1 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,798 Larry! Jimmy! 2 00:02:37,226 --> 00:02:38,989 That's very good. 3 00:02:39,061 --> 00:02:41,894 - How much is it? - Two dollars. 4 00:02:53,775 --> 00:02:55,538 There's one. 5 00:02:57,913 --> 00:02:59,847 There's two. 6 00:03:02,885 --> 00:03:04,318 Thank you. 7 00:03:34,816 --> 00:03:37,751 It's locked. He's in there again. 8 00:03:39,121 --> 00:03:40,952 Pa! 9 00:03:41,023 --> 00:03:44,015 What are you doin' in there? Open up this door! 10 00:03:44,092 --> 00:03:46,686 You'd better not be doin' what I think you're doin'! 11 00:03:49,598 --> 00:03:54,194 I told you I make that for peddlin', not for you to drink. 12 00:03:54,269 --> 00:03:56,203 You show some respect. 13 00:04:03,512 --> 00:04:04,945 Larry! Jimmy! 14 00:04:05,013 --> 00:04:07,948 Y'all get on to the house! Supper's ready! 15 00:04:18,961 --> 00:04:20,929 Why'd you hit him? 16 00:04:20,996 --> 00:04:22,987 He was drinkin' my profits. 17 00:04:23,065 --> 00:04:24,999 Can't be so ornery. 18 00:04:25,067 --> 00:04:26,329 People think you're crazy. 19 00:04:28,070 --> 00:04:31,005 I'm just tryin' to make an honest buck. 20 00:04:36,311 --> 00:04:37,744 Hello, walls 21 00:04:40,349 --> 00:04:44,683 How'd things go for you today 22 00:04:46,355 --> 00:04:47,754 Don't you miss her 23 00:04:50,392 --> 00:04:54,954 Since she upped and walked away 24 00:04:55,030 --> 00:05:00,798 And I'll bet you dread to spend another 25 00:05:00,869 --> 00:05:03,201 Lonely night with me 26 00:05:03,271 --> 00:05:05,205 Don't call me at work. 27 00:05:08,076 --> 00:05:09,202 Larry. 28 00:05:09,277 --> 00:05:11,211 I'll call you back, Mama. 29 00:05:12,948 --> 00:05:14,313 Give a big hand... 30 00:05:14,383 --> 00:05:16,476 to Alanis... 31 00:05:16,551 --> 00:05:19,452 from Ottawa, Tennessee. 32 00:05:23,892 --> 00:05:25,018 Thank you, Jimmy. 33 00:05:25,093 --> 00:05:27,789 I don't know if you feel the way I do right now... 34 00:05:27,863 --> 00:05:32,095 but we deliver the finest ladies in Southern Ohio. 35 00:05:32,167 --> 00:05:33,600 Don't you think? 36 00:05:35,137 --> 00:05:36,229 Thank you. 37 00:05:36,304 --> 00:05:40,468 And now, please give a warm, warm welcome... 38 00:05:40,542 --> 00:05:44,239 to Kimberley and Melissa. 39 00:05:44,312 --> 00:05:48,339 They're all the way here from Paris and London... Kentucky. 40 00:06:03,698 --> 00:06:05,131 So, how we doin'? 41 00:06:06,334 --> 00:06:08,234 Bad. 42 00:06:08,303 --> 00:06:11,329 - What do you mean, "bad"? - I mean, we're broke. 43 00:06:11,406 --> 00:06:13,340 How can we be broke, Larry? 44 00:06:13,408 --> 00:06:15,342 These giveaways are killing us. 45 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:17,105 The limousine. 46 00:06:17,179 --> 00:06:20,512 The smorgasbord was a stupid idea. 47 00:06:20,582 --> 00:06:23,779 Then all your buddies are comin' in here every night, drinkin' for free. 48 00:06:23,852 --> 00:06:25,843 Don't bring my friends into this. 49 00:06:27,422 --> 00:06:28,582 Hey, ladies. 50 00:06:28,657 --> 00:06:30,682 Hey, Larry. We're ready to go. 51 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:33,694 You put forth some hard work. Thank you. 52 00:06:35,664 --> 00:06:39,532 Alanis, I'll be by in an hour, and I'll bring the Ping-Pong balls. 53 00:06:39,601 --> 00:06:40,863 Patricia... 54 00:06:40,936 --> 00:06:43,302 I'll see you in two hours. 55 00:06:44,372 --> 00:06:47,808 I liked the way you blew that candle out tonight. 56 00:06:49,611 --> 00:06:51,602 You know, there's the secret. 57 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:56,083 If we could just somehow let people know what great lays these girls are... 58 00:06:56,151 --> 00:06:58,244 we'd have something. 59 00:06:59,621 --> 00:07:02,215 Larry, you can't advertise that. 60 00:07:03,792 --> 00:07:05,726 I know you can't, but... 61 00:07:12,167 --> 00:07:14,192 Mister, what kind of business is this? 62 00:07:14,269 --> 00:07:19,332 I run the Hustler go-go clubs. I'm sure you've heard of 'em. 63 00:07:20,742 --> 00:07:24,405 Well, see, that's why I need a newsletter. 