what great lays these girls are, 54 00:06:36,146 --> 00:06:38,230 we'd have something. 55 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:43,152 Larry, you can't advertise that. 56 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:46,489 I know you can't, but, 57 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:50,534 Jimmy, 58 00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:54,080 Mister, what kind of business is this? 59 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:57,333 Well, now, I run the Hustler go-go clubs. 60 00:06:57,501 --> 00:06:59,460 I'm sure you've heard of them. 61 00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:00,669 Mm. No. 62 00:07:01,171 --> 00:07:04,381 Yeah, well, see, now that's why I need a newsletter. 63 00:07:04,633 --> 00:07:08,427 I figured we'd run maybe, eight, 10 pages per issue. 64 00:07:08,804 --> 00:07:11,555 With nothing but nudie pictures? 65 00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:15,684 Yeah, on this nice, smooth paper like this. 66 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:18,270 That's called "slick." Slick, yeah. 67 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:22,399 But I, uh, could get in trouble printing these. 68 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:25,986 Why? Because there are laws. 69 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:29,824 You gotta have some sort of text like Playboy does. 70 00:07:30,033 --> 00:07:32,243 [CAR HORN HONKS] 71 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:36,997 MAN: God will punish the sinner! WOMAN: God will punish the sinner! 72 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:39,291 [CROWD CLAMORING] 73 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:43,003 Thank you all for coming to my establishment. 74 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:48,342 And keep in mind, we welcome Christians in here too. Thank you. 75 00:07:48,552 --> 00:07:51,762 [PORTER WAGONER'S "A SATISFIED MIND" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 76 00:08:05,443 --> 00:08:06,819 What do you think? 77 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:09,363 Well, how much did it cost? 78 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:13,534 Would you forget the money for one second? 79 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:15,286 What do you think? 80 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,830 Well, what I think depends on how much it cost. 81 00:08:18,707 --> 00:08:23,586 Look, there it is, the first Hustler newsletter. 82 00:08:23,753 --> 00:08:26,714 It's all for the man on the go, man about town. 83 00:08:26,882 --> 00:08:28,674 Here it is, news service. 84 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:31,427 Larry, it's a magazine, not a newsletter. 85 00:08:31,595 --> 00:08:33,846 How you gonna pay for that? 86 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:38,601 Don't interrupt me when I'm talking, okay? 87 00:08:38,935 --> 00:08:41,604 Let's hear it for Camille. You were wonderful. 88 00:08:41,771 --> 00:08:43,522 Welcome to the stage, gentlemen, 89 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:47,443 Calamity Jane from Moscow, Texas. Let's hear it for her. 90 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:50,321 [THE McCOYS' "HANG ON SLOOPY" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 91 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:33,989 Who is that? 92 00:09:35,492 --> 00:09:37,576 That's the new girl. 93 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:40,454 She got the moves, don't she? 94 00:09:45,168 --> 00:09:47,086 She ain't bad. 95 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:52,299 She ain't legal either. Yes, she is legal. I saw her ID. 96 00:09:52,467 --> 00:09:56,345 Look, you stupid briarhopper, my dog could get an ID, 97 00:09:56,513 --> 00:09:58,222 from my goat. 98 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:15,030 Hey, listen, 99 00:10:15,198 --> 00:10:19,868 when she gets done up there, send her on up to my office. 100 00:10:30,088 --> 00:10:31,547 [CLEARS THROAT] 101 00:10:32,215 --> 00:10:35,009 What, uh? 102 00:10:35,176 --> 00:10:37,219 What's your name? 103 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:41,307 Jane. Jane? 104 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:44,852 We have a policy in this club. Oh, yeah? 105 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:47,021 Yeah. Oh, yeah. 106 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,440 Okay, and? 107 00:10:49,941 --> 00:10:56,363 Trouble is, I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not of age. 108 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:57,906 [LAUGHS] 109 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:00,492 You know, this could cost me my liquor license. 110 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:04,538 I could have to close up shop and fire a lot of people. 111 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,665 I'll tell you something. Please. 112 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:10,336 Yeah, well, see this? 113 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,171 See that? That? 114 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:16,258 I am this far, one second, one millimeter, 115 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:19,219 one second from being legal. 116 00:11:19,471 --> 00:11:22,097 So I'm gonna have to ask you to come back 117 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:25,017 when you're... When that centimeter's up. 118 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:28,062 Well, that would be tomorrow morning, then. 119 00:11:29,939 --> 00:11:32,566 I like the way you dance. I mean, don't get me wrong. 120 00:11:33,985 --> 00:11:35,986 [LIQUID SLOSHING] 121 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:39,615 Ah. What's that? 122 00:11:39,783 --> 00:11:43,952 Oh. Just a little something I got from down home. 123 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,457 Ha-ha. You're a classy guy. I've heard about you. 124 00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:53,504 This is moonshine. Is that? Is this moonshine, right? 125 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:59,093 It's okay. It's just from potatoes. What's it gonna do to me? 126 00:11:59,302 --> 00:12:01,261 Go ahead. It's fine. Natural. 127 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,015 [COUGHING] 128 00:12:07,602 --> 00:12:09,561 But step away from the desk, will you? 129 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,188 [COUGHING] [CHUCKLES] 130 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:13,315 That's like fire! 131 00:12:13,483 --> 00:12:15,150 [♪♪♪] 132 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:20,030 Sorry I made a mess. It's okay. 133 00:12:20,323 --> 00:12:24,159 Um... Can I ask you a question? Shoot. 134 00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:28,664 I heard that you've slept with every single girl in every one of your clubs. 135 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:34,461 Sort of a prerequisite. I'm just wondering if that's true or not. 136 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:40,050 Well, you know, it ain't entirely untrue, if that's what you mean. 137 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:43,679 I'm just curious why you haven't taken a stab at me. 138 00:12:44,556 --> 00:12:46,557 [BOTH LAUGH] 139 00:12:48,017 --> 00:12:51,478 I just met you five minutes ago. 140 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:54,231 I think it was six. 141 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:56,400 Tick, tick, tick, 142 00:12:57,569 --> 00:12:59,194 tick, 143 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:01,155 tick. 144 00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:03,532 [ALTHEA AND LARRY MOANING AND GRUNTING] 145 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:17,588 [LARRY MOANS] 146 00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:22,259 Come on, one more time. One more time? 147 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:25,721 Come on, Althea, even Superman has his limits. 148 00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:30,058 That's the problem with you, you know, men. You know? 149 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:32,352 Your batteries run out. 150 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,814 Because we women, our batteries never run out. 151 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:40,694 We can go on and on and on. Well, then, go fuck a woman. 152 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:44,656 "Then, go fuck a woman." Ha. I do fuck women. 153 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:46,492 Excuse me? 154 00:13:47,118 --> 00:13:49,661 You are not the only person in this club 155 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,331 to have had every single woman in this club. 156 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,168 After one night, she's moving in with you? 157 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,879 Well, you know, this girl, she had it rough. 158 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:01,715 Grew up in an orphanage. Hey. Hey, buddy. 159 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:05,177 Hey. Are you that guy in that little sex paper? 160 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:08,889 Could be. Love the pictures. 161 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:10,265 How do I subscribe? 162 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,809 Where did you come upon the newsletter? 163 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:15,187 Found it in a bathroom in a gas station. 164 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:16,396 Came in pretty handy. 165 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:17,606 [CHUCKLES] 166 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:23,445 Well, I'm glad we helped you out, but, you know, it ain't for subscription. 167 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:25,155 [MARCHING BAND PLAYING OVER TV] 168 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,241 This guy. 169 00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:28,784 MAN [OVER TV]: Game one, steel-curtain defense, 170 00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:30,452 Chips? Never gave the Bengals a chance. 171 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,204 Chips? 172 00:14:44,801 --> 00:14:49,638 Look at her tits. They're nice. They're nice, but they don't look real. 173 00:14:49,806 --> 00:14:51,473 [ALTHEA LAUGHS] 174 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:55,352 I don't understand this magazine. Look at her butt. 175 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,062 Fuzzy pictures, articles, 176 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,982 but I don't know what the hell they're talking about. 177 00:15:00,149 --> 00:15:02,568 You guys read Playboy? 178 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:05,946 Well, yeah. Sure. Yeah. 179 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:09,658 Mm-hm. Did you...? Excuse me, baby. 180 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:11,952 Did you enjoy this month's article 181 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,081 on how to hook up your quadraphonic stereo system? 182 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:17,833 [MEN MUTTERING] 183 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:20,669 I think I missed that one. Mm-hm. 184 00:15:20,837 --> 00:15:25,424 And did you follow their advice on how to make a perfect martini? 185 00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:29,595 Larry, come on, man, move over. Who is this magazine for anyway? 186 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:36,059 I mean, you know, if... It's like, if you don't make 20,000 plus a year, you don't jerk off. 187 00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:37,519 [CHUCKLES] 188 00:15:37,854 --> 00:15:41,106 Seven million people buying it, and nobody's reading it. 189 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,943 Gentlemen, Playboy is mocking you. 190 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:48,030 [DISCO MUSIC PLAYING OVER STEREO] 191 00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:50,991 [MAGAZINE THUDS] 192 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,412 MAN 1: Give me a jelly doughnut, will you? 193 00:15:55,580 --> 00:15:57,039 MAN 2: Yeah, I got your jelly. 194 00:15:57,206 --> 00:15:59,416 How many pages do we have right now, exactly? 195 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:01,627 We have 105. That's no good. 196 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,713 Why not? 106 is good. 104, that's good. 197 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:06,882 105... You connected with these numbers? 198 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:08,884 No, it's gotta be an even number. 199 00:16:09,052 --> 00:16:13,263 Because a paper's got two sides, right? That's two. Multiples of two. 200 00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:17,768 No, a page has four. Four. It's like four. It's one, two, three, four. 201 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:20,228 You fold it, put the staple. That's it. 202 00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:23,482 It's not even an even number. That's right. 203 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:25,859 We'll get it figured out. We'll ask Larry. 204 00:16:26,069 --> 00:16:27,069 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 205 00:16:27,236 --> 00:16:28,779 What the hell's he doing? 206 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:31,698 Baby, let me see that flower in your left hand. 207 00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:35,869 No, not that one. Your other left hand. 208 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:41,416 Yeah, that's it. What...? Hey, hey, hey. 209 00:16:41,584 --> 00:16:45,212 Look, you know, we're not running a flower shop here, okay? 210 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:48,590 We're selling the girl. Stop futzing around with the props 211 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:52,928 and the pillows and the flowers, and just shoot the girl. Okay? 212 00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:56,014 Okay, now, let's go for that leg thing here. 213 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:58,767 Let's recline a little. Yeah. 214 00:16:58,935 --> 00:17:01,228 Let's see you open up them legs a little bit. 215 00:17:01,396 --> 00:17:03,397 Now give me a little wider. That's it. 216 00:17:03,564 --> 00:17:06,149 Now give me a little wider. A little wider. 217 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:07,484 Just another little touch wider. 218 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,569 [LAUGHS] 219 00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:12,531 No, baby, not quite that wide. Wait, wait, wait. 220 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:16,159 No. That... Get back to that. That's exactly what we want. 221 00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:18,620 Here. Okay, that's perfect. 222 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:20,664 Leave it there. That's what you want. 223 00:17:20,832 --> 00:17:24,167 A woman's vagina has as much personality as her face. 224 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:28,130 But you can't show the genitalia. Why not? 225 00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:30,173 Well, Larry, Rudy's right. 226 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:33,343 You can't legally show the vagina. Hey, shut up, Jimmy. 227 00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:38,014 Rudy, are you a religious man? Yeah. 228 00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:41,893 Okay, you believe God created man? Yeah. 229 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:45,981 God created woman. Yeah. 230 00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:49,151 Well, then surely the same God created her vagina. 231 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:52,446 And who are you to defy God? Just shoot her! 232 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:54,656 [♪♪♪] 233 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,841 Jesus Christ. 234 00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:20,098 Where is she? 235 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:26,229 Althea! Hey, baby. Hey. 236 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:32,778 Happy birthday, baby. And I have a heart from my heart. 237 00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:37,365 Larry, that's beautiful. 238 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:45,749 What's wrong? The distributor called, 239 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:50,212 and unfortunately, we've had only a 25 percent sell-through. 240 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:53,465 Somebody want to translate that for me? 241 00:18:54,050 --> 00:18:57,969 What that means is, they're sending back 150,000 copies. 242 00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,388 That's what it means. 243 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:07,103 LARRY: Shit! You're a stupid, dumb briarhopper. 244 00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:09,314 What made you think you'd pull it off? 245 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,107 At least he has balls, Jimmy. 246 00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:15,362 Yeah, well, what he needs is brains. Oh, God, Einstein's speaking. Ha. 247 00:19:15,530 --> 00:19:16,905 I'm so impressed. 248 00:19:17,865 --> 00:19:20,742 One more issue and we're wiped out? 249 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:21,910 Yeah. 250 00:19:22,078 --> 00:19:26,206 You said yourself, "It's not so bad to be poor." 251 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:28,959 Hey, fuck you, Althea. You go be poor, okay? 252 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,837 Fuck me? I believe you're the one 253 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:35,298 that got us into this debt in the first place. 254 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:40,178 You think just because it's your birthday that you can be a bitch? 255 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:44,307 Yeah, and I think I'm 50 feet tall and you have a needle dick, okay? 256 00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:47,269 Ow! Oh. 257 00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:51,481 Don't ever hit me like that again. Don't talk to me like that. 258 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,608 Don't hit me like that. I'll go back. 259 00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:56,611 I'll go back, and I'll eat dog food, okay? Dog food. 260 00:19:56,779 --> 00:20:01,491 You know, take this. I don't own this anymore. I don't have one. Throw it out in the street. 261 00:20:01,659 --> 00:20:02,784 [INTERCOM BUZZES] 262 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:04,870 WOMAN [OVER INTERCOM]: We have a guy on the phone from Italy. 263 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:07,581 He claims he has naked pictures of Jackie O. 264 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,666 Put him through. Yeah, hello. 265 00:20:10,501 --> 00:20:12,752 You the photographer? MAN: Right, yeah. 266 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,255 What do you got? Is this Mr. Flynt? 267 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:16,882 Yeah, this is Mr. Flynt. 268 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:21,636 Listen, I was watching that damn island for four months, 269 00:20:21,804 --> 00:20:24,472 and then one day, man, cabana door opens, 270 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,559 and out comes Jackie O with nothing on. 271 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:30,812 I mean, not a single stitch. You sure it's Jackie O? 272 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,231 Yeah, sure. 273 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:36,318 And what do you see? You see absolutely everything. 274 00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:38,153 Trust me. And she's a good one. 275 00:20:38,321 --> 00:20:40,238 This ain't no Mamie Eisenhower or Lady Bird. 276 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:41,823 [LAUGHS] 277 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:43,533 Oh, my God. First pussy. 278 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:48,705 WOMAN [OVER TV]: Everyone's talking about local-boy done good... 279 00:20:48,873 --> 00:20:49,998 Hey! Shh. What? 280 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:53,752 Larry Flynt, whose Hustler magazine has reached national sales 281 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,338 of an astonishing 2 million copies. 282 00:20:56,505 --> 00:20:57,756 [ALL CHEER] 283 00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:00,842 And in a stunning disclosure, LARRY: Move your ass! 284 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:04,471 WGBE-TV has learned that Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes, himself, 285 00:21:04,639 --> 00:21:09,851 was spotted at a newsstand buying a copy of the infamous Jackie O issue. 286 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:12,145 I spoke to the governor today, Move it! 287 00:21:12,313 --> 00:21:14,356 And he had this response: 288 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:17,025 Everybody knows I've been a historical buff about first ladies for a long time. 289 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:18,485 ALL: Ha-ha-ha. Shh. 290 00:21:18,653 --> 00:21:21,988 Are you saying you'd be interested in nude photos of Martha Washington? 291 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:23,615 RHODES: She's a little bit before my time. 292 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:24,824 BOTH: Arlo! 293 00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:27,452 What about nude photos of your wife? 294 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,373 MAN: A teacher educates our children, 295 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,751 and they become model citizens. 296 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:39,547 The clergyman preaches, and we find spirituality. 297 00:21:39,882 --> 00:21:44,052 My bank gives loans, and homes get built. 298 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:50,558 But now there's a new, darker influence in Cincinnati. 299 00:21:50,893 --> 00:21:53,228 Mr. Leis, if you would? 300 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:54,938 [CLEARS THROAT] 301 00:21:57,525 --> 00:22:01,903 Ladies and gentlemen, I ask that you review this material carefully. 302 00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:03,697 It's important you know, 303 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:08,618 that I did not buy these at a smut store. 304 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:15,750 These were not purchased at a dirty book shop. 305 00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:22,674 I bought this in a neighborhood grocery store, 306 00:22:22,883 --> 00:22:26,428 in full view of our children. 307 00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:27,887 [GASPS] 308 00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:31,433 Ma'am, you cannot hide from this. 309 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:36,688 Decent people are being corrupted. 310 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:39,649 Why, just look what happened to our fine governor. 311 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:44,738 As members of the Citizens for Decent Literature, 312 00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:46,823 we cannot relent. 313 00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:51,119 We must prevent the destruction 314 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:54,205 of the soul of our country. 315 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,749 [♪♪♪] 316 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:57,917 [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] 317 00:23:18,689 --> 00:23:20,815 Larry. Yeah? 318 00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:22,859 Take off your pants. 319 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:25,987 What? Take off your pants. 320 00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:29,491 Why? Because 321 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:32,202 I never fucked a millionaire before. 322 00:23:32,369 --> 00:23:33,453 [LAUGHS] 323 00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:34,954 [♪♪♪] 324 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,498 Look at that. 325 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,417 [FIREWORKS WHISTLING] 326 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:42,170 [CROWD CHEERING] 327 00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:44,339 [BAND PLAYING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"] 328 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:59,771 Happy birthday, America! 329 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:01,106 [ALL CHEERING] 330 00:24:11,742 --> 00:24:12,909 [HOWLING] 331 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:16,079 This is Larry's house? 332 00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:17,705 LARRY: Ma. Pa. Must be it. 333 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:19,541 [LAUGHS] 334 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,210 My son. Hey. You came. 335 00:24:22,378 --> 00:24:24,087 It's so big. Hey, Larry. 336 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:29,342 Larry, who are all these people? Well, these are my friends, Ma. 337 00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:33,555 You have so many friends. Lots of money, lots of friends. 338 00:24:33,848 --> 00:24:36,182 Oh. Look at you. Hey, Arlo. 339 00:24:38,727 --> 00:24:41,646 Know how many rooms I have here? No. 340 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:44,065 Twenty-four rooms. Know who else has 24 rooms? 341 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:45,817 The president? Hugh Hefner. 342 00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:50,321 This is the best room in the house. I think you're gonna like it. 343 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,615 "This is the best room in the house," he said. 344 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,701 [WOMAN GIGGLING] 345 00:24:54,869 --> 00:24:57,620 You know, there's a maid still cleaning up in there. 346 00:24:57,788 --> 00:25:00,248 Let me just say a word. 347 00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:02,625 The maid's cleaning up in there. He's got... 348 00:25:02,793 --> 00:25:06,754 Listen, my folks are here, so just move the girls into the Jacuzzi 349 00:25:06,922 --> 00:25:09,507 and I'll get with you later. Your folks are here? 350 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:11,092 Oh! 351 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:14,429 [KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND'S "I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN" PLAYING] 352 00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:18,099 Whoo! 353 00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:26,816 What in the world is that? 354 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:31,821 LARRY: Hey, ladies. Larry! 355 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,574 The party is just beginning. 356 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,788 She's nice, 357 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:44,709 and she's frigid. Ha-ha-ha. 358 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:48,296 Have to see what we can do about that. 359 00:25:48,464 --> 00:25:50,506 One, two... 360 00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:07,857 [MOANS] 361 00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:16,282 [SNORING] 362 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:24,540 ALTHEA: Larry. Yeah? 363 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,502 Do you ever think about getting married? 364 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:32,257 Oh, God. You know, there's nothing more certain 365 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:35,301 to ruin a beautiful relationship than marriage. 366 00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:39,264 As soon as you get that ring around the finger, okay, 367 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,517 suddenly you have an ownership situation. 368 00:26:42,685 --> 00:26:46,271 Prior to that, it's friendly. 369 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:49,983 You're kind to each other. And I'll tell you something. 370 00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:51,859 As much as I love you, 371 00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:57,031 I want a variety of different... Vagina, pussy. 372 00:26:57,199 --> 00:26:59,075 I'm... What did we just do? 373 00:26:59,243 --> 00:27:01,494 That's what I'm talking about. What am I? 374 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:05,290 So do you think I'm talking about monogamy? 375 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:08,334 You think I'm talking... You're not talking about monogamy? 376 00:27:08,502 --> 00:27:10,670 No, of course not. 377 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:13,840 Larry, how could you misunderstand me? 378 00:27:14,008 --> 00:27:15,925 I was wondering, because I thought... 379 00:27:16,093 --> 00:27:18,928 I don't wanna get married and stop the way we live. 380 00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:24,475 The way that we live is great. Nothing would change. My God. 381 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:29,480 Why? Why now? Because I only wanna be with you. 382 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:32,400 You're the only man I wanna be with. 383 00:27:32,568 --> 00:27:35,570 I want this ring on my finger 384 00:27:35,738 --> 00:27:39,866 to tell me that you love me above all other women. 385 00:27:40,034 --> 00:27:42,827 You want a ceremony? I wanna go to a church. 386 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,704 We'll pay the... I want a preacher. 387 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,539 Pay the preacher on the way in, 388 00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:50,918 and we'll get a cash-ectomy from the lawyer on the way out. 389 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:54,964 You are my life. 390 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:59,260 You're my life. I'm here, You're my life too. 391 00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:01,804 For the rest of my life. Right now, my life. 392 00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:04,182 I can't speak for 20 years down the line. 393 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,184 I can. You can? 394 00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:08,603 Yeah. Let me say something, all right? 395 00:28:08,771 --> 00:28:10,104 Oh, man. No, no, no. 396 00:28:10,272 --> 00:28:13,608 Just forget I brought it up. Larry, just forget I brought it up. 397 00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:17,362 Listen to what I'm saying, okay? Listen to what I'm saying. 398 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,741 Would you marry me? 399 00:28:22,284 --> 00:28:26,371 It's not funny, a joke like that. I'm not joking. Would you marry me? 400 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:30,875 Would you do me the honor of becoming Mrs. Larry Flynt? 401 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:36,464 You're not fucking with me? You mean it? 402 00:28:36,632 --> 00:28:39,300 No, I'm just kidding. You are? 403 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:42,095 No, I'm serious. I'm serious. Don't. 404 00:28:42,304 --> 00:28:44,305 [♪♪♪] 405 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:04,742 Whoa! 406 00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:06,953 She's got a dick. ALTHEA: She taped this on. 407 00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:09,455 Taped this on. This is not real. 408 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:10,832 Who would want to see that anyway? 409 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:13,209 I do. I think it's genius. 410 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:18,297 It don't matter. It's like when people slow down at a car crash to peek. 411 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:22,427 We're breaking taboos. How about The Wizard of Oz? 412 00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:26,431 What do you mean? Okay, like, Dorothy is laying there, 413 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:33,020 in Kansas, and there's the Tin Man and the Scarecrow and, um... 414 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,398 Who's the other one? The Lion. 415 00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:38,651 The Lion. And they're all gang-banging her. 416 00:29:38,819 --> 00:29:42,155 And there's Toto, maybe, even. 417 00:29:42,322 --> 00:29:45,783 Althea, I think there's, you know, some things are sacred. 418 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:47,743 Shut up. 419 00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:51,497 Althea, that is the best damn idea I ever heard. 420 00:29:51,665 --> 00:29:52,707 ALTHEA: Yeah. LARRY: It can work. 421 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,877 Where can I find Larry Flynt? ALTHEA: Work it out. What is it? 422 00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:58,379 ALTHEA: Yeah, the Tin Man could have a tin penis. 423 00:29:58,547 --> 00:30:02,758 MAN: No, he's got that hat, like a funnel. You know, he's got that funnel hat. 424 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:04,927 [STAFF CHATTERING] 425 00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:09,599 Larry Claxton Flynt? Larry Claxton Flynt! 426 00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:10,808 Yeah. 427 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:12,977 Stand up, please, sir. Hands behind your back. 428 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,646 What's this? You're under arrest on charges 429 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:16,898 of pandering obscenity in Cincinnati 430 00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:20,276 and engaging in organized crime. Organized crime? 431 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:23,196 Sit down. Shut up. You have the right to remain silent. 432 00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:25,698 Anything you say can and will be used against you. 433 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:29,118 You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford one, 434 00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:30,578 one will be appointed. 435 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,460 Uh, Mr. Flynt? 436 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,379 You Larry Flynt? 437 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:44,425 Who are you? Alan Isaacman. I'm your lawyer. 438 00:30:44,593 --> 00:30:46,928 I got bail taken care of. Don't worry about that. 439 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:49,555 We ought to talk about the case when you've rested. 440 00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:53,226 Wait, wait. Who hired you? Your wife hired me. 441 00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:55,895 My wife? Yeah. 442 00:30:56,063 --> 00:30:58,105 Are you doing her? 443 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,942 Wai... Am I...? Am I what? 444 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:03,444 Um... I'm just kidding. I like you. 445 00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:06,447 Give me a call after you get out of law school. 446 00:31:06,615 --> 00:31:09,408 No, I'm out of law school. What are you, 22? 447 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:13,120 27. Harvard Law School. Three years in the public defender's office. 448 00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:16,499 Mr. Flynt, obviously you can get whoever you want to represent you, 449 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:19,794 but at least let me say one thing to you, okay? 450 00:31:20,462 --> 00:31:21,754 How should I? 451 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:25,007 You're pretty far out there, even for guys who do this stuff. 452 00:31:25,175 --> 00:31:28,177 Okay? I am interested in your case. 453 00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:31,472 The problem you've got is definitely what I know best. 454 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,641 And I am good at what I do. 455 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:38,646 What, do you specialize in porn? No, no. I don't specialize in porn. 456 00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:42,316 I'll be perfectly honest. I don't particularly like what you do. 457 00:31:42,484 --> 00:31:44,068 I specialize in civil liberties. 458 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:47,738 You know, I don't understand why they've singled me out. 459 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:52,118 Look, Mr. Flynt, this case is bigger than just you and your magazine. 460 00:31:52,286 --> 00:31:55,454 In your case, what's more troubling is this organized-crime charge. 461 00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:57,957 Organized crime? Larry's not in the mob. 462 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:00,668 Mr. Flynt, I gotta ask you one time. 463 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,629 Do you have any connections to organized crime? 464 00:32:03,797 --> 00:32:07,174 Absolutely not. 465 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:08,509 Gotta ask. 466 00:32:08,677 --> 00:32:12,638 By the way, call me Larry. All right, Larry. 467 00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:16,350 In that case, Larry, this is a completely bullshit charge. 468 00:32:16,518 --> 00:32:19,061 But we have to take this seriously. 469 00:32:19,229 --> 00:32:22,565 You could be looking at seven to 25 years. 470 00:32:22,733 --> 00:32:24,525 Twenty-five years? 471 00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:26,944 All I'm guilty of is bad taste. 472 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:29,697 My cousin Bobby shot a preacher in the back. 473 00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:33,034 He got six months for it. Bobby shot a preacher? 474 00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:34,994 ALTHEA: You didn't know? What denomination? 475 00:32:35,162 --> 00:32:36,829 Baptist. I always liked that kid. 476 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:40,708 Can we discuss Cousin Bobby later? We need to discuss this seriously. 477 00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:43,294 If you want my advice... I'm serious. I'm taking notes. 478 00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,463 [CROWD SHOUTING] 479 00:32:58,268 --> 00:33:00,227 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 480 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:02,647 Before we begin, 481 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:07,568 I must apologize for the unpleasantness of this task. 482 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:13,949 What you're about to see is going to take your breath away. 483 00:33:14,701 --> 00:33:18,579 Hustler magazine depicts men and women, 484 00:33:18,747 --> 00:33:20,164 posed together, 485 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:24,085 in a lewd and shameful manner. 486 00:33:25,587 --> 00:33:29,382 Hustler depicts women and women, 487 00:33:29,549 --> 00:33:33,135 posed together in a lewd and shameful manner. 488 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,098 Hustler magazine depicts Santa Claus, 489 00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:41,060 posed in a lewd and shameful manner. 490 00:33:41,728 --> 00:33:43,771 What's he talking about? 491 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,235 Jesus Christ, Larry. 492 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:55,908 Your Honor, the defense would like to introduce into evidence 493 00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:59,745 27 other men's magazines sold in the Cincinnati area. 494 00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:03,249 Titles such as Penthouse, Playboy... Objection! 495 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,168 Sustained. 496 00:34:06,628 --> 00:34:08,379 Sustained? 497 00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:12,258 Wait a second. Your Honor, if I may. 498 00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:14,844 These magazines, ahem, 499 00:34:15,011 --> 00:34:18,431 contain material that is virtually identical to Hustler. 500 00:34:18,598 --> 00:34:22,143 If these magazines are legal and Hustler is not legal, 501 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:24,770 then this is a case of selective prosecution. 502 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:26,397 No. 503 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:29,191 I'm sorry. Did you say no? 504 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:33,779 I will not allow them into evidence. They're irrelevant to this case. 505 00:34:33,947 --> 00:34:38,033 But they are not irrelevant. They demonstrate the community standard, 506 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:39,785 which is laid out... JUDGE: No! 507 00:34:39,953 --> 00:34:42,830 The jury is representative of community standards, 508 00:34:42,998 --> 00:34:46,876 not a pile of magazines. I won't admit them. 509 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:48,919 You won't admit them. 510 00:34:49,713 --> 00:34:51,255 LEIS: Mr. Flynt, 511 00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:54,341 would you please turn to page 77? 512 00:34:58,346 --> 00:35:00,389 Would you describe to the jury, 513 00:35:00,557 --> 00:35:02,224 what is on page 77, please, sir? 514 00:35:02,392 --> 00:35:03,976 Ahem. Uh... 515 00:35:04,144 --> 00:35:07,354 It's a picture of Santa Claus. 516 00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:09,440 What is Santa Claus doing? 517 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:13,778 He's talking to Mrs. Claus and holding in his hand 518 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:18,199 what appears to be a large, erect penis. 519 00:35:18,492 --> 00:35:22,161 And would you read the caption under that cartoon, please? 520 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,121 Uh... It says: 521 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,374 "This is what I've got to ho, ho, ho about." 522 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,461 Mr. Flynt, do you think 523 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,589 the Founding Fathers had a cartoon like this in mind 524 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:36,217 when they wrote the First Amendment? 525 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:41,222 No, but I don't think they had Playboy or People in mind either 526 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:44,433 because I saw a couple of four-letter words in there. 527 00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:48,604 But isn't a community allowed to set its own standards? 528 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:52,107 No. That's just a disguise for censorship. 529 00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:56,654 This country belongs to me as much as it belongs to you, Mr. Leis. 530 00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:59,824 And if you don't like Hustler magazine, don't read it. 531 00:36:00,116 --> 00:36:01,158 I don't. 532 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:06,247 But what about children who gaze upon your magazine in our stores? 533 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,916 Well, look, 534 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:13,128 you know, if a kid gets caught drinking beer in a tavern, 535 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:17,132 we don't ban Budweiser across the nation. 536 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:19,093 [MAN COUGHS] 537 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:21,554 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 538 00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:24,598 you've heard a lot here today, and I'm not gonna try 539 00:36:24,766 --> 00:36:27,393 to go back over it all again for you. 540 00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:31,981 But you have to go back in that room and make some decisions. 541 00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:37,319 And there is one thing I want to make very clear to you before you do. 542 00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:39,613 I am not trying to convince you 543 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:42,950 that you should like what Larry Flynt does. 544 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:46,120 I don't like what Larry Flynt does. 545 00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:50,040 But what I do like 546 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:53,377 is that I live in a country, 547 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,964 where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. 548 00:36:57,132 --> 00:37:01,135 I like that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler, 549 00:37:01,803 --> 00:37:03,512 and read it if I want to, 550 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,349 or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs. 551 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:10,853 Or better yet, I can exercise my opinion and not buy it. 552 00:37:11,021 --> 00:37:13,772 I like that I have that right. I care about it. 553 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:16,734 And you should care about it too. 554 00:37:16,902 --> 00:37:18,903 You really should. 555 00:37:19,154 --> 00:37:21,155 Because we live in a free country. 556 00:37:22,824 --> 00:37:25,492 We say that a lot, but I think sometimes we forget 557 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:27,953 really what that means, so listen to it again. 558 00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:30,456 We live in a free country. 559 00:37:30,624 --> 00:37:35,169 And that is a powerful idea. That's a magnificent way to live. 560 00:37:35,337 --> 00:37:38,088 But there's a price for that freedom, which is that sometimes, 561 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,675 we have to tolerate things that we don't necessarily like. 562 00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:44,345 So go back in that room, where you are free to think, 563 00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:48,140 whatever you want to think about Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine. 564 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:53,228 But ask yourselves if you want to make that decision for the rest of us. 565 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:57,608 Because the freedom that everyone in this room enjoys, 566 00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:00,569 is in a very real way in your hands. 567 00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:06,200 If we start throwing up walls against what some of us think is obscene, 568 00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:08,535 we may very well wake up one morning 569 00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:10,663 and realize walls have been thrown up 570 00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:14,041 in all kinds of places that we never expected. 571 00:38:14,376 --> 00:38:18,379 And we can't see anything or do anything. 572 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,092 And that's not freedom. 573 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,512 That is not freedom. 574 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,348 So be careful. 575 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:31,600 Thank you. 576 00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:37,564 [GAVEL BANGING] 577 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:44,738 Have you reached a verdict? Yes, Your Honor, we have. 578 00:38:44,906 --> 00:38:47,366 Hand the verdict to the bailiff. 579 00:38:58,962 --> 00:39:02,047 Will the defendant please rise? 580 00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:10,681 Madam Clerk, read the verdict. 581 00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:16,311 "We, the jury, find the defendant, 582 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:19,440 Larry Claxton Flynt, guilty as charged on all counts." 583 00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:21,608 [SCATTERED GROANS AND APPLAUSE] 584 00:39:27,115 --> 00:39:29,867 Do you have anything to say before I sentence you? 585 00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:34,246 Your Honor, 586 00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:36,707 you have not made 587 00:39:37,042 --> 00:39:40,502 one intelligent decision during the course of this trial, 588 00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:42,546 and I don't expect one now. 589 00:39:43,006 --> 00:39:44,631 Knock yourself out. 590 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:48,635 I sentence you to 25 years in the Ohio State Penitentiary. 591 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:51,096 No! We request bail. 592 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:52,848 Bail denied! Denied?! 593 00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:57,686 Bailiff, take him away. This is a standard procedure! 594 00:39:57,854 --> 00:39:59,688 All I do is publish a magazine! 595 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:03,567 REPORTER: Mrs. Flynt, were you surprised by the verdict? 596 00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:06,653 No. I was not surprised by the verdict at all. 597 00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:10,491 We had a stupid judge. We had a uptight prosecutor, two of them. 598 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,868 Are you ashamed to have your husband locked up? 599 00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:15,412 I am not ashamed of Larry. I never would be. 600 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,332 I'd rather have a man who stands up for what he believes in. 601 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:20,834 Of course, I'm not happy he's going to jail. 602 00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:23,754 But you know what? You guys can call this a circus, 603 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:25,881 you can call it a witch-hunt, but you can't... 604 00:40:26,049 --> 00:40:28,050 [♪♪♪] 605 00:40:51,074 --> 00:40:53,117 Hi, baby. 606 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,078 You are so beautiful. 607 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:57,704 [SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] 608 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,373 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 609 00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:02,126 How are you? I miss you. 610 00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:04,920 I miss you too. 611 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:09,258 You got any girlfriends in here? 612 00:41:10,718 --> 00:41:12,594 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 613 00:41:12,762 --> 00:41:16,890 You got calluses on your hands? You know it. 614 00:41:17,058 --> 00:41:21,061 I fantasize about you, just, all the time. 615 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,940 Our bed is so empty. 616 00:41:25,108 --> 00:41:27,025 [SNIFFS] 617 00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:32,906 Oh, baby. 618 00:41:35,451 --> 00:41:38,036 Oh, God. 619 00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:42,249 Oh, baby. 620 00:41:44,961 --> 00:41:48,088 What can I do to get you out of here? 621 00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:53,177 Oh. You know, Isaacman says there's no way this is gonna hold up. 622 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:55,596 What if Alan's wrong? 623 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:58,849 What if you don't get out till the year 2000, 624 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:03,312 and I'm fat and old and ugly, and you don't love me anymore? 625 00:42:03,479 --> 00:42:07,191 You ain't never gonna be old and fat and ugly. 626 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,484 I promise you. 627 00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:13,822 I love you. I love you. 628 00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:15,699 [CHUCKLES] 629 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:17,868 [WOMAN SINGING "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"] 630 00:42:48,691 --> 00:42:50,692 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 631 00:42:51,361 --> 00:42:54,780 Please, please, please. Please, please. 632 00:42:54,948 --> 00:42:58,325 And now, Americans for a Free Press 633 00:42:58,493 --> 00:43:03,538 take extreme pleasure in welcoming to Cincinnati, direct from jail, 634 00:43:03,706 --> 00:43:06,500 cleared 100% by the appellate court... 635 00:43:06,668 --> 00:43:10,837 This is really great. Americans for a Free Press to invite us here tonight. 636 00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:14,841 You idiot. Americans for a Free Press is me. 637 00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:17,552 Who do you think's paying for this? That freedom fighter, 638 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:21,306 Larry C. Flynt! 639 00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:23,225 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 640 00:43:27,188 --> 00:43:28,855 Thank you. 641 00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:31,400 Thank you. WOMAN: We love you, Larry! 642 00:43:31,567 --> 00:43:35,737 I have a thought for you: Murder is illegal. 643 00:43:35,905 --> 00:43:39,283 But you take a picture of somebody committing the act of murder, 644 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,119 they'll put you on the cover of Newsweek. 645 00:43:42,287 --> 00:43:44,997 You might even win a Pulitzer Prize. 646 00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:48,959 And yet sex is legal. 647 00:43:49,127 --> 00:43:51,712 Everybody's doing it, or everybody wants to be doing it, huh? 648 00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:53,380 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 649 00:43:53,548 --> 00:43:57,467 Yet you take a picture of two people in the act of sex, 650 00:43:57,635 --> 00:44:00,679 or just take a picture of a woman's naked body, 651 00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:03,390 and they'll put you in jail. 652 00:44:03,558 --> 00:44:05,058 Now, I have a message, 653 00:44:05,226 --> 00:44:09,771 for all you good, moral, Christian people who are complaining 654 00:44:09,939 --> 00:44:13,817 that breasts and vaginas are obscene. Hey, don't complain to me. 655 00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:16,320 Complain to the manufacturer. Okay? 656 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:20,907 Although Jesus told us not to judge, I know you will. So judge sanely. 657 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:24,286 Judge with your eyes open. What do you consider obscene? 658 00:44:24,454 --> 00:44:25,787 Is this obscene to you? 659 00:44:25,955 --> 00:44:27,039 [♪♪♪] 660 00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:31,335 Or perhaps that's obscene to you. 661 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:33,920 Maybe this is obscene to you. 662 00:44:34,088 --> 00:44:38,216 But what is more obscene? This? 663 00:44:38,593 --> 00:44:40,177 Or this? 664 00:44:40,345 --> 00:44:42,095 This? 665 00:44:43,056 --> 00:44:44,598 Or this? 666 00:44:44,766 --> 00:44:48,477 You know, politicians and demagogues like to say 667 00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:52,814 that sexually explicit material corrupts the youth of our country, 668 00:44:52,982 --> 00:44:57,527 and yet they lie, cheat and start unholy wars. 669 00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:01,490 Look at them. They call themselves men. They're sheep in a herd! 670 00:45:01,657 --> 00:45:06,286 I think the real obscenity comes from raising our youth to believe 671 00:45:06,454 --> 00:45:09,873 that sex is bad and ugly and dirty. 672 00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:14,586 And yet, it is heroic to go spill guts and blood 673 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:18,340 in the most ghastly manner in the name of humanity. 674 00:45:18,508 --> 00:45:22,844 With all the taboos attached to sex, it's no wonder we have problems. 675 00:45:23,012 --> 00:45:26,807 It's no wonder we're angry and violent and genocidal. 676 00:45:26,974 --> 00:45:29,184 But ask yourself the question: 677 00:45:29,352 --> 00:45:32,687 What is more obscene, sex, 678 00:45:33,189 --> 00:45:35,148 or war? CROWD: War! 679 00:45:35,316 --> 00:45:37,317 [CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 680 00:45:48,329 --> 00:45:49,579 [BARKING] 681 00:45:49,997 --> 00:45:51,790 [GARY WRIGHT'S "DREAM WEAVER" PLAYING] 682 00:45:51,958 --> 00:45:53,667 [LAUGHS] 683 00:45:54,836 --> 00:45:58,171 She's a... She's a killer. 684 00:46:08,057 --> 00:46:10,684 Larry? Yeah? 685 00:46:11,644 --> 00:46:13,019 Oh. 686 00:46:13,896 --> 00:46:17,190 Hi, Althea. Hi, Arlo. 687 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,484 Arlo, you wanted something? 688 00:46:19,652 --> 00:46:25,157 Yes, I've got bad news. Um... 689 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:30,662 A Georgia prosecutor arrested some news dealers for selling Hustler, 690 00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:34,708 and some other retailers are getting nervous, 691 00:46:34,876 --> 00:46:37,377 and they're taking issues off the stands. 692 00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,546 Fuel the jet. Ahem. 693 00:46:39,714 --> 00:46:41,298 Okay. 694 00:46:41,466 --> 00:46:46,178 Wait. Alert the Georgia media. Tell them the cavalry's on the way. 695 00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:55,061 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 696 00:46:55,229 --> 00:46:56,855 Larry, why are you here? 697 00:46:57,023 --> 00:47:00,066 Good, hardworking news vendors are being threatened. 698 00:47:00,234 --> 00:47:02,569 If that's not censorship, I don't know what is. 699 00:47:02,737 --> 00:47:06,198 REPORTER: So, what's your plan? LARRY: Well, just watch me. 700 00:47:06,532 --> 00:47:08,366 Come on, right on in here. 701 00:47:08,534 --> 00:47:09,910 You okay, baby? I'm fine. 702 00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:13,288 Stand right over there. All right. Don't crowd. 703 00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:16,666 Let the cameras through, okay? You rolling? 704 00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:20,462 Now, what we're gonna do here is, uh, 705 00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:22,589 I'm gonna pay this gentleman 706 00:47:22,965 --> 00:47:25,133 $1000. 707 00:47:25,301 --> 00:47:29,387 I am renting the Puff and Read for the next 24 hours. 708 00:47:29,555 --> 00:47:31,723 I am in control now. 709 00:47:31,891 --> 00:47:35,894 And anybody who would like to purchase a copy of Hustler... 710 00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:38,897 Could I please buy a copy of the Hustler magazine? 711 00:47:39,065 --> 00:47:42,484 Yes, you can, sir. Here is the Hustler magazine that I am selling... 712 00:47:42,652 --> 00:47:44,945 That's it. Mr. Flynt, you are under arrest. 713 00:47:45,112 --> 00:47:47,948 Okay. I gotta give him some change. 714 00:47:48,115 --> 00:47:50,116 Only in America, huh? 715 00:47:50,284 --> 00:47:52,244 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 716 00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:53,828 WOMAN 1: How far are you willing to go? 717 00:47:53,996 --> 00:47:55,413 WOMAN 2: What are your plans now? 718 00:47:55,581 --> 00:47:59,042 There's many who support Hustler, but none are willing to support you. 719 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:00,627 How do you feel about that? 720 00:48:00,795 --> 00:48:04,172 Why do I have to go to jail to protect your freedom? 721 00:48:10,054 --> 00:48:11,846 That's good. 722 00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:14,849 So we're gonna pay a million bucks? 723 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:18,812 Why not? Listen, if it catches the killer, I think it's worth it. 724 00:48:18,980 --> 00:48:22,315 Okay, ahem, moving on. Asshole of the month. 725 00:48:22,483 --> 00:48:25,485 Jerry Falwell. You always say Jerry Falwell. 726 00:48:25,653 --> 00:48:28,488 Jerry Falwell is always an asshole. That's why, Arlo. 727 00:48:28,656 --> 00:48:31,032 How about this month we do Anita Bryant? 728 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,326 I say Gerald Ford. 729 00:48:33,494 --> 00:48:35,161 I say Larry Flynt. 730 00:48:35,329 --> 00:48:37,581 [LAUGHING] 731 00:48:39,709 --> 00:48:44,045 Yeah, I like that, bro. I mean, everybody thinks I'm an asshole. 732 00:48:44,213 --> 00:48:46,756 Yeah, it's true. Ha-ha-ha. Is that right? 733 00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:51,803 Larry, you have a phone call. Take a message. 734 00:48:51,971 --> 00:48:55,348 How about asshole of the decade? She's calling from North Carolina. 735 00:48:55,516 --> 00:48:58,893 She says she's the president's sister. Ruth Carter something. 736 00:48:59,353 --> 00:49:01,229 Ruth Carter Stapleton? 737 00:49:01,689 --> 00:49:05,358 She's a woman of God. What does she want with you? 738 00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:10,822 What are you afraid of? Pick up the phone. 739 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:13,199 Okay. Mm. 740 00:49:13,367 --> 00:49:16,161 Patch her through. Hello, this is Larry Flynt. 741 00:49:16,329 --> 00:49:18,371 RUTH [OVER SPEAKER]: Praise the Lord, I've found you. 742 00:49:18,539 --> 00:49:19,539 Hallelujah. 743 00:49:19,707 --> 00:49:21,791 What can I help you with? 744 00:49:21,959 --> 00:49:24,961 We have a mutual friend, Larry. A television producer 745 00:49:25,129 --> 00:49:27,297 and he suggested we get together. 746 00:49:27,465 --> 00:49:30,175 He thought you and I would hit it off. 747 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,928 You know, I don't understand. I mean, you're an evangelist, 748 00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:36,264 and I'm a smut peddler... 749 00:49:36,432 --> 00:49:38,933 Larry, I don't believe in labels. 750 00:49:39,101 --> 00:49:42,020 I think you and I could teach each other a lot. 751 00:49:42,188 --> 00:49:45,357 So are you free for dinner tomorrow night? 752 00:49:45,608 --> 00:49:49,319 Uh... You know, I have a hectic schedule. 753 00:49:49,487 --> 00:49:53,031 You know what's nice about people like you and me, Mr. Flynt? 754 00:49:53,199 --> 00:49:56,701 What's that? We can do anything we want. 755 00:49:57,745 --> 00:49:59,746 [LAUGHS] 756 00:50:12,927 --> 00:50:14,886 Do you go to church, Larry? 757 00:50:15,054 --> 00:50:16,596 Yeah, church. 758 00:50:16,764 --> 00:50:21,184 Particularly, ahem, you know, the big holidays, 759 00:50:21,352 --> 00:50:25,105 Christmas and Easter and New Year's Eve. 760 00:50:25,690 --> 00:50:27,315 New Year's Eve? 761 00:50:27,483 --> 00:50:28,525 [WOMEN CHUCKLING] 762 00:50:28,693 --> 00:50:30,235 Well, that... 763 00:50:30,403 --> 00:50:33,321 They don't have church on New Year's Eve. Okay, well, 764 00:50:33,489 --> 00:50:35,365 we've proven I'm a liar and, uh... 765 00:50:35,533 --> 00:50:36,574 [LAUGHS] 766 00:50:36,742 --> 00:50:39,953 I never go. It's not important. 767 00:50:40,121 --> 00:50:42,080 That's only a ritual. 768 00:50:42,581 --> 00:50:45,291 And I believe in going straight to the teachings of Jesus. 769 00:50:45,459 --> 00:50:47,794 And does she love that man. 770 00:50:48,754 --> 00:50:51,715 So would you call yourself, uh, 771 00:50:52,216 --> 00:50:54,259 a faith healer? 772 00:50:54,427 --> 00:50:57,637 Goodness, no. I do spiritual healing. 773 00:50:57,805 --> 00:51:00,306 Oh. I don't mend bones. 774 00:51:00,474 --> 00:51:02,851 I mend troubled souls. 775 00:51:04,437 --> 00:51:09,149 That's a relief. I thought you might be like those tent revival fakes, 776 00:51:09,316 --> 00:51:13,528 you know, that used to come scare the kids with snakes, 777 00:51:13,696 --> 00:51:15,697 and, you know, "Wicked this, wicked that," and... 778 00:51:15,865 --> 00:51:18,450 Hellfire? Damnation? 779 00:51:18,617 --> 00:51:20,702 That sort of thing? Yeah. 780 00:51:21,370 --> 00:51:25,915 That kind of talk is almost unforgivable. 781 00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:30,462 Well, then, I'd say we have 782 00:51:30,629 --> 00:51:32,338 something in common. 783 00:51:32,590 --> 00:51:36,760 Actually, Larry, there's something else you and I have in common. 784 00:51:37,178 --> 00:51:38,678 What's that? 785 00:51:38,846 --> 00:51:41,765 We're both trying to release people 786 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:44,559 from sexual repression. 787 00:51:45,060 --> 00:51:46,102 LARRY: Really? 788 00:51:46,270 --> 00:51:48,021 [ALTHEA LAUGHS] 789 00:51:48,189 --> 00:51:49,355 ALTHEA: I'm sorry, Mrs. Stapleton. 790 00:51:49,815 --> 00:51:51,316 [CHUCKLES] 791 00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:59,365 LARRY: So tell me, ahem, is your brother, Ji... Mr. President... 792 00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:03,286 Jimmy. Jimmy will be fine. Okay. Jimmy, uh... 793 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:09,959 You think he ever read my publication? 794 00:52:10,127 --> 00:52:13,379 You remember that interview he gave Playboy magazine? 795 00:52:13,547 --> 00:52:16,508 The one where he admitted that he had lust in his heart? 796 00:52:16,675 --> 00:52:18,802 You know, I was especially proud of that. 797 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:24,057 I'm sure you were. But Oral Roberts wasn't, and Billy Graham wasn't. 798 00:52:24,225 --> 00:52:26,351 And they took out after him in public. 799 00:52:26,519 --> 00:52:29,854 So I don't think he's a big fan of adult magazines. 800 00:52:32,066 --> 00:52:37,153 But you know, Larry, I'm more ambivalent about what you do. 801 00:52:37,321 --> 00:52:42,367 Because I think that sexuality is a God-given gift. 802 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:44,536 LARRY: I have to agree with you. 803 00:52:44,703 --> 00:52:47,539 When I counsel Pentecostal women in bad marriages, 804 00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:49,332 I don't take the Bible out. 805 00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:53,753 I say to them, "Get some makeup. Get yourself some curlers. 806 00:52:53,921 --> 00:52:56,256 Make yourself beautiful. 807 00:52:56,423 --> 00:53:00,009 Jesus wants you to be beautiful." Yeah, well, that... 808 00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:03,513 You're something. You surprise me. 809 00:53:03,681 --> 00:53:07,141 Larry, what was your childhood like? 810 00:53:09,728 --> 00:53:12,146 You know, sometimes, 811 00:53:12,314 --> 00:53:16,234 things happen to us when we're very young 812 00:53:16,402 --> 00:53:18,945 that can hurt for many years after. 813 00:53:19,113 --> 00:53:22,115 You know, I think we're all born into this world... 814 00:53:22,283 --> 00:53:24,284 [AIRPLANE PASSING] 815 00:53:33,085 --> 00:53:34,752 Why? Why? 816 00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:38,256 Because I had an epiphany, okay? A what? 817 00:53:38,424 --> 00:53:41,426 An epiphany. Where'd you learn that damn word? 818 00:53:41,594 --> 00:53:44,596 She's crooking you so hard, she's teaching you English now? 819 00:53:44,763 --> 00:53:46,139 She ain't crooking me. 820 00:53:46,307 --> 00:53:51,102 It was more an acid flashback. Don't belittle it like that! 821 00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:52,770 It was a serious thing! 822 00:53:52,938 --> 00:53:56,733 Do you think that I wanted Jesus to tap me on the shoulder? 823 00:53:56,901 --> 00:53:59,611 I'm the last guy who wanted that. I'm getting laid six times a day. 824 00:53:59,778 --> 00:54:02,989 I got limos and a jet, and I'm sitting on a mountain of money. 825 00:54:03,157 --> 00:54:07,076 I didn't want God tapping me on the shoulder. I didn't want that. 826 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:12,332 I had an epiphany once, Larry. What was that? 827 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:16,836 When my daddy shot my entire family in the head, 828 00:54:17,004 --> 00:54:20,089 and I was the only one to identify the bodies. 829 00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:25,762 I got sent to an orphanage full of good, Christian nuns, who shoved my face 830 00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:31,976 into their pussies with their crucifixes on for eight goddamn years! 831 00:54:32,144 --> 00:54:38,358 I'm sorry for you, but that does not... Don't be! Be sorry for yourself. 832 00:54:38,525 --> 00:54:41,027 Don't start this. We're gonna be broke. 833 00:54:41,195 --> 00:54:43,112 You'll need that! Hey. 834 00:54:45,783 --> 00:54:48,743 Come on. It's okay. 835 00:54:48,911 --> 00:54:51,955 Just get behind me on this, okay? 836 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,040 That's all I'm asking. 837 00:54:54,208 --> 00:54:58,127 I feel like it's me against the world. You're all I got, baby. 838 00:55:00,673 --> 00:55:03,216 Say you ain't gonna do this. Promise me you ain't gonna do it. 839 00:55:03,384 --> 00:55:08,388 I'm doing it! I'm doing it! No, Larry, you ain't gonna do it! 840 00:55:08,555 --> 00:55:12,809 Now I'm baptized too, is that it? Fuck you, Larry! Fuck you! 841 00:55:12,977 --> 00:55:14,978 [CHOIR SINGING "MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD"] 842 00:55:19,233 --> 00:55:21,401 Hi. How you doing? 843 00:55:30,369 --> 00:55:33,746 Do you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior, 844 00:55:33,914 --> 00:55:37,250 and reject Satan and all his works? 845 00:55:37,418 --> 00:55:38,835 LARRY: I do. 846 00:55:42,256 --> 00:55:47,010 In obedience to the will of God and upon the confession of this our brother, 847 00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:51,931 we baptize you in the name of the Father and in the name of the Son, 848 00:55:52,099 --> 00:55:55,184 and in the name of the Holy Spirit. 849 00:56:02,276 --> 00:56:03,609 Hallelujah! 850 00:56:08,282 --> 00:56:11,659 There will be no more 851 00:56:11,827 --> 00:56:14,912 photo spreads of women alone. 852 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:20,126 From now on, sex will be presented in a more natural setting, 853 00:56:20,294 --> 00:56:25,214 with the man in the picture, you know, a Genesis pictorial 854 00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:29,093 with Adam and Eve getting it on in the Garden of Eden. 855 00:56:29,261 --> 00:56:32,305 Then next month, I'd like to have, 856 00:56:32,473 --> 00:56:36,142 pretty girls all floating on big, glass crucifixes. 857 00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:38,853 Yeah. Marjoe Gortner could shoot that. 858 00:56:39,021 --> 00:56:43,066 Larry, I plead with you not to do this. 859 00:56:44,109 --> 00:56:47,320 If you do this, this company's gonna be worth nothing. 860 00:56:47,488 --> 00:56:50,907 You're all looking at me like I'm growing horns out of my head. 861 00:56:51,075 --> 00:56:54,911 Look around you. We are living in Roman times. 862 00:56:55,079 --> 00:57:01,209 It is... It is time to feed the lions to the Christians. 863 00:57:01,376 --> 00:57:02,627 This is a joke. 864 00:57:02,795 --> 00:57:08,257 You're just doing this to help our circulation. 865 00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:10,259 Arlo... 866 00:57:20,062 --> 00:57:21,729 I love you, brother. 867 00:57:21,897 --> 00:57:27,318 But please don't ever, ever, ever doubt my sincerity. 868 00:57:27,486 --> 00:57:29,028 [LAUGHS] 869 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:31,864 [CHOIR SINGING "MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD"] 870 00:57:55,264 --> 00:57:57,265 [YELLING] 871 00:58:04,148 --> 00:58:05,565 [EGG HITTING WINDOW] 872 00:58:08,443 --> 00:58:11,028 ALTHEA: This is making people sick. 873 00:58:11,196 --> 00:58:15,491 They're going up to the newsstands, and they're puking. They're vomiting. 874 00:58:15,659 --> 00:58:19,662 Baby, I'm just trying to illustrate that I am no longer willing 875 00:58:19,830 --> 00:58:23,499 to exploit the female body. 876 00:58:23,667 --> 00:58:24,750 [CHUCKLES] 877 00:58:24,918 --> 00:58:27,503 You failed miserably at that. 878 00:58:27,671 --> 00:58:31,883 Nobody on this planet wants their religion and their porn mixed together. 879 00:58:32,050 --> 00:58:34,135 Well, you know, Ruth says that sex... 880 00:58:34,303 --> 00:58:38,014 Get your friend Ruth to buy 2 fucking million of these magazines 881 00:58:38,182 --> 00:58:40,808 because nobody else is gonna fucking do it. 882 00:58:44,104 --> 00:58:49,650 Larry, I'm not gonna pretend that I understand what you go through, 883 00:58:49,818 --> 00:58:53,404 what this spiritual thing is to you. I never have. 884 00:58:53,572 --> 00:58:56,616 But I've always been supportive, always. 885 00:58:56,783 --> 00:59:01,037 And, honey, you're just taking this too far now. 886 00:59:01,205 --> 00:59:04,123 It's going too far. It's like you're losing your mind. 887 00:59:04,291 --> 00:59:05,791 Hey! 888 00:59:06,835 --> 00:59:09,253 My mind is fine. 889 00:59:09,421 --> 00:59:14,467 God is working through me. Don't you see that? I could accomplish anything. 890 00:59:14,635 --> 00:59:17,011 I could move mountains with God's help. 891 00:59:17,179 --> 00:59:22,516 You see that wall? I could make it come tumbling down with sheer willpower. 892 00:59:22,684 --> 00:59:26,437 God, do it. Just do it, then. Do it. 893 00:59:26,605 --> 00:59:28,814 Do it? Yeah. 894 00:59:35,197 --> 00:59:37,949 [PHONE RINGS] 895 00:59:38,283 --> 00:59:40,326 He's gonna be thrilled about this, really. 896 00:59:40,494 --> 00:59:42,995 Hey, Larry. Yeah, it's Alan. 897 00:59:43,163 --> 00:59:47,833 I'm here with the eminently reasonable district attorney of the state of Georgia. 898 00:59:48,001 --> 00:59:52,380 He's very impressed by your conversion and wants to cut us a plea bargain. 899 00:59:52,547 --> 00:59:55,716 A plea bargain because I found God. 900 00:59:55,884 --> 01:00:00,805 Larry, listen to me for a second. Don't argue with me on this, okay? 901 01:00:00,973 --> 01:00:05,142 Just say yes because I pulled a lot of strings to make this happen, okay? 902 01:00:05,310 --> 01:00:08,354 Is he sitting right there with you? Yeah. 903 01:00:08,522 --> 01:00:10,690 Could you do me a favor? 904 01:00:10,857 --> 01:00:14,777 Just tell that miserable, old, gray-haired bastard to go fuck himself. 905 01:00:14,945 --> 01:00:16,737 We're going to trial. 906 01:00:16,905 --> 01:00:19,740 Okay, right. Oh. And praise the Lord. 907 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:24,704 Right. I got it. Okay. Ha. 908 01:00:26,665 --> 01:00:29,542 MAN: The Gwinnett County Court is now in session. 909 01:00:29,710 --> 01:00:34,755 Mr. Flynt, how can you, as a good Christian, defend this filth? 910 01:00:35,799 --> 01:00:37,425 I don't have to. 911 01:00:37,592 --> 01:00:39,927 It may be wrong in some people's opinion 912 01:00:40,095 --> 01:00:44,473 to portray women the way I have, but it's not illegal. 913 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:49,562 It may not be the smartest thing to drink too much, but it's not illegal. 914 01:00:49,730 --> 01:00:55,067 You know, abortion may be morally repugnant, but right now it's not illegal. 915 01:00:55,235 --> 01:00:57,945 If we want to change the laws, that's another discussion. 916 01:00:58,113 --> 01:01:04,410 But our right to decide for ourselves cannot be restricted. 917 01:01:04,953 --> 01:01:09,957 You know, George Orwell said that if liberty means anything, 918 01:01:10,125 --> 01:01:14,253 it means the right to tell people what they don't wanna hear. 919 01:01:14,421 --> 01:01:19,300 Now, America is the strongest country in the world today, 920 01:01:19,468 --> 01:01:22,595 only because it is the freest country. 921 01:01:22,763 --> 01:01:27,391 And if it ever loses sight of its basic heritage, 922 01:01:27,559 --> 01:01:33,272 and the principles involved, then we will no longer be free. 923 01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:34,523 REPORTER: Larry, over here! 924 01:01:34,691 --> 01:01:38,027 That was just a bang-up job you did. 925 01:01:38,528 --> 01:01:40,863 REPORTER: Did you pray before you went into the courtroom? 926 01:01:41,031 --> 01:01:42,782 No comment. No comment. 927 01:01:42,949 --> 01:01:45,117 Is your wife jealous of Ruth? 928 01:01:45,285 --> 01:01:47,286 [CROWD CHATTERING] 929 01:01:49,623 --> 01:01:50,623 MAN 1: Is that true, Larry? 930 01:01:50,791 --> 01:01:52,416 MAN 2: Mr. Flynt, do you have anything to say? 931 01:01:53,418 --> 01:01:54,543 [PEOPLE SCREAMING] 932 01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,796 [GUNSHOTS] 933 01:01:58,465 --> 01:02:00,508 [GROANING] 934 01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:08,307 This is Jackson. We got shots fired in front of the courthouse. 935 01:02:10,602 --> 01:02:13,854 Somebody help! We need an ambulance right away. 936 01:02:15,982 --> 01:02:17,983 [SIREN WAILING] 937 01:02:21,947 --> 01:02:25,157 Stand back! Stand back! Ma'am, stand back! 938 01:02:25,325 --> 01:02:26,742 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 939 01:02:39,548 --> 01:02:43,843 MAN: A 36-year-old male, gunshot wound to the left shoulder. 940 01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:46,095 Patient doesn't appear to have any moving sensation. 941 01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:49,598 I want him alive! I don't care if his head's in a fishbowl. 942 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:52,852 Mrs. Flynt, now you listen to me. 943 01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:56,188 There's something you have to know before you go in that room. 944 01:02:56,356 --> 01:02:58,357 [MONITOR BEEPING] 945 01:03:02,863 --> 01:03:06,115 [ALTHEA SNIFFLING] 946 01:03:11,955 --> 01:03:13,247 Hey. 947 01:03:14,374 --> 01:03:15,791 Oh. 948 01:03:20,297 --> 01:03:24,175 Larry, they say that you're paralyzed. 949 01:03:25,927 --> 01:03:29,263 They say you're paralyzed from the waist down. 950 01:03:32,476 --> 01:03:36,645 They say that you ain't gonna walk again. 951 01:03:37,856 --> 01:03:39,482 From the waist down? 952 01:03:41,359 --> 01:03:44,820 ALTHEA: I fucking love you. 953 01:03:45,906 --> 01:03:47,907 [CRYING] 954 01:03:54,039 --> 01:03:57,333 I'm so sorry, Althea. 955 01:04:03,882 --> 01:04:06,008 My dearest, how are you? 956 01:04:06,176 --> 01:04:10,179 The pain. It's... 957 01:04:11,223 --> 01:04:14,892 I feel like I'm in hell. 958 01:04:15,060 --> 01:04:20,147 No. No, you're not in hell. You belong to God. 959 01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:25,736 I wish he'd have killed me. I do. 960 01:04:25,904 --> 01:04:28,656 I can't ever walk again. 961 01:04:29,824 --> 01:04:33,827 I can't make love to my wife. I can't... 962 01:04:35,163 --> 01:04:39,792 I can't have a child with her. 963 01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:42,753 But don't give in to the bitterness. 964 01:04:42,921 --> 01:04:47,091 You'll be so much stronger if you keep your faith. 965 01:04:47,259 --> 01:04:49,468 God will see you through this. 966 01:04:49,636 --> 01:04:51,136 Ruth, 967 01:04:52,973 --> 01:04:55,683 there is no God. 968 01:04:56,810 --> 01:05:01,480 Take this thing down. I want all this Christian stuff out of here now. 969 01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:06,652 Ladies, gentlemen... 970 01:05:06,987 --> 01:05:11,156 The reign of Christian terror at this magazine is now over. 971 01:05:11,366 --> 01:05:15,035 We're smut peddlers again. We're going back to our roots. 972 01:05:15,203 --> 01:05:19,164 We are "porn again." When's Larry coming back? 973 01:05:20,667 --> 01:05:22,626 ALTHEA: Larry's coming back soon. 974 01:05:22,794 --> 01:05:26,672 So, what do we know? 975 01:05:27,173 --> 01:05:30,009 The FBI ain't got nothing. That's what we know. 976 01:05:30,176 --> 01:05:34,847 Who would want to shoot you, Larry? Who wouldn't want to shoot me? 977 01:05:35,015 --> 01:05:37,641 I'd say it was the CIA. Why? 978 01:05:37,809 --> 01:05:41,353 Because of the million dollars that was offered for J.F.K.'s killers. 979 01:05:42,063 --> 01:05:46,025 No. I think it was the interracial photo spreads. The KKK. 980 01:05:46,192 --> 01:05:48,485 The KKK? It wasn't the KKK. It was the Mob. 981 01:05:48,653 --> 01:05:51,780 The extreme religious right controls all of the fanatics. 982 01:05:51,948 --> 01:05:55,701 That's every American psycho. Let's try to narrow the field a little. 983 01:05:56,953 --> 01:05:58,829 Larry, Yeah? 984 01:05:58,997 --> 01:06:03,208 You're always, always gonna have to watch your ass. Forever. 985 01:06:04,169 --> 01:06:09,673 I ought to move somewhere where perverts are welcome. 986 01:06:09,883 --> 01:06:11,884 [♪♪♪] 987 01:06:24,898 --> 01:06:26,899 [BARKING] 988 01:06:58,682 --> 01:07:01,141 LARRY: Where you going, baby? 989 01:07:01,309 --> 01:07:02,351 I'm gonna get some ice cream. 990 01:07:02,519 --> 01:07:05,145 You want some? I want some more. 991 01:07:05,313 --> 01:07:07,439 Larry, I just gave you twice your dose. 992 01:07:07,607 --> 01:07:12,236 Please, please, please. Larry, you're gonna overdose. 993 01:07:12,404 --> 01:07:15,364 I'm not gonna overdose. I'm in pain. 994 01:07:15,532 --> 01:07:18,033 You're just doing this to get off. More! 995 01:07:22,288 --> 01:07:24,289 [♪♪♪] 996 01:07:25,709 --> 01:07:29,086 I'm only giving you half of what I just gave you. 997 01:07:29,254 --> 01:07:31,714 Don't ask for any more for a while. 998 01:07:58,324 --> 01:07:59,658 Tight. 999 01:08:05,999 --> 01:08:07,458 Okay. 1000 01:08:13,256 --> 01:08:15,215 Okay, let go. Let go. 1001 01:08:16,676 --> 01:08:18,051 [LARRY MOANS] 1002 01:08:18,219 --> 01:08:19,261 You all right? 1003 01:08:19,429 --> 01:08:22,222 I love you, baby. 1004 01:08:33,568 --> 01:08:38,071 [SIGHS] 1005 01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:15,234 [RUBBER SNAPS] 1006 01:09:16,569 --> 01:09:18,570 [♪♪♪] 1007 01:09:19,906 --> 01:09:21,406 [SIGHS] 1008 01:09:27,205 --> 01:09:29,164 Oh, God. 1009 01:09:31,584 --> 01:09:32,918 [ALTHEA SIGHS] 1010 01:09:37,298 --> 01:09:39,258 Oh, God. 1011 01:09:47,433 --> 01:09:49,434 [DOOR HISSING] 1012 01:09:54,023 --> 01:09:56,441 [THUDS THEN CLICKS] 1013 01:10:08,496 --> 01:10:10,497 [DOOR HISSING] 1014 01:10:14,002 --> 01:10:16,628 ALTHEA: Hi, Dr. Bob. Hello, Althea. 1015 01:10:16,796 --> 01:10:19,339 How's Larry today? Shitty. 1016 01:10:21,009 --> 01:10:23,093 Pretty shitty. 1017 01:10:24,012 --> 01:10:28,557 How are you today, Larry? Terrible. I'm in pain. 1018 01:10:28,725 --> 01:10:30,976 ALTHEA: He can hardly talk. 1019 01:10:31,144 --> 01:10:33,478 Larry, we're running out of options here. 1020 01:10:33,646 --> 01:10:36,565 The drugs, your pain, it's gonna kill you. 1021 01:10:36,733 --> 01:10:38,525 Something stronger. 1022 01:10:41,529 --> 01:10:44,114 This is 30 grand. 1023 01:10:44,282 --> 01:10:49,119 Can we just have our medicine, please, Dr. Bob? In peace? 1024 01:10:49,287 --> 01:10:50,871 Larry, there is an operation. 1025 01:10:51,039 --> 01:10:54,374 Apparently it's been very successful for this kind of pain. 1026 01:10:56,544 --> 01:11:00,047 WOMAN 1: Ready for the laser. WOMAN 2: Laser ready. Five watts. 1027 01:11:00,548 --> 01:11:01,965 WOMAN 1: Okay, let's go. 1028 01:11:02,133 --> 01:11:04,134 [♪♪♪] 1029 01:11:23,029 --> 01:11:24,363 [MOANS] 1030 01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:32,120 [CHUCKLES] 1031 01:11:33,373 --> 01:11:35,332 Hey, baby. 1032 01:11:35,500 --> 01:11:37,459 Hi, cutie. What's that? 1033 01:11:37,627 --> 01:11:43,090 Some lady died down the hall, and I got her flowers. 1034 01:11:46,970 --> 01:11:50,973 How do you feel? I feel good. 1035 01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:56,311 You feel good? Yeah, I feel... I feel great. 1036 01:11:56,479 --> 01:11:59,773 For the first time since those bullets, 1037 01:11:59,941 --> 01:12:02,401 I don't feel any pain. 1038 01:12:03,444 --> 01:12:08,949 No, I don't want it, baby. What do you mean? What do you...? 1039 01:12:09,117 --> 01:12:10,367 I feel good. 1040 01:12:10,535 --> 01:12:13,036 And you're not on nothing? 1041 01:12:13,204 --> 01:12:16,748 You're crooking me, or you're a fucking liar. 1042 01:12:17,667 --> 01:12:20,335 You've been on drugs for four or five years, Larry. 1043 01:12:20,503 --> 01:12:25,674 I have a hard time believing that you feel really great on nothing right now. 1044 01:12:25,842 --> 01:12:29,761 Is it that hard to believe that I don't want any? 1045 01:12:29,929 --> 01:12:31,596 Yes, it's that hard to believe. 1046 01:12:31,764 --> 01:12:34,349 I was taking the drugs because I was in pain. 1047 01:12:34,517 --> 01:12:38,437 I'm not in pain now, so I don't want it. Why would I want it? 1048 01:12:38,604 --> 01:12:42,024 I don't know. I don't know why you want it. 1049 01:12:43,276 --> 01:12:47,112 Well, if I don't take it, I'll go into seizures, 1050 01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:50,240 and get really sick. And it makes me feel good. Here. 1051 01:12:50,408 --> 01:12:52,909 I don't want it! In two hours, you'll want it! 1052 01:12:53,077 --> 01:12:55,245 I'm done with it! I'm done with it, okay? 1053 01:12:55,413 --> 01:12:57,789 You've said this before. Stop it! 1054 01:12:57,957 --> 01:13:01,752 That's because you're fucking on... Here take all... 1055 01:13:01,919 --> 01:13:04,087 Come on, Larry. Stop. Stop it. 1056 01:13:04,255 --> 01:13:06,506 Get away! I don't want it! Stop. You're gonna hurt... 1057 01:13:06,674 --> 01:13:10,802 You're gonna hurt yourself. Stop it, please. Stop it, stop it, stop it. 1058 01:13:12,972 --> 01:13:14,598 I don't know. 1059 01:13:17,310 --> 01:13:21,313 We've been through a lot together. We can make it through this. 1060 01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:22,981 Hmm? 1061 01:13:23,858 --> 01:13:29,154 You gonna go cold turkey? I am, and so are you. Okay? 1062 01:13:29,322 --> 01:13:31,281 No. Yes. 1063 01:13:32,116 --> 01:13:34,159 Okay. Okay? 1064 01:13:35,661 --> 01:13:36,995 Uh... 1065 01:13:38,039 --> 01:13:39,915 I can't, Larry. 1066 01:13:40,083 --> 01:13:42,375 [SNIFFLING] 1067 01:13:42,585 --> 01:13:43,710 What am I gonna do? 1068 01:13:43,878 --> 01:13:47,255 What the hell do I need that shit for? I want my mind back. 1069 01:13:47,423 --> 01:13:48,465 [CHUCKLES] 1070 01:13:48,674 --> 01:13:50,675 [♪♪♪] 1071 01:14:03,523 --> 01:14:05,732 Yes, Ms. Bacardi, hi. 1072 01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:06,942 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 1073 01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:17,285 The pervert is back! 1074 01:14:21,999 --> 01:14:23,416 What's your name? 1075 01:14:23,584 --> 01:14:24,668 Sophie. 1076 01:14:24,836 --> 01:14:28,213 Tell everybody the pervert is back. 1077 01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:30,048 [FEEDBACK OVER PA] 1078 01:14:30,216 --> 01:14:33,718 [OVER PA] The pervert is back. The pervert is back. 1079 01:14:33,886 --> 01:14:38,431 The pervert is back. Circulation is down by a third. 1080 01:14:38,599 --> 01:14:42,477 Color reproduction is horrible. 1081 01:14:43,229 --> 01:14:47,065 The models look like they're 3-dollar whores. 1082 01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:50,569 The writing is by some moronic idiots. 1083 01:14:50,736 --> 01:14:56,199 Uh... Mr. Flynt, I don't want to step on your toes, 1084 01:14:56,367 --> 01:15:00,328 but things have changed since you were actively running the company. 1085 01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:04,708 I mean, I look back at the stuff you did in the '70s, and it was, 1086 01:15:04,876 --> 01:15:09,754 sort of racy and crazy. But the country's different now. 1087 01:15:09,922 --> 01:15:14,968 Reagan has rebuilt America, and the Moral Majority is gaining power. 1088 01:15:15,136 --> 01:15:17,262 You're fired. 1089 01:15:17,430 --> 01:15:18,763 Excuse me? 1090 01:15:18,931 --> 01:15:21,099 You, get the fuck out of my building! 1091 01:15:21,267 --> 01:15:23,185 Doug, get him out of here! 1092 01:15:23,352 --> 01:15:28,773 Get that blow-dried jerk motherfucker and throw him in the incinerator! 1093 01:15:28,941 --> 01:15:32,777 Cut him into pieces and feed him to the animals! Get out of here! 1094 01:15:32,945 --> 01:15:37,699 Larry, Larry, you can't do that! I mean, he's our vice president! 1095 01:15:37,867 --> 01:15:39,951 He's the VP of marketing! 1096 01:15:40,119 --> 01:15:43,163 Hey, Jimbo, are you trying to challenge my authority? 1097 01:15:43,331 --> 01:15:46,499 You see that on the wall? "LFP." 1098 01:15:46,667 --> 01:15:51,213 That's Larry Flynt Publications. Not JFP! 1099 01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:55,133 Okay, I'm the big kahuna here! Do you have a problem with that? 1100 01:15:55,843 --> 01:15:59,763 No, Larry. You're the boss. 1101 01:16:03,935 --> 01:16:07,979 So, uh, Larry, what's the plan? 1102 01:16:09,815 --> 01:16:13,777 Plan. The plan is simple. 1103 01:16:13,945 --> 01:16:18,073 The establishment took my manhood from me, 1104 01:16:18,991 --> 01:16:21,952 but they left half of me. The half with the brain. 1105 01:16:22,119 --> 01:16:24,829 And I'm gonna use it to get back. 1106 01:16:24,997 --> 01:16:26,164 [PHONE RINGS] 1107 01:16:30,503 --> 01:16:32,671 Hello? LARRY [OVER PHONE]: Wake up. 1108 01:16:32,838 --> 01:16:34,005 Who is this? 1109 01:16:34,173 --> 01:16:39,427 It's Larry Flynt. Is CBS interested in seeing videotape of the FBI 1110 01:16:39,595 --> 01:16:44,266 selling John DeLorean 50 kilos of cocaine? 1111 01:16:44,433 --> 01:16:47,018 Are you Mr. Waverly? Yeah, yeah. Who are you? 1112 01:16:47,186 --> 01:16:49,145 I'm Mrs. Flynt. 1113 01:16:56,195 --> 01:16:59,197 Do you want some coffee or tea or sandwiches, 1114 01:16:59,365 --> 01:17:01,825 or Ho Hos or Pringles or something? 1115 01:17:01,993 --> 01:17:05,036 No, that's all right. Can I just see the tape, please? 1116 01:17:06,038 --> 01:17:07,706 [BLOWS] 1117 01:17:08,666 --> 01:17:11,209 John DeLorean. It's DeLorean. 1118 01:17:11,377 --> 01:17:15,422 These are the drug dealers. And guess what this is. 1119 01:17:15,589 --> 01:17:17,882 That's the coke? That whole suitcase? 1120 01:17:18,050 --> 01:17:24,139 Yeah, watch this. DeLorean, he... The first time to touch it. That's it. 1121 01:17:24,307 --> 01:17:27,475 That's all the contact he had with that cocaine. 1122 01:17:27,643 --> 01:17:31,730 This is my favorite part. They can't get this damn... 1123 01:17:31,897 --> 01:17:35,066 They can't get the suitcase closed, right? 1124 01:17:35,234 --> 01:17:37,569 There's a lot of cocaine in this motherfucker. 1125 01:17:37,737 --> 01:17:41,197 How do you get the damn thing closed? They're all pushing down on it. 1126 01:17:41,365 --> 01:17:44,159 This is amazing. Now they do a toast. 1127 01:17:45,036 --> 01:17:48,204 Now watch this. This is weird. 1128 01:17:48,372 --> 01:17:50,707 There's a knock at the door. 1129 01:17:50,875 --> 01:17:54,085 Tubby gets up and goes to the door. Look. 1130 01:17:54,253 --> 01:17:57,797 Four million dollars' worth of cocaine, nobody's even nervous. 1131 01:17:57,965 --> 01:17:59,841 Now watch. 1132 01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:05,680 FBI. FBI, right? 1133 01:18:05,848 --> 01:18:09,309 This guy's got a good camera sense. Watch him clear camera. 1134 01:18:09,477 --> 01:18:12,103 "Let me get out of your way." Now watch this guy. 1135 01:18:12,271 --> 01:18:15,648 Grabs his champagne, and he walks away. 1136 01:18:16,442 --> 01:18:21,905 These guys aren't concerned about him, because they're FBI. 1137 01:18:22,073 --> 01:18:25,533 Your Honor, the tapes are genuine, and we have a right to broadcast them. 1138 01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:29,871 This is stolen government evidence. This will make a fair trial impossible. 1139 01:18:30,039 --> 01:18:32,832 My client, Mr. DeLorean, will never find an impartial jury. 1140 01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:36,544 We're saying constitutional rights... Judge, you do not condone... 1141 01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:38,129 [LAWYERS ARGUING] 1142 01:18:38,297 --> 01:18:40,882 Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. 1143 01:18:41,384 --> 01:18:42,759 - Stolen tapes. 1144 01:18:43,427 --> 01:18:47,514 Gentlemen, that's enough. It's stolen, judge. It's stolen. 1145 01:18:49,809 --> 01:18:53,520 Here is the Campari ad-campaign parody. 1146 01:18:53,687 --> 01:18:57,315 "Jerry Falwell talks about his first time." 1147 01:18:57,483 --> 01:18:58,650 [LAUGHS] 1148 01:18:58,818 --> 01:19:00,235 [PHONE RINGS] 1149 01:19:00,403 --> 01:19:02,070 JIMMY: You guys are stupid. 1150 01:19:02,238 --> 01:19:04,489 LARRY: Do you ever say anything positive, Jimmy? 1151 01:19:04,657 --> 01:19:07,117 Larry. Yeah? 1152 01:19:07,284 --> 01:19:10,203 I got a subpoena for you to appear in federal court tomorrow 1153 01:19:10,371 --> 01:19:12,539 to reveal the source of the DeLorean tape. 1154 01:19:12,706 --> 01:19:17,585 The FBI got very pissed off. They want you in front of the judge tomorrow. 1155 01:19:17,753 --> 01:19:21,714 Well, you tell that judge I'm wiping my ass with his subpoena. 1156 01:19:21,882 --> 01:19:23,508 Why is your client doing this? 1157 01:19:23,676 --> 01:19:26,136 Your Honor, my client is a very complicated man. 1158 01:19:26,303 --> 01:19:28,680 He's heavily medicated, among other things. 1159 01:19:28,848 --> 01:19:31,391 I believe him to be an undiagnosed manic-depressive. 1160 01:19:31,559 --> 01:19:35,228 Well, I'll give him something to be depressed about, all right. 1161 01:19:35,396 --> 01:19:37,021 I'm issuing a bench warrant for his arrest. 1162 01:19:37,189 --> 01:19:39,190 [SIREN WAILING] 1163 01:19:43,487 --> 01:19:45,530 [PEOPLE YELLING] 1164 01:19:45,698 --> 01:19:47,782 MAN [OVER TV]: - A warrant for the arrest of Mr. Flynt... 1165 01:19:49,535 --> 01:19:51,077 Ah. 1166 01:19:54,331 --> 01:19:56,249 [LARRY LAUGHING] 1167 01:19:57,460 --> 01:20:02,172 WOMAN: "If anyone tries coming after me, I'll shoot him between the eyes." 1168 01:20:02,339 --> 01:20:06,217 Flynt has been barricaded in his Beverly Hills compound for three days. 1169 01:20:10,598 --> 01:20:11,973 [DOOR CLOSES] 1170 01:20:17,730 --> 01:20:19,481 Holy shit! 1171 01:20:19,648 --> 01:20:22,066 Freeze! Federal marshals! 1172 01:20:22,234 --> 01:20:24,110 You, drop the gun. Now! 1173 01:20:24,278 --> 01:20:28,823 Hands in front! Hands! You, hands on your head. Now! 1174 01:20:28,991 --> 01:20:30,533 On your knees! 1175 01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:40,960 NBC, ABC. What the hell's wrong with you, CBS? 1176 01:20:41,128 --> 01:20:44,380 We're federal marshals! Come out! Shut up! 1177 01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:45,924 [GAME SHOW PLAYING OVER TV] 1178 01:20:46,091 --> 01:20:48,593 Where are your fucking priorities? 1179 01:20:48,761 --> 01:20:52,430 ANNOUNCER [OVER TV]: We interrupt this program for a special report. 1180 01:20:52,598 --> 01:20:56,684 I turned the whole world into a tabloid! 1181 01:20:56,852 --> 01:20:58,394 [LAUGHS] 1182 01:20:58,729 --> 01:20:59,938 LARRY: Here I come. 1183 01:21:02,441 --> 01:21:03,483 [DOOR HISSING] 1184 01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:12,909 Larry, are you going somewhere? Yeah! 1185 01:21:13,077 --> 01:21:15,787 ALTHEA: Larry... Roll on out of there, Flynt, now! 1186 01:21:15,955 --> 01:21:21,543 Will you get me some bananas? Yes, I'll get you bananas. 1187 01:21:22,211 --> 01:21:24,128 Thank you, honey. 1188 01:21:29,635 --> 01:21:33,263 Please raise your right hand and place your left hand on the Bible. 1189 01:21:33,430 --> 01:21:34,597 Larry. 1190 01:21:37,893 --> 01:21:40,687 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, 1191 01:21:40,854 --> 01:21:43,565 so help you God? No. 1192 01:21:44,233 --> 01:21:46,067 No?! 1193 01:21:47,653 --> 01:21:50,863 Your Honor, I'm an atheist. I can't very well, uh, 1194 01:21:51,031 --> 01:21:54,659 swear to a God I don't believe exists. 1195 01:21:55,661 --> 01:22:00,164 Mr. Flynt, you are a handful. I know, Your Honor. 1196 01:22:00,374 --> 01:22:04,335 We'll allow you to affirm if that's satisfactory with you, sir. 1197 01:22:04,503 --> 01:22:07,046 That would satisfy me. 1198 01:22:08,424 --> 01:22:10,341 JUDGE: I need for you to answer one question, 1199 01:22:10,509 --> 01:22:13,177 and then you're able to go back home. 1200 01:22:13,345 --> 01:22:14,554 Shoot. 1201 01:22:14,722 --> 01:22:17,223 What was the source of this videotape? 1202 01:22:17,391 --> 01:22:20,977 Your Honor, Vicki Morgan was Alfred Bloomingdale's mistress. 1203 01:22:21,145 --> 01:22:24,480 Excuse me, Your Honor. Excuse... It's okay, Alan. 1204 01:22:24,648 --> 01:22:28,776 And Alfred introduced her to all Reagan's Cabinet buddies. 1205 01:22:28,944 --> 01:22:33,072 And she was a real party girl. And they really liked her. 1206 01:22:33,282 --> 01:22:35,283 If you know what I mean, Your Honor. 1207 01:22:37,453 --> 01:22:41,873 So the thing about Vicki is, she was a bit naive, 1208 01:22:42,041 --> 01:22:47,712 and she started writing a book about all these orgies that they were having. 1209 01:22:47,880 --> 01:22:50,965 And next thing you know, bam, she's murdered. 1210 01:22:51,133 --> 01:22:54,427 But what these White House killers don't realize 1211 01:22:54,595 --> 01:22:59,641 is that Vicki kept some videotapes of their sexcapades. 1212 01:22:59,808 --> 01:23:05,605 And these tapes, Your Honor, are pure carnality. 1213 01:23:05,773 --> 01:23:09,651 Filthy. I've never seen anything... 1214 01:23:09,818 --> 01:23:14,405 Well, I have, but most people haven't seen anything like this. Your Honor... 1215 01:23:14,573 --> 01:23:18,826 What has this got to do with the DeLorean trial? 1216 01:23:20,996 --> 01:23:23,122 That's a good question. 1217 01:23:23,290 --> 01:23:26,793 Ahem. Well, technically, nothing, Your Honor. 1218 01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:32,006 But, you know, I have those tapes and this tape, and it just made me think of it. 1219 01:23:32,174 --> 01:23:36,052 Mr. Flynt, I'd appreciate it, sir, if you would stick to the subject. 1220 01:23:36,220 --> 01:23:40,348 Now, I'll ask you again, what was the source of this videotape? 1221 01:23:40,516 --> 01:23:44,102 Your Honor, with all due respect, you don't have the right to ask! 1222 01:23:44,269 --> 01:23:46,437 That's it. You're in contempt of court. 1223 01:23:46,605 --> 01:23:49,857 And as of tomorrow, I'm fining you $10,000 a day 1224 01:23:50,025 --> 01:23:53,027 until you reveal the source of your videotape! 1225 01:23:57,366 --> 01:23:58,408 [TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 1226 01:23:58,575 --> 01:24:00,368 [HORN HONKING] 1227 01:24:00,536 --> 01:24:02,203 MAN: Look, there's Larry. Look. 1228 01:24:02,371 --> 01:24:04,330 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 1229 01:24:04,498 --> 01:24:07,041 GUARD: All right, folks, make way. Let us through. 1230 01:24:07,251 --> 01:24:09,085 REPORTER: Mr. Flynt, is this a conspiracy? 1231 01:24:09,253 --> 01:24:11,254 [GROWLING] 1232 01:24:13,132 --> 01:24:15,133 [LARRY SINGING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"] 1233 01:24:19,304 --> 01:24:22,306 WOMAN: Larry, where did you get the tapes? 1234 01:24:22,850 --> 01:24:27,562 What have you done with the Vicki Morgan tapes. Do we get to see...? Oh! Oh! 1235 01:24:27,730 --> 01:24:28,771 Ow. 1236 01:24:28,939 --> 01:24:31,983 Do you really have the Vicki Morgan sex tapes? 1237 01:24:32,192 --> 01:24:37,447 No. I told them I had the DeLorean tapes. Now they believe anything I say. 1238 01:24:37,698 --> 01:24:39,323 Sir, take that helmet off. 1239 01:24:39,491 --> 01:24:43,119 We don't wear hats in the courtroom. There's no war going on here. 1240 01:24:43,537 --> 01:24:46,456 You can never be too careful, Your Honor. 1241 01:24:46,623 --> 01:24:49,417 Don't worry, the government will take care of you. 1242 01:24:49,626 --> 01:24:52,086 We brought some extra marshals today. 1243 01:24:52,254 --> 01:24:55,214 I'd appreciate your taking off that helmet. 1244 01:24:55,424 --> 01:25:00,303 Are you going to obey the court and reveal the source of that videotape, 1245 01:25:00,471 --> 01:25:03,181 or are you gonna pay the $10,000 that I ordered? 1246 01:25:03,348 --> 01:25:05,224 [FINGERS SNAPPING] 1247 01:25:06,643 --> 01:25:10,772 I'd like a moment with my client. I don't need it. It is my right 1248 01:25:11,023 --> 01:25:15,193 under the freedom of the First Amendment, to protect my sources! 1249 01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:17,945 Listen, don't go any further. 1250 01:25:18,197 --> 01:25:20,823 Shut up! Relax, Alan, relax! 1251 01:25:21,033 --> 01:25:24,035 Mr. Flynt, is that an American flag you have on? 1252 01:25:24,203 --> 01:25:27,955 I have fashioned this American flag into a diaper. 1253 01:25:28,123 --> 01:25:31,626 If you're gonna treat me like a baby, I'm gonna act like one. 1254 01:25:31,877 --> 01:25:35,630 I'm ordering you arrested for desecration of the flag. 1255 01:25:35,798 --> 01:25:37,340 Take him into custody. 1256 01:25:37,549 --> 01:25:39,175 Your Honor, we'd like to post bond. 1257 01:25:39,343 --> 01:25:41,010 LARRY: Get the hell away from me! 1258 01:25:41,178 --> 01:25:44,430 Take it easy. Just a minute, marshal. 1259 01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:49,644 Very well. The court will set a bond on Mr. Larry Flynt for $50,000. 1260 01:25:49,853 --> 01:25:52,897 This time I'd prefer a cashier's check. 1261 01:25:53,065 --> 01:25:54,690 Understood. Understood. 1262 01:25:55,317 --> 01:25:56,609 JUDGE: Furthermore, 1263 01:25:56,777 --> 01:25:59,737 I'm gonna keep Mr. Flynt under a tight leash. 1264 01:26:01,073 --> 01:26:05,910 So as a condition of his bond, he cannot leave the state of California. 1265 01:26:06,078 --> 01:26:09,664 Larry! Hey, Larry! Hey! 1266 01:26:09,832 --> 01:26:11,749 Larry, you're not getting on that plane. 1267 01:26:11,917 --> 01:26:13,876 Yes, I am. No, you're not! 1268 01:26:14,044 --> 01:26:16,003 You think this is some kind of a game? 1269 01:26:16,171 --> 01:26:19,382 You're right. It's a fucking joke! 1270 01:26:19,550 --> 01:26:23,219 Five and a half years since they shot me, and the government... 1271 01:26:23,387 --> 01:26:28,558 I was there too, all right? Remember? I am not running around 1272 01:26:28,725 --> 01:26:30,476 pissing off everyone who can help us. 1273 01:26:30,644 --> 01:26:32,395 Well, you can walk, 1274 01:26:32,563 --> 01:26:35,481 and you can fuck, and I'm in this chair! 1275 01:26:37,109 --> 01:26:41,028 And I got money. And that gives me the power 1276 01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:43,739 to shake up this system. Dougie. 1277 01:26:45,284 --> 01:26:47,451 Find somebody else to help you, then. 1278 01:26:47,619 --> 01:26:49,120 This is not what I signed on for. 1279 01:26:49,288 --> 01:26:53,165 I don't even know what we're engaged in anymore, Larry. 1280 01:26:53,417 --> 01:26:55,209 If you get on that plane, I quit. 1281 01:26:55,377 --> 01:26:57,295 LARRY: Alan, don't be so melodramatic. 1282 01:26:57,588 --> 01:27:00,631 You don't want to quit me. I'm your dream client. 1283 01:27:00,799 --> 01:27:06,220 I'm the most fun, I'm rich and I'm always in trouble. 1284 01:27:06,388 --> 01:27:10,016 Hey, go to hell, Larry. Go to hell. 1285 01:27:10,475 --> 01:27:11,601 Bye. 1286 01:27:18,025 --> 01:27:20,067 JUDGE: Why did you disobey this court's order? 1287 01:27:20,235 --> 01:27:23,154 You were not to leave California. 1288 01:27:23,322 --> 01:27:24,697 We had an honest misunderstanding. 1289 01:27:24,865 --> 01:27:26,741 Counselor, he's right. 1290 01:27:26,909 --> 01:27:30,661 Some rules are made to help us, not hurt us, and I... 1291 01:27:30,829 --> 01:27:34,248 Ahem. I do apologize, Your Honor, and... 1292 01:27:34,416 --> 01:27:35,458 [SIGHS] 1293 01:27:35,626 --> 01:27:39,837 I wanna fess up and reveal my source. 1294 01:27:40,005 --> 01:27:43,174 Now tell me who was the source of this videotape? 1295 01:27:43,508 --> 01:27:45,092 [CLEARS THROAT] 1296 01:27:46,136 --> 01:27:48,554 The samurai. Excuse me? 1297 01:27:49,848 --> 01:27:51,807 The samurai gave me the tape. 1298 01:27:52,517 --> 01:27:55,061 And who is this man, and where is he? 1299 01:27:55,228 --> 01:27:59,357 Unfortunately, he had a critical groin injury on the way 1300 01:27:59,524 --> 01:28:02,026 to give me the tape, and he's undergoing 1301 01:28:02,194 --> 01:28:05,154 acupuncture treatment in Beijing, China right now. 1302 01:28:05,322 --> 01:28:07,198 It's okay, Alan. JUDGE: Mr. Flynt. 1303 01:28:08,116 --> 01:28:11,661 This court fears that you're seriously mentally ill. 1304 01:28:11,828 --> 01:28:15,039 Opinions are like assholes: Everybody's got one. 1305 01:28:15,207 --> 01:28:17,041 Cut it out. Shut up, Alan! 1306 01:28:17,209 --> 01:28:18,626 Shut up. You shut up! 1307 01:28:18,835 --> 01:28:21,712 Mr. Flynt, let your lawyer do the talking. 1308 01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:24,382 No, I know the rules, okay? 1309 01:28:24,841 --> 01:28:27,134 You're fired. I'm representing myself... 1310 01:28:27,302 --> 01:28:29,053 I am so tired of you. You're fired. 1311 01:28:29,262 --> 01:28:32,682 You can't fucking fire me! No cursing in this courtroom! 1312 01:28:32,849 --> 01:28:33,849 What? 1313 01:28:34,226 --> 01:28:36,268 Larry Flynt... How about spitting? 1314 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:39,522 Marshal, put a gag on that man. 1315 01:28:39,690 --> 01:28:41,524 Sit down, sir. LARRY: You bastard! 1316 01:28:41,692 --> 01:28:43,734 Sit down, lady! Be seated there in the back! 1317 01:28:43,902 --> 01:28:45,236 Get off me! 1318 01:28:45,404 --> 01:28:47,279 JUDGE: Everybody down in this courtroom! 1319 01:28:50,742 --> 01:28:55,663 All right, Mr. Flynt, are you willing to calm down now, sir? 1320 01:28:57,124 --> 01:28:58,332 Mm-hm. 1321 01:28:58,500 --> 01:29:00,126 JUDGE: If I take that gag off of you, 1322 01:29:00,293 --> 01:29:04,005 are you gonna show me and my staff the respect that we deserve? 1323 01:29:04,172 --> 01:29:05,631 Mm-hm. 1324 01:29:05,799 --> 01:29:07,925 All right, marshal. 1325 01:29:10,053 --> 01:29:13,431 Ahh! Fuck you, you son of a bitch! 1326 01:29:13,598 --> 01:29:15,141 I've had enough of this. 1327 01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:19,562 You leave me no choice but to sentence you to 9 months. 1328 01:29:19,730 --> 01:29:22,815 Nine months? Is that all you got? Three more months. 1329 01:29:22,983 --> 01:29:24,692 Fuck you, Your Honor! Want more? 1330 01:29:24,860 --> 01:29:26,986 Larry, stop it. Sit down, lady! 1331 01:29:28,238 --> 01:29:29,530 Larry Flynt, 1332 01:29:29,698 --> 01:29:35,327 you are sentenced to 15 months in a federal psychiatric prison. 1333 01:29:36,997 --> 01:29:41,167 Hey, don't look at me. Ask for bail, counselor. 1334 01:29:41,793 --> 01:29:44,045 Can I post bail, Your Honor? 1335 01:29:44,796 --> 01:29:45,963 No! 1336 01:29:46,673 --> 01:29:50,217 Now get him out of my courtroom! Fucking bastard! 1337 01:29:50,385 --> 01:29:54,346 Sir, you can say all of those foul words behind four padded walls. Get him out! 1338 01:29:54,514 --> 01:29:56,599 [MAN LAUGHING] 1339 01:29:57,934 --> 01:30:01,854 [DOOR THUDS] 1340 01:30:02,939 --> 01:30:04,940 [METALLIC CLANKING] 1341 01:30:10,655 --> 01:30:12,656 [BELL RINGING] 1342 01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:25,002 Gentlemen. Something we'd like to show you, sir. 1343 01:30:29,966 --> 01:30:31,842 I don't understand. 1344 01:30:32,135 --> 01:30:35,346 The reverend would never endorse a liquor company. 1345 01:30:36,515 --> 01:30:39,934 There's a larger problem. Substantially larger. 1346 01:30:42,145 --> 01:30:46,107 You see, sir, it says right there that the reverend, uh... 1347 01:30:46,733 --> 01:30:48,150 Uh... 1348 01:30:48,318 --> 01:30:50,194 It says, sir, 1349 01:30:50,362 --> 01:30:54,907 that he fornicated with his mother in an outhouse. 1350 01:30:57,035 --> 01:30:58,452 Give me a second. Ahem. 1351 01:31:06,503 --> 01:31:10,131 Now, what do you boys have for me today? 1352 01:31:11,383 --> 01:31:15,761 Reverend, I think you need to read this. 1353 01:31:20,725 --> 01:31:22,726 [♪♪♪] 1354 01:31:25,730 --> 01:31:27,731 [KEYS JINGLING] 1355 01:31:31,903 --> 01:31:33,821 Give me your jacket, please. 1356 01:31:40,912 --> 01:31:41,912 [SIGHS] 1357 01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:44,123 [SOFTLY] Jesus Christ. 1358 01:31:46,918 --> 01:31:48,836 GUARD: Stand up, please. 1359 01:31:55,969 --> 01:31:57,595 Raise your foot. 1360 01:31:58,930 --> 01:32:01,015 Arms up. Arms what? 1361 01:32:01,224 --> 01:32:02,808 Arms up. 1362 01:32:13,445 --> 01:32:14,862 [CHUCKLES] 1363 01:32:19,492 --> 01:32:20,826 Larry, 1364 01:32:22,621 --> 01:32:25,831 you look so good. 1365 01:32:26,625 --> 01:32:27,833 Wow. 1366 01:32:29,294 --> 01:32:31,295 You look like shit. 1367 01:32:32,631 --> 01:32:35,216 What? Larry... 1368 01:32:37,385 --> 01:32:40,930 I don't want to work at the magazine anymore. 1369 01:32:41,097 --> 01:32:44,850 People there don't listen to me, 1370 01:32:45,018 --> 01:32:47,978 and they don't talk to me. 1371 01:32:48,146 --> 01:32:50,898 They're afraid of me, 1372 01:32:51,691 --> 01:32:54,443 and they don't shake my hand. 1373 01:32:54,819 --> 01:32:59,448 Larry, I went to Dr. Robert and... 1374 01:33:00,116 --> 01:33:01,325 [CLEARS THROAT] 1375 01:33:01,493 --> 01:33:06,956 He, uh... He told me that I was sick. 1376 01:33:07,624 --> 01:33:11,252 I mean, sick-sick. 1377 01:33:11,878 --> 01:33:15,673 I mean, I got AIDS, Larry. 1378 01:33:21,721 --> 01:33:24,765 They won't shake your hand? 1379 01:33:28,144 --> 01:33:30,229 Oh. Yes, sir. Yes. 1380 01:33:33,358 --> 01:33:39,238 Code pink. Code pink. 1381 01:33:42,242 --> 01:33:45,286 Larry, it's Jimmy here. You there? 1382 01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:48,205 Larry? Larry, you there? 1383 01:33:48,373 --> 01:33:51,917 LARRY [OVER SPEAKER]: I have some important announcements to make. 1384 01:33:52,085 --> 01:33:55,838 How's the hospital treating you? Never mind that. 1385 01:33:56,006 --> 01:33:57,381 Is everybody there? 1386 01:33:57,549 --> 01:33:59,049 ALL: Yes. We're here, Larry. 1387 01:33:59,217 --> 01:34:02,720 Good. You're all fired. 1388 01:34:04,389 --> 01:34:08,559 You can't just fire these people. We need these people. 1389 01:34:08,727 --> 01:34:13,856 Shut up! It's my business, and I'll run it into the ground if I want to. 1390 01:34:15,108 --> 01:34:16,442 Okay, that's all. I gotta go. 1391 01:34:16,609 --> 01:34:17,651 [LINE DISCONNECTS] 1392 01:34:17,819 --> 01:34:20,112 What the fuck was that? 1393 01:34:21,531 --> 01:34:24,241 Just calm down, Arlo. Don't panic on me. 1394 01:34:24,409 --> 01:34:26,118 None of you guys are fired. 1395 01:34:26,286 --> 01:34:27,494 But Larry just said that... 1396 01:34:27,662 --> 01:34:30,247 What did he say? He's in a nut house. 1397 01:34:30,415 --> 01:34:32,458 You're not fired. Is that a problem? 1398 01:34:32,625 --> 01:34:33,917 [DOOR CLOSES] 1399 01:34:35,628 --> 01:34:37,921 Thank you. Thanks. 1400 01:34:41,259 --> 01:34:42,760 Jesus, Althea. 1401 01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:51,185 Hi, hi. Come on, sit down. Sit down. 1402 01:34:53,438 --> 01:34:55,230 You all right, Mrs. Flynt? 1403 01:34:55,523 --> 01:34:56,857 Fine, thanks. 1404 01:35:01,112 --> 01:35:02,154 [DOOR CLOSES] 1405 01:35:02,322 --> 01:35:06,825 You look different. I don't know. Did you change your hair? 1406 01:35:06,993 --> 01:35:08,035 [CHUCKLES] 1407 01:35:08,203 --> 01:35:10,829 Yeah, I changed my hair. Yeah, I like it. 1408 01:35:11,289 --> 01:35:13,248 Yeah, my hair's different. 1409 01:35:14,834 --> 01:35:16,418 So, what's up? 1410 01:35:17,712 --> 01:35:19,046 Um... 1411 01:35:20,632 --> 01:35:23,509 I got this the other day, and I brought it by 1412 01:35:23,676 --> 01:35:26,970 to see if you would look at it, please. 1413 01:35:30,266 --> 01:35:32,851 Wow. That is... Ahem. 1414 01:35:33,019 --> 01:35:35,562 I mean, this is... It's intense. 1415 01:35:36,147 --> 01:35:38,107 Yes, it is. 1416 01:35:38,441 --> 01:35:40,234 What are we gonna do? 1417 01:35:41,152 --> 01:35:43,028 You're gonna give it to Larry's lawyers. 1418 01:35:43,196 --> 01:35:45,906 Alan, you are our lawyers. 1419 01:35:46,074 --> 01:35:50,786 You've always been our lawyers. You're part of the family. Don't listen to Larry. 1420 01:35:50,954 --> 01:35:54,581 You know how he is. I don't know, Althea. 1421 01:35:54,749 --> 01:35:56,708 We really need your help. 1422 01:35:56,876 --> 01:35:59,711 Please, please help us. 1423 01:35:59,879 --> 01:36:03,006 Please, please, 1424 01:36:05,343 --> 01:36:06,593 [SOFTLY] Alan. 1425 01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:08,679 [DOOR UNLOCKING] 1426 01:36:11,474 --> 01:36:16,395 Ahem. Boy, this is great, Larry. This is really great. I hope it was worth it. 1427 01:36:16,729 --> 01:36:18,480 Didn't I fire you? 1428 01:36:18,648 --> 01:36:20,232 [CHUCKLES] 1429 01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:25,028 Well, I've always ignored most of what you've said, right? 1430 01:36:29,117 --> 01:36:32,661 Listen, uh, I know the timing is lousy, 1431 01:36:32,829 --> 01:36:36,081 but you remember your little Campari ad? 1432 01:36:36,249 --> 01:36:38,500 The Jerry Falwell in the outhouse with his mother and? 1433 01:36:38,668 --> 01:36:39,710 Mm. 1434 01:36:40,920 --> 01:36:42,671 He saw it. 1435 01:36:42,839 --> 01:36:46,049 And I guess it's safe to say he... 1436 01:36:46,342 --> 01:36:48,927 He didn't find it all that funny. 1437 01:36:49,220 --> 01:36:50,387 [CHUCKLES] 1438 01:36:51,222 --> 01:36:53,724 He is suing you 1439 01:36:53,892 --> 01:36:58,103 for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. 1440 01:36:58,521 --> 01:37:01,732 And he is asking for 40 million dollars. 1441 01:37:02,358 --> 01:37:05,235 This is Jerry Falwell in his home state. 1442 01:37:06,571 --> 01:37:09,781 So if you're up to it, 1443 01:37:09,949 --> 01:37:13,285 we really ought to figure out how you want to deal with this. 1444 01:37:17,290 --> 01:37:18,749 Countersue. 1445 01:37:18,958 --> 01:37:21,710 What?! Yeah, Jerry. He's suing you. 1446 01:37:22,712 --> 01:37:26,632 He's suing me? For heaven's sakes, on what grounds? 1447 01:37:26,966 --> 01:37:29,301 Well, you xeroxed his ad, 1448 01:37:29,469 --> 01:37:32,095 and you sent it out in a million fundraising letters. 1449 01:37:32,263 --> 01:37:33,514 Yeah, so? 1450 01:37:33,765 --> 01:37:37,351 But you didn't get his permission. And that's copyright infringement. 1451 01:37:39,938 --> 01:37:44,274 The depth of his depravity sickens me. 1452 01:38:07,632 --> 01:38:10,634 They'll put you on the stand, and your testimony 1453 01:38:10,802 --> 01:38:13,262 will make or break us, as always. 1454 01:38:13,429 --> 01:38:15,806 So downplay how much you hate Falwell. 1455 01:38:15,974 --> 01:38:19,017 You've got to make them understand that it was just a joke. 1456 01:38:19,185 --> 01:38:21,353 I'm just a clown. Take this seriously, Larry. 1457 01:38:21,521 --> 01:38:24,648 This is gonna be the most expensive case you've ever had 1458 01:38:24,816 --> 01:38:25,816 if you lose. Okay! 1459 01:38:25,984 --> 01:38:27,025 [DOOR OPENS] 1460 01:38:32,156 --> 01:38:33,282 Oh. 1461 01:38:40,373 --> 01:38:43,208 Reverend Falwell, you're a preacher, is that right? 1462 01:38:43,376 --> 01:38:44,626 Yes, I am. 1463 01:38:44,919 --> 01:38:48,213 And as a preacher, you speak to a fairly broad audience. 1464 01:38:48,381 --> 01:38:52,217 You preach on television and on your "Old-Time Gospel Radio Hour"? 1465 01:38:52,385 --> 01:38:53,552 I do. 1466 01:38:53,720 --> 01:38:56,179 ALAN: So you've achieved a certain notoriety. 1467 01:38:56,347 --> 01:39:00,434 One might say a national reputation for your sermons and your opinions 1468 01:39:00,602 --> 01:39:04,229 and ideas and your leadership of the Moral Majority. 1469 01:39:04,606 --> 01:39:07,691 Yes, our membership is now over 5 million. 1470 01:39:07,859 --> 01:39:12,529 But even beyond your membership, really, you've been recognized 1471 01:39:12,697 --> 01:39:14,865 and awarded for your efforts all over America. 1472 01:39:15,533 --> 01:39:18,410 I have a number of honorary degrees. 1473 01:39:18,578 --> 01:39:22,247 In a recent poll of Good Housekeeping magazine, 1474 01:39:22,415 --> 01:39:25,626 I was voted Second Most-Admired American 1475 01:39:25,793 --> 01:39:27,544 behind President Reagan. 1476 01:39:27,754 --> 01:39:29,880 Good Housekeeping? That's... 1477 01:39:30,381 --> 01:39:32,215 I mean, hey, you're famous, right? 1478 01:39:32,383 --> 01:39:36,094 Well, I suppose you could say that. Hmm. 1479 01:39:36,262 --> 01:39:39,264 Reverend Falwell, have you ever had sex with your mother? 1480 01:39:39,474 --> 01:39:41,224 [ALTHEA CHUCKLES] 1481 01:39:42,018 --> 01:39:45,062 Absolutely not. Never? I mean, you never? 1482 01:39:45,229 --> 01:39:47,773 Never in the outhouse as Hustler magazine suggested? 1483 01:39:47,940 --> 01:39:50,651 That is an absurd question. 1484 01:39:50,818 --> 01:39:55,197 My mother was a very godly woman 1485 01:39:55,406 --> 01:39:57,824 and as close to a saint 1486 01:39:57,992 --> 01:40:00,619 as anyone I have ever known. 1487 01:40:00,787 --> 01:40:02,079 ALAN: I'm sure she was. 1488 01:40:03,122 --> 01:40:05,582 Reverend, have you ever preached while you were drunk? 1489 01:40:05,750 --> 01:40:07,918 Drunk? Never. ALAN: Yes. Never? 1490 01:40:08,086 --> 01:40:09,336 Ha. Ha-ha-ha. 1491 01:40:09,504 --> 01:40:13,131 You never even had a few too many and then went back on the radio? 1492 01:40:13,299 --> 01:40:16,259 That is a totally outrageous suggestion. 1493 01:40:16,427 --> 01:40:18,595 Totally outrageous? Totally. 1494 01:40:18,930 --> 01:40:21,473 ALAN: You don't think that some people, Reverend Falwell, 1495 01:40:21,641 --> 01:40:25,394 despite your reputation, might have reason to believe you could do that? 1496 01:40:25,561 --> 01:40:28,605 I would find that very difficult to believe. 1497 01:40:28,773 --> 01:40:30,607 ALAN: So really, what you're telling me 1498 01:40:30,775 --> 01:40:34,319 is that nobody could reasonably think these statements were true? 1499 01:40:34,487 --> 01:40:37,197 Yes, that's what I've been saying. 1500 01:40:38,199 --> 01:40:39,491 Okay. 1501 01:40:39,659 --> 01:40:42,119 Reverend Falwell, at the beginning of this trial, 1502 01:40:42,286 --> 01:40:45,622 Judge Kirk gave very specific instructions to this jury, okay? 1503 01:40:45,790 --> 01:40:49,835 She said, quote, "If a reasonable person could not believe 1504 01:40:50,002 --> 01:40:53,839 that Hustler magazine describes actual facts about Jerry Falwell, 1505 01:40:54,006 --> 01:40:56,842 then you must dismiss the libel claim." 1506 01:41:00,346 --> 01:41:02,639 Do you remember these instructions? 1507 01:41:04,350 --> 01:41:07,310 Obviously not. So I'm gonna ask you one more thing. 1508 01:41:07,478 --> 01:41:09,521 Why are you suing my client for libel? 1509 01:41:09,981 --> 01:41:12,941 I am not a lawyer, Mr. Isaacman. 1510 01:41:14,485 --> 01:41:18,029 I am a lawyer, okay, and I can't figure it out either. 1511 01:41:18,531 --> 01:41:22,409 Would you state your full name for the record, please, Mr. Flynt? 1512 01:41:22,577 --> 01:41:26,121 Ahem. Yes, sir. Uh... Christopher Columbus 1513 01:41:26,289 --> 01:41:31,001 Cornwallis IPQ Harvey HN Pagey Piu. 1514 01:41:31,711 --> 01:41:34,880 That's very interesting, but are you also known as Larry Flynt? 1515 01:41:36,007 --> 01:41:39,676 A.k.a. Jesus H. Flynt, Esquire. 1516 01:41:39,844 --> 01:41:41,845 For chrissakes. 1517 01:41:42,305 --> 01:41:47,100 Are you the publisher and the editor in chief of Hustler magazine? 1518 01:41:47,268 --> 01:41:51,521 I am the publisher of the most tasteless, sleaziest, 1519 01:41:51,689 --> 01:41:55,150 most disgusting, greatest porn magazine on the face of the earth. 1520 01:41:55,526 --> 01:41:57,194 Thank you. 1521 01:41:57,361 --> 01:41:59,821 I have in my hand Exhibit B, 1522 01:41:59,989 --> 01:42:02,657 which is a typewritten script of the Campari ad. 1523 01:42:03,284 --> 01:42:07,704 When you approved this ad, did you have any specific knowledge 1524 01:42:07,872 --> 01:42:10,582 that the Reverend Falwell had ever engaged 1525 01:42:10,750 --> 01:42:14,002 in sexual intercourse with his mother? 1526 01:42:15,338 --> 01:42:17,047 No. But 1527 01:42:17,215 --> 01:42:19,716 I have a photograph of Falwell 1528 01:42:19,884 --> 01:42:23,094 having fellatio with a sheep. Now, I don't think... 1529 01:42:23,262 --> 01:42:27,015 Your Honor, my client is in a heavily medicated, mentally agitated state. 1530 01:42:27,183 --> 01:42:29,309 We will stipulate that no such document exists. 1531 01:42:29,477 --> 01:42:31,853 I have it, and Mr. Fartwell 1532 01:42:32,313 --> 01:42:35,398 is a liar, a glutton and a sheep-ophile. 1533 01:42:35,566 --> 01:42:38,193 My client's name is Jerry Falwell! 1534 01:42:38,361 --> 01:42:41,404 Jerry Falwell! That's what I said, Jerry Fartwell! 1535 01:42:41,572 --> 01:42:44,366 Are you trying to hold the Reverend Falwell up to ridicule? 1536 01:42:44,534 --> 01:42:46,201 No, contempt. Scorn? 1537 01:42:46,869 --> 01:42:49,120 Truculent. Obloquy? 1538 01:42:49,330 --> 01:42:54,918 [CONVERSING IN FRENCH] 1539 01:42:55,586 --> 01:42:58,755 Oh. God, my French is so rusty. 1540 01:42:58,923 --> 01:43:00,131 [SPEAKS IN FRENCH] 1541 01:43:00,299 --> 01:43:01,341 [ALTHEA LAUGHING] 1542 01:43:01,509 --> 01:43:03,718 [SPEAKS IN FRENCH THEN LAUGHS] 1543 01:43:03,886 --> 01:43:05,220 I love her. 1544 01:43:05,388 --> 01:43:07,597 Quiet in the courtroom. I love you, baby. 1545 01:43:07,765 --> 01:43:11,017 Jesus loves me. 1546 01:43:11,185 --> 01:43:16,273 Mr. Flynt... Do you have any aversion to organized religion? 1547 01:43:16,440 --> 01:43:19,651 A virgin? No, aversion. You heard me. 1548 01:43:19,819 --> 01:43:23,113 An aversion to organized religion. 1549 01:43:24,073 --> 01:43:27,617 I, uh... You bet your sweet ass I do. 1550 01:43:27,785 --> 01:43:33,373 Does that gives you license to mock the leaders of religious movements? 1551 01:43:33,541 --> 01:43:35,292 Well, goddamn right. 1552 01:43:35,459 --> 01:43:38,962 Objection! This is totally irrelevant! Overruled. 1553 01:43:39,422 --> 01:43:42,299 Free expression is absolute. Thank you, Your Honor. 1554 01:43:42,466 --> 01:43:44,092 Do you agree? 1555 01:43:44,468 --> 01:43:46,928 Order. Ma'am, if you can't control yourself, 1556 01:43:47,138 --> 01:43:49,556 you're going to have to leave the courtroom. 1557 01:43:49,724 --> 01:43:51,600 So that it was your intention 1558 01:43:51,767 --> 01:43:54,811 to hold Reverend Falwell out to be a hypocrite? 1559 01:43:54,979 --> 01:43:56,521 Wasn't it? 1560 01:43:57,189 --> 01:43:59,774 Well, that's what he is. 1561 01:43:59,942 --> 01:44:02,235 But didn't it occur to you, 1562 01:44:02,403 --> 01:44:06,406 that Falwell must have an integrity that people can believe in, 1563 01:44:06,574 --> 01:44:09,618 if he is to practice his profession? 1564 01:44:11,162 --> 01:44:12,746 Yeah. 1565 01:44:13,748 --> 01:44:16,958 And it was your intent to destroy that integrity 1566 01:44:17,126 --> 01:44:20,170 and his livelihood if you could? 1567 01:44:20,713 --> 01:44:21,922 To assassinate it. 1568 01:44:22,089 --> 01:44:23,214 [♪♪♪] 1569 01:44:31,974 --> 01:44:34,726 Hey, it's me. It's a weird decision. 1570 01:44:34,894 --> 01:44:38,021 REPORTER: Well, get me Bill, quick. No, he's not guilty of libel. 1571 01:44:38,189 --> 01:44:41,691 But he is guilty of "inflicting emotional distress." 1572 01:44:41,859 --> 01:44:43,902 Now Flynt has to pay him 200 grand! 1573 01:44:44,111 --> 01:44:45,153 [♪♪♪] 1574 01:44:45,321 --> 01:44:48,198 FALWELL [OVER TV]: This ruling shows that nobody can prostitute the First Amendment. 1575 01:44:48,366 --> 01:44:52,619 Pornography has thrust its ugly head into our everyday lives. 1576 01:44:52,787 --> 01:44:56,998 The billion-dollar sex industry, of which Larry Flynt 1577 01:44:57,166 --> 01:44:59,042 is a self-described leader, 1578 01:44:59,210 --> 01:45:03,630 lust and greed have replaced decency and morality. 1579 01:45:03,798 --> 01:45:08,176 We must make a solemn commitment to God Almighty 1580 01:45:08,344 --> 01:45:10,720 to turn this nation around immediately. 1581 01:45:10,888 --> 01:45:12,138 [CHUCKLES] 1582 01:45:12,306 --> 01:45:15,141 Fucking AIDS junkie. Ha-ha-ha. 1583 01:45:15,977 --> 01:45:17,769 You crazy cripple. 1584 01:45:18,854 --> 01:45:21,272 Listen, it's just not that funny. 1585 01:45:21,440 --> 01:45:24,442 And I'm afraid it wasn't funny the first time we printed it. 1586 01:45:24,610 --> 01:45:27,737 Well, guys, I'm certainly open to suggestions. 1587 01:45:27,905 --> 01:45:30,407 MAN: I would suggest that if we're going to recycle it, 1588 01:45:30,574 --> 01:45:32,909 that we replace the noun... 1589 01:45:34,912 --> 01:45:36,287 [DOOR CLOSES] 1590 01:45:41,544 --> 01:45:44,129 I thought I fired all of you. 1591 01:45:44,839 --> 01:45:46,464 Jimmy, 1592 01:45:49,552 --> 01:45:51,261 come here. 1593 01:45:55,599 --> 01:45:57,517 Larry, um, 1594 01:45:58,102 --> 01:46:01,104 I'm sorry if I tried to run things, 1595 01:46:01,272 --> 01:46:02,814 but, 1596 01:46:02,982 --> 01:46:06,067 you know, I was just trying to protect you. 1597 01:46:08,029 --> 01:46:09,612 Come here. 1598 01:46:10,906 --> 01:46:12,615 Closer. 1599 01:46:14,952 --> 01:46:16,870 Come on. 1600 01:46:22,585 --> 01:46:26,171 Don't sweat it, bro. I love you. 1601 01:46:27,131 --> 01:46:28,631 I love you too, man. 1602 01:46:28,799 --> 01:46:30,800 [♪♪♪] 1603 01:46:31,761 --> 01:46:34,804 Larry, you look great, man. 1604 01:46:34,972 --> 01:46:38,308 Chester, you remember Althea? Shake her hand. 1605 01:46:38,976 --> 01:46:40,435 Hey, Althea, you... 1606 01:46:40,853 --> 01:46:43,563 Hi, Chester. Hi. 1607 01:46:44,315 --> 01:46:46,524 Don't sneak up on us. Give us a heart attack. 1608 01:46:46,692 --> 01:46:49,110 Yeah, what the hell. Shake Althea's hand. 1609 01:46:49,278 --> 01:46:51,362 Althea, good to see you. 1610 01:46:51,530 --> 01:46:53,823 FAITH: Welcome back. Hello, Faith. 1611 01:46:53,991 --> 01:46:55,492 Hi, Althea. What do you do? 1612 01:46:55,743 --> 01:46:57,994 I'm a secretary. 1613 01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:02,999 Good to see you, Althea. Arlo, hi. 1614 01:47:03,250 --> 01:47:06,711 [BETTY BOOP SINGING "HAPPY YOU AND MERRY ME" OVER TV] 1615 01:47:16,180 --> 01:47:17,639 [COUGHING] 1616 01:47:24,355 --> 01:47:25,730 [MOANS] 1617 01:47:26,440 --> 01:47:28,274 [SOFTLY] Water. 1618 01:47:30,736 --> 01:47:32,737 [COUGHING] 1619 01:47:41,497 --> 01:47:44,374 I got it. No. I wanna take my bath. 1620 01:47:44,542 --> 01:47:46,960 I wanna take my bath. 1621 01:47:50,381 --> 01:47:53,967 Okay. Why don't you hop on? 1622 01:47:54,135 --> 01:47:56,261 I'll give you a ride. 1623 01:47:57,221 --> 01:47:59,013 Go ahead. 1624 01:47:59,181 --> 01:48:00,807 Buckle up. 1625 01:48:00,975 --> 01:48:02,976 [CHUCKLES] Daddy. 1626 01:48:03,894 --> 01:48:05,603 Yes. Oh! 1627 01:48:05,771 --> 01:48:07,438 You're crushing my legs! 1628 01:48:07,606 --> 01:48:09,440 [LAUGHS] 1629 01:48:11,694 --> 01:48:13,403 You're shivering, baby. 1630 01:48:14,905 --> 01:48:17,198 Oh. Sorry. 1631 01:48:17,366 --> 01:48:19,409 You're shivering. 1632 01:48:22,329 --> 01:48:25,582 Detour! Oh, no. 1633 01:48:25,749 --> 01:48:28,960 What are you doing? You're gonna kill us. 1634 01:48:29,128 --> 01:48:32,755 It's okay. They'll freeze us 1635 01:48:32,923 --> 01:48:35,258 and thaw us out in the year 3000. 1636 01:48:35,926 --> 01:48:37,427 [LAUGHS] 1637 01:48:37,595 --> 01:48:38,636 [CHUCKLES] 1638 01:48:38,804 --> 01:48:42,891 Curbside service. That'll be $8.50, lady. 1639 01:48:44,810 --> 01:48:46,269 [CHUCKLES] 1640 01:48:57,740 --> 01:48:58,781 [♪♪♪] 1641 01:49:19,762 --> 01:49:22,305 Dr. Kipper, please. 1642 01:49:23,098 --> 01:49:25,141 Larry Flynt. 1643 01:49:28,812 --> 01:49:30,939 Dr. Kipper? 1644 01:49:32,066 --> 01:49:34,359 She doesn't look good. 1645 01:49:35,361 --> 01:49:39,989 Well, I know, but there's gotta be something more we can do. 1646 01:49:40,157 --> 01:49:43,243 Some new technology or drug. 1647 01:49:43,410 --> 01:49:45,662 What are they doing in Europe? 1648 01:49:45,829 --> 01:49:48,331 You know money's no object. 1649 01:49:52,544 --> 01:49:54,504 Althea? 1650 01:49:55,714 --> 01:50:02,178 Althea! 1651 01:50:03,514 --> 01:50:05,181 [PANTING] 1652 01:50:07,518 --> 01:50:22,865 Baby! 1653 01:50:23,033 --> 01:50:25,201 No! No! 1654 01:50:25,953 --> 01:50:29,497 Baby! Help! 1655 01:50:29,665 --> 01:50:32,041 Help! 1656 01:50:32,209 --> 01:50:34,002 Baby! 1657 01:50:34,169 --> 01:50:36,170 No! No. 1658 01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:38,089 [SOBBING] 1659 01:50:49,018 --> 01:50:53,563 PRIEST: Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. 1660 01:50:53,731 --> 01:50:55,565 No man comes to the Father, 1661 01:50:56,025 --> 01:50:57,358 but by me. 1662 01:50:57,526 --> 01:50:59,527 He that liveth 1663 01:50:59,695 --> 01:51:03,072 and believeth in me shall never die. 1664 01:51:03,240 --> 01:51:06,743 In my Father's house are many rooms. 1665 01:51:06,910 --> 01:51:09,746 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 1666 01:51:09,913 --> 01:51:14,042 I will come again and receive you unto myself. 1667 01:51:14,209 --> 01:51:18,087 That where I am, there you may be also, 1668 01:51:18,255 --> 01:51:21,924 and you will live with me forever 1669 01:51:22,092 --> 01:51:24,385 and ever." 1670 01:51:29,600 --> 01:51:34,187 You cannot mock God. You cannot fool God. 1671 01:51:34,355 --> 01:51:36,939 If you violate his laws, 1672 01:51:37,107 --> 01:51:40,068 God Almighty will judge you. 1673 01:51:40,569 --> 01:51:42,945 AIDS is a plague. 1674 01:51:43,947 --> 01:51:48,159 These perverted lifestyles have to stop. 1675 01:51:48,327 --> 01:51:51,788 If you break moral laws, 1676 01:51:51,955 --> 01:51:53,623 you reap the whirlwind. 1677 01:51:53,791 --> 01:51:57,085 Alan, it's Larry. 1678 01:51:58,128 --> 01:52:00,755 I wanna appeal the Falwell case. 1679 01:52:00,923 --> 01:52:02,465 This is over. Over. 1680 01:52:02,633 --> 01:52:05,760 No, it's not over. We can go higher. Higher? 1681 01:52:05,928 --> 01:52:07,929 The Supreme Court. 1682 01:52:08,097 --> 01:52:09,639 Yeah. Give them a call. 1683 01:52:09,807 --> 01:52:13,351 It's not that simple, Larry. It's not that simple. 1684 01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:16,479 Thousands of people every year petition the Supreme Court, okay? 1685 01:52:16,647 --> 01:52:19,399 Now, our case is as good as any. 1686 01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:22,110 Our case is better than most. You're missing my point. 1687 01:52:22,277 --> 01:52:26,114 My point is, they will never pick you 1688 01:52:26,281 --> 01:52:27,990 because you're a nightmare! 1689 01:52:28,158 --> 01:52:32,120 They're afraid if they let you in court, you'll wear a diaper or throw oranges. 1690 01:52:32,287 --> 01:52:36,332 And they should be! In all the times you've gone to court asking for help, 1691 01:52:36,500 --> 01:52:40,336 you've never demonstrated respect for its institutions and procedures. 1692 01:52:40,504 --> 01:52:42,672 As far as they're concerned, you're just a pig. 1693 01:52:42,840 --> 01:52:45,842 Yeah, well... You always said, and it's the principle, 1694 01:52:46,009 --> 01:52:48,344 "A pig has the same rights as a president." 1695 01:52:48,512 --> 01:52:49,846 Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's... 1696 01:52:50,013 --> 01:52:54,100 You know, people get tired of a pig. Bullshit! You're scared, Alan. 1697 01:52:54,268 --> 01:52:57,186 You're scared. You're letting these guys steamroll... 1698 01:52:57,354 --> 01:53:01,649 Look, it's not just them. Larry! Okay? It's me! 1699 01:53:01,817 --> 01:53:04,026 It's me! I am not taking you. 1700 01:53:07,489 --> 01:53:12,452 Lawyers dream about a case like this in front of the Supreme Court. 1701 01:53:12,619 --> 01:53:15,079 They would probably hear us, if you want the truth. 1702 01:53:15,247 --> 01:53:18,249 But I am not going with you! 1703 01:53:20,711 --> 01:53:25,173 I have been giving you my best since back when people were laughing at you. 1704 01:53:25,340 --> 01:53:29,677 And every time I come in there, you fuck me with this circus act! 1705 01:53:32,264 --> 01:53:34,974 I won't do it again. I can't. 1706 01:53:35,142 --> 01:53:38,853 I'm not gonna do it in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1707 01:53:39,021 --> 01:53:43,107 Your sentimental speeches and your cornball patriotism, 1708 01:53:43,275 --> 01:53:47,111 they don't work on me anymore, Lar, because I don't believe you. 1709 01:53:52,743 --> 01:53:54,494 I don't believe you. 1710 01:53:54,661 --> 01:53:56,662 [♪♪♪] 1711 01:54:02,503 --> 01:54:04,420 You're my... 1712 01:54:05,547 --> 01:54:08,299 My friend. Alan. 1713 01:54:09,968 --> 01:54:11,969 We're friends. 1714 01:54:14,515 --> 01:54:19,268 You know, I just... I would love to be remembered 1715 01:54:19,436 --> 01:54:21,437 for something 1716 01:54:21,772 --> 01:54:22,939 meaningful. 1717 01:54:27,152 --> 01:54:31,072 Any research problems, I encourage you to use my archives. 1718 01:54:31,823 --> 01:54:33,407 And, uh, 1719 01:54:33,575 --> 01:54:37,954 tell the reverend that I've dealt with this filth monger myself, 1720 01:54:38,163 --> 01:54:40,456 and I wish to offer my support. 1721 01:54:40,624 --> 01:54:43,125 Is that the Tin Man? 1722 01:54:44,211 --> 01:54:45,294 Yes, 1723 01:54:45,462 --> 01:54:47,421 that's the Tin Man. 1724 01:54:48,465 --> 01:54:52,301 REPORTER: God versus the devil. America's minister versus America's pimp. 1725 01:54:52,469 --> 01:54:53,803 Today is the showdown. 1726 01:54:53,971 --> 01:54:57,682 Many were surprised by the high court's decision to hear Flynt's case, 1727 01:54:57,849 --> 01:55:01,269 but he had some unlikely supporters filing briefs on his behalf: 1728 01:55:01,436 --> 01:55:05,022 The New York Times, the American Newspaper Publishers Association, 1729 01:55:05,190 --> 01:55:08,025 and the Association of... MAN: All rise. 1730 01:55:08,777 --> 01:55:11,988 The honorable, the chiefjustice and the associate justices 1731 01:55:12,155 --> 01:55:14,657 of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1732 01:55:14,825 --> 01:55:15,825 Oyez, oyez, oyez. 1733 01:55:16,493 --> 01:55:21,497 All persons having business before the honorable U.S. Supreme Court 1734 01:55:21,665 --> 01:55:25,084 are admonished to draw near and give their attention. 1735 01:55:25,252 --> 01:55:27,169 For this court is now sitting. 1736 01:55:27,337 --> 01:55:31,132 God save the United States and the Supreme Court. 1737 01:55:37,764 --> 01:55:42,852 We'll hear the argument first this morning in number 86-1278. 1738 01:55:43,020 --> 01:55:47,356 Hustler magazine and Larry C. Flynt v. Jerry Falwell. 1739 01:55:47,524 --> 01:55:51,277 Mr. Isaacman, you may proceed whenever you're ready. 1740 01:55:59,119 --> 01:56:01,537 Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court. 1741 01:56:02,873 --> 01:56:07,376 One of the most cherished ideas that we hold in this country 1742 01:56:07,544 --> 01:56:10,504 is that there should be uninhibited public debate 1743 01:56:10,672 --> 01:56:12,923 and freedom of speech. 1744 01:56:13,091 --> 01:56:15,885 Now, the question you have before you today is whether 1745 01:56:16,053 --> 01:56:20,389 a public figure's right to protection from emotional distress 1746 01:56:20,557 --> 01:56:23,267 should outweigh the public interest 1747 01:56:23,435 --> 01:56:26,270 in allowing every citizen of this country 1748 01:56:26,438 --> 01:56:28,814 to freely express his views. 1749 01:56:28,982 --> 01:56:30,775 But what was 1750 01:56:30,942 --> 01:56:34,070 the view expressed in Exhibit A? 1751 01:56:35,989 --> 01:56:39,700 Well, to begin with, this is a parody of a known Campari ad. 1752 01:56:39,868 --> 01:56:42,119 I understand. Go ahead. Okay. 1753 01:56:42,287 --> 01:56:45,623 Also, and more importantly, it was a satire of a public figure, 1754 01:56:45,791 --> 01:56:51,545 of Jerry Falwell, who was really a prime candidate for such a satire 1755 01:56:51,713 --> 01:56:55,049 because he's such an unlikely person to appear in a liquor ad. 1756 01:56:55,217 --> 01:56:59,428 This is a person that we are used to seeing at the pulpit, Bible in hand, 1757 01:56:59,596 --> 01:57:04,100 preaching with a famously beatific smile on his face. 1758 01:57:04,267 --> 01:57:07,478 But what is the public interest you're describing? 1759 01:57:07,646 --> 01:57:12,608 That there is some interest in making him look ludicrous? 1760 01:57:14,277 --> 01:57:18,322 Yes. There is a public interest in making Falwell look ludicrous. 1761 01:57:18,490 --> 01:57:22,451 Insofar as there is a public interest in having Hustler magazine 1762 01:57:22,619 --> 01:57:26,080 express the point of view that Jerry Falwell is full of B.S. 1763 01:57:26,873 --> 01:57:31,168 And Hustler magazine has every right to express this view. 1764 01:57:31,336 --> 01:57:33,796 They have the right to say 1765 01:57:33,964 --> 01:57:37,133 that somebody, who has campaigned against our magazine, 1766 01:57:37,300 --> 01:57:39,301 who has told people not to buy it, 1767 01:57:39,469 --> 01:57:43,681 who has publicly said it poisons the minds of Americans, 1768 01:57:43,849 --> 01:57:47,935 who, in addition, has told people that sex out of wedlock 1769 01:57:48,103 --> 01:57:50,896 is immoral, that they shouldn't drink... 1770 01:57:51,064 --> 01:57:54,608 Hustler magazine has a First Amendment right 1771 01:57:54,776 --> 01:57:57,445 to publicly respond to these comments 1772 01:57:57,612 --> 01:58:00,197 by saying that Jerry Falwell is full of B.S. 1773 01:58:00,365 --> 01:58:04,910 It says, "Let's deflate this stuffed shirt and bring him down to our level." 1774 01:58:05,078 --> 01:58:07,288 Our level in this case being admittedly 1775 01:58:07,456 --> 01:58:10,166 a lower level than most people would like to be brought to. 1776 01:58:10,333 --> 01:58:11,751 [PEOPLE CHUCKLING] 1777 01:58:11,918 --> 01:58:15,713 I apologize. I know I'm not supposed to joke, but that's sort of the point. 1778 01:58:15,881 --> 01:58:19,258 Mr. Isaacman, the First Amendment is not everything. 1779 01:58:19,426 --> 01:58:23,179 It's a very important value, but it's not the only value in our society. 1780 01:58:23,346 --> 01:58:27,349 What about a value which says good people can enter public life 1781 01:58:27,517 --> 01:58:29,185 and public service? 1782 01:58:29,436 --> 01:58:31,103 The rule you give us says 1783 01:58:31,271 --> 01:58:35,065 that if you stand for public office or become a public figure, 1784 01:58:35,233 --> 01:58:37,943 you cannot protect yourself or indeed your mother 1785 01:58:38,111 --> 01:58:41,655 against a parody of your committing incest with her in an outhouse. 1786 01:58:41,823 --> 01:58:43,199 Do you think 1787 01:58:43,366 --> 01:58:47,495 George Washington would've stood for office if that was the consequence? 1788 01:58:47,662 --> 01:58:50,206 It's interesting you mention Washington, Justice Scalia, 1789 01:58:50,373 --> 01:58:53,334 because very recently, I saw a political cartoon 1790 01:58:53,502 --> 01:58:55,377 that's over 200 years old. 1791 01:58:55,545 --> 01:58:57,129 It depicts George Washington, 1792 01:58:57,297 --> 01:58:59,965 riding on a donkey, being led by a man, 1793 01:59:00,133 --> 01:59:04,220 and the caption suggests this man is leading an ass to Washington. 1794 01:59:04,888 --> 01:59:08,098 I can handle that. I think George can handle that. 1795 01:59:08,308 --> 01:59:09,391 [CROWD CHUCKLING] 1796 01:59:09,559 --> 01:59:13,562 But that's a far cry from committing incest with your mother in an outhouse. 1797 01:59:13,730 --> 01:59:15,731 [CROWD CHUCKLING] 1798 01:59:17,192 --> 01:59:19,235 I mean, there's no line between the two? 1799 01:59:20,612 --> 01:59:24,323 Uh... No, Justice Scalia. There is no line between the two. 1800 01:59:24,491 --> 01:59:28,035 Because what you're talking about is a matter of taste, not law. 1801 01:59:28,203 --> 01:59:32,456 As you yourself said, I believe, in Pope v. Illinois: 1802 01:59:32,624 --> 01:59:36,377 "It's useless to argue about taste and even more useless to litigate it." 1803 01:59:36,962 --> 01:59:40,548 And that is the case here. The jury has already determined for us 1804 01:59:40,799 --> 01:59:43,467 that this is a matter of taste and not a matter of law, 1805 01:59:43,635 --> 01:59:46,762 because they've said there's no libelous speech. Nobody could 1806 01:59:46,930 --> 01:59:50,766 believe Hustlerwas suggesting that Falwell had sex with his mother. 1807 01:59:50,934 --> 01:59:53,769 So why did Hustler have him and his mother together? 1808 01:59:54,396 --> 01:59:57,773 Hustler puts him and his mother together 1809 01:59:57,941 --> 02:00:01,735 in an example of literary travesty, if you will. 1810 02:00:02,070 --> 02:00:04,613 And what public purpose does this serve? 1811 02:00:05,448 --> 02:00:07,950 ALAN: It serves the same public purpose as having 1812 02:00:08,118 --> 02:00:11,662 Gary Trudeau say Reagan has no brain or that George Bush is a wimp. 1813 02:00:11,830 --> 02:00:14,623 It lets us look at public figures a little differently. 1814 02:00:14,791 --> 02:00:18,002 We have a long tradition in this country of satiric commentary. 1815 02:00:18,169 --> 02:00:23,048 Now, if Jerry Falwell can sue when there's been no libelous speech, 1816 02:00:23,216 --> 02:00:26,468 purely on emotional distress, then so can other public figures. 1817 02:00:26,636 --> 02:00:31,181 Imagine suits against people like Gary Trudeau and Johnny Carson, 1818 02:00:31,349 --> 02:00:33,851 for what he says on The Tonight Show tonight. 1819 02:00:34,019 --> 02:00:37,438 Obviously, when people criticize public figures, 1820 02:00:37,606 --> 02:00:40,482 they're going to experience emotional distress. We know that. 1821 02:00:40,650 --> 02:00:43,402 It's the easiest thing to claim and impossible to refute. 1822 02:00:43,570 --> 02:00:45,571 That's what makes it a meaningless standard. 1823 02:00:45,739 --> 02:00:50,159 Really, all it does is allow us to punish unpopular speech. 1824 02:00:50,327 --> 02:00:54,955 And this country is founded, at least in part, 1825 02:00:55,123 --> 02:00:57,416 on the firm belief that unpopular speech 1826 02:00:57,584 --> 02:01:01,003 is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. 1827 02:01:02,172 --> 02:01:03,547 Thank you, Mr. Isaacman. 1828 02:01:05,342 --> 02:01:07,885 Reverend, are you confident you will win this case? 1829 02:01:08,053 --> 02:01:09,178 Absolutely. 1830 02:01:09,346 --> 02:01:13,223 There's no way the Supreme Court will come down on the side 1831 02:01:13,391 --> 02:01:15,309 of a sleaze merchant like Larry Flynt. 1832 02:01:15,477 --> 02:01:17,728 Mr. Keating, why are you here today? 1833 02:01:17,896 --> 02:01:21,190 To support people who believe pornography should be outlawed. 1834 02:01:21,358 --> 02:01:25,611 - Because if the First Amendment will protect a... 1835 02:01:25,862 --> 02:01:27,696 What did Grutman call me? Scumbag. 1836 02:01:28,031 --> 02:01:30,991 Scumbag like me, well, then it will protect all of you. 1837 02:01:32,494 --> 02:01:34,370 Because I'm the worst. 1838 02:01:34,537 --> 02:01:36,538 Larry, do you have any regrets? 1839 02:01:41,044 --> 02:01:42,378 [♪♪♪] 1840 02:01:42,545 --> 02:01:43,587 Only one. 1841 02:01:59,604 --> 02:02:01,397 ALTHEA [CHUCKLES]: Larry. 1842 02:02:03,733 --> 02:02:06,485 [ALTHEA LAUGHING] 1843 02:02:16,454 --> 02:02:18,247 Larry. 1844 02:02:41,438 --> 02:02:43,439 [ALTHEA LAUGHING] 1845 02:02:50,155 --> 02:02:51,905 Larry. 1846 02:03:09,799 --> 02:03:12,342 [PHONE RINGS] 1847 02:03:19,142 --> 02:03:21,643 Hello? It's Alan. 1848 02:03:22,062 --> 02:03:25,606 They just brought the decision in. Well, is it good or bad? 1849 02:03:26,524 --> 02:03:30,527 Well, it's a unanimous decision. And Rehnquist wrote it himself. 1850 02:03:30,862 --> 02:03:33,530 Is it good or bad? I want you to hear this. 1851 02:03:36,576 --> 02:03:38,327 "At the heart of the First Amendment, 1852 02:03:38,495 --> 02:03:42,998 is the recognition of the importance of the free flow of ideas. 1853 02:03:43,166 --> 02:03:46,794 Freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty, 1854 02:03:46,961 --> 02:03:49,505 but essential to the quest for truth 1855 02:03:49,672 --> 02:03:52,674 and the vitality of society as a whole. 1856 02:03:52,842 --> 02:03:54,593 In the debate about public affairs, 1857 02:03:54,761 --> 02:03:57,054 many things done with less than admirable motives, 1858 02:03:57,222 --> 02:03:59,598 are nonetheless protected by the First Amendment." 1859 02:03:59,766 --> 02:04:01,350 So we won. 1860 02:04:02,477 --> 02:04:03,852 Yes, we did. We won. 1861 02:04:04,687 --> 02:04:06,647 Thank you, Alan. 1862 02:04:07,190 --> 02:04:09,775 Thank you. Don't mention it. 1863 02:04:15,365 --> 02:04:17,533 We won, baby. 1864 02:04:18,576 --> 02:04:19,618 [LAUGHS] 1865 02:04:22,372 --> 02:04:24,039 Strip for me, baby. 1866 02:04:24,207 --> 02:04:25,791 [ALTHEA LAUGHS] 1867 02:04:26,668 --> 02:04:28,335 Why? 1868 02:04:28,503 --> 02:04:31,713 So when you're old and ugly, you can look back at this. 1869 02:04:31,881 --> 02:04:33,549 [LAUGHS] 1870 02:04:33,716 --> 02:04:37,052 I'm never gonna be old and ugly, Larry. 1871 02:04:37,220 --> 02:04:40,889 You're gonna be old and ugly. 1872 02:06:01,763 --> 02:06:03,764 [GARY WRIGHT'S "DREAM WEAVER" PLAYING]