64 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:28,438 I figured we'd run maybe eight, ten pages per issue. 65 00:07:28,517 --> 00:07:31,577 With nothing but nudie pictures? 66 00:07:31,653 --> 00:07:34,349 Yeah, on this... 67 00:07:34,422 --> 00:07:36,151 nice, smooth paper. 68 00:07:36,224 --> 00:07:38,283 - That's called slick. - Slick. Yeah. 69 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,262 But I could get in trouble printing these. 70 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:43,354 Why? 71 00:07:43,431 --> 00:07:45,991 Because there are laws. 72 00:07:46,067 --> 00:07:49,833 You gotta have some sort of text, like Playboy does. 73 00:07:52,507 --> 00:07:55,772 God will punish the sinner! 74 00:07:59,381 --> 00:08:03,112 Thank y'all for coming to my establishment... 75 00:08:03,185 --> 00:08:06,348 and keep in mind, we welcome Christians in here too. 76 00:08:06,421 --> 00:08:08,355 We don't want your kind here! 77 00:08:08,423 --> 00:08:11,756 How many times 78 00:08:11,826 --> 00:08:15,922 Have you heard someone say 79 00:08:17,465 --> 00:08:20,559 If I had his money 80 00:08:22,137 --> 00:08:25,265 I could do things my way 81 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:26,830 What do you think? 82 00:08:26,908 --> 00:08:29,502 How much did it cost? 83 00:08:30,645 --> 00:08:33,580 Would you forget the money for one second? 84 00:08:33,648 --> 00:08:35,309 What do you think? 85 00:08:35,383 --> 00:08:37,851 That depends on how much it cost. 86 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,847 Look, there it is. 87 00:08:40,922 --> 00:08:43,720 The first Hustler newsletter. 88 00:08:43,792 --> 00:08:47,159 It's all for the man on the go, the man about town. 89 00:08:47,229 --> 00:08:51,427 - News service, pictures... - It's a magazine, not a newsletter. 90 00:08:51,499 --> 00:08:53,660 How you gonna pay for that? 91 00:08:55,937 --> 00:08:58,735 Don't interrupt me when I'm talking. 92 00:08:58,807 --> 00:09:01,776 Let's hear it for Camille. You were wonderful, Camille. 93 00:09:01,843 --> 00:09:05,870 Welcome to the stage now, gentlemen, Calamity Jane from Moscow, Texas. 94 00:09:05,947 --> 00:09:07,437 Let's hear it for her. 95 00:09:12,921 --> 00:09:16,118 Hang on, Sloopy 96 00:09:16,191 --> 00:09:18,421 Sloopy, hang on 97 00:09:29,471 --> 00:09:31,029 Sloopy lives 98 00:09:31,106 --> 00:09:35,042 In a very bad part of town 99 00:09:37,178 --> 00:09:40,545 And everybody, yeah 100 00:09:40,615 --> 00:09:43,140 Tries to put my Sloopy down 101 00:09:46,221 --> 00:09:49,088 Sloopy, I don't care 102 00:09:49,157 --> 00:09:51,489 What your daddy do 103 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,493 Who is that? 104 00:09:55,363 --> 00:09:57,661 That's the new girl. 105 00:09:57,732 --> 00:09:59,666 She got the moves, don't she? 106 00:10:01,002 --> 00:10:04,597 And so I sing out Hang on, Sloopy 107 00:10:04,673 --> 00:10:06,607 She ain't bad. 108 00:10:08,076 --> 00:10:11,068 - She ain't legal either. - Yes, she is. I saw her I. D. 109 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,348 Look, you stupid briar-hopper, my dog could get an I. D... 110 00:10:16,418 --> 00:10:18,010 from my goat. 111 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:35,092 Hey, uh, listen. 112 00:10:35,170 --> 00:10:38,867 When she gets done up there, send her up to my office. 113 00:10:44,446 --> 00:10:46,471 Sloopy, let your hair down, girl 114 00:10:47,449 --> 00:10:49,679 Let it hang down on me 115 00:10:55,156 --> 00:10:57,351 What's your name? 116 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:59,657 Jane. 117 00:11:01,396 --> 00:11:03,728 We have a policy in this club. 118 00:11:04,432 --> 00:11:05,990 Oh, yeah? 119 00:11:07,068 --> 00:11:08,535 Okay. And? 120 00:11:09,738 --> 00:11:12,673 The trouble is, I have a sneaking suspicion... 121 00:11:12,741 --> 00:11:15,801 that you're not... of age. 122 00:11:18,580 --> 00:11:21,071 This could cost me my liquor license. 123 00:11:21,149 --> 00:11:24,084 I'd have to close up and fire a lot of people. 124 00:11:24,152 --> 00:11:26,643 - I'll tell you something. - Please. 125 00:11:26,721 --> 00:11:29,383 Yeah, well, you see this? 126 00:11:30,492 --> 00:11:32,221 See that? That? 127 00:11:32,293 --> 00:11:34,227 I am this far... 128 00:11:34,295 --> 00:11:37,731 One second, one millimeter, one second... 129 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:39,232 from being legal. 130 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:42,235 So I'm gonna have to ask you to come back... 131 00:11:42,303 --> 00:11:45,670 when you're, uh, when that centimeter's up. 132 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:47,833 That would be tomorrow morning, then. 133 00:11:49,844 --> 00:11:52,574 I like the way you dance. Don't get me wrong. 134 00:11:57,719 --> 00:11:59,653 What's that? 135 00:11:59,721 --> 00:12:02,952 Oh, just a little somethin' I got from down home. 136 00:12:04,025 --> 00:12:05,959 You're a classy guy. 137 00:12:07,028 --> 00:12:08,461 I've heard about you. 138 00:12:09,697 --> 00:12:11,130 This is moonshine. 139 00:12:11,199 --> 00:12:13,531 Is that... This is moonshine, right? 140 00:12:14,469 --> 00:12:17,597 It's okay. It's just from potatoes. 141 00:12:17,672 --> 00:12:21,267 - What's it gonna do to me? - It's fine. Natural. 142 00:12:27,515 --> 00:12:29,574 Step away from the desk. 143 00:12:31,319 --> 00:12:33,310 That's like fire! 144 00:12:37,459 --> 00:12:39,893 - Sorry I made a mess. - That's okay. 145 00:12:41,296 --> 00:12:42,729 Could I ask a question? 146 00:12:42,797 --> 00:12:44,788 Shoot. 147 00:12:44,866 --> 00:12:48,802 I heard that you've slept with every girl in every one of your clubs. 148 00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:50,804 Sort of a prerequisite. 149 00:12:50,872 --> 00:12:54,467 I'm just wonderin' if that's true or not. 150 00:12:55,977 --> 00:13:00,073 Well, it ain't entirely untrue, if that's what you mean. 151 00:13:00,148 --> 00:13:03,982 I'm just curious why you haven't taken a stab at me. 152 00:13:07,222 --> 00:13:10,453 Well, I just met you five minutes ago. 153 00:13:11,526 --> 00:13:12,959 It was six. 154 00:13:14,395 --> 00:13:16,420 Tick, tick, tick. 155 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:40,986 Come on. One more time. 156 00:13:41,055 --> 00:13:43,319 "One more time"? Come on, Althea. 157 00:13:43,391 --> 00:13:45,723 Even Superman has his limits. 158 00:13:46,794 --> 00:13:50,230 That's the problem with you men. 159 00:13:50,298 --> 00:13:52,425 Your batteries run out. 160 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:55,435 We women, our batteries never run out. 161 00:13:55,503 --> 00:13:57,801 We could go on and on. 162 00:13:57,872 --> 00:14:00,705 Well, then go fuck a woman. 163 00:14:00,775 --> 00:14:02,743 "Go fuck a woman. " 164 00:14:02,810 --> 00:14:04,869 I do fuck women. 165 00:14:04,946 --> 00:14:06,504 Excuse me? 166 00:14:06,581 --> 00:14:09,516 You are not the only person in this club... 167 00:14:09,584 --> 00:14:12,348 to have had every woman in this club. 168 00:14:13,922 --> 00:14:16,152 After one night, she's movin' in with you? 169 00:14:16,224 --> 00:14:20,661 Well, this girl, she had it rough. Grew up in an orphanage... 170 00:14:20,728 --> 00:14:21,717 Hey, buddy. 171 00:14:23,264 --> 00:14:25,198 Are you that sex paper guy? 172 00:14:27,001 --> 00:14:28,093 Could be. 173 00:14:28,169 --> 00:14:30,262 I love the pictures. How do I subscribe? 174 00:14:30,338 --> 00:14:32,829 Where'd you come up on the newsletter? 175 00:14:32,907 --> 00:14:36,604 I found it in a gas station bathroom. Came in pretty handy. 176 00:14:37,679 --> 00:14:39,909 Well, I'm glad we helped you out... 177 00:14:39,981 --> 00:14:42,541 but it ain't for subscription. 178 00:14:48,089 --> 00:14:49,579 Y'all want some chips? 179 00:14:50,525 --> 00:14:52,459 Chips? 180 00:15:04,639 --> 00:15:06,903 Ooh, look at her tits. They're nice. 181 00:15:06,975 --> 00:15:09,637 They're nice tits, but they don't look real. 182 00:15:12,413 --> 00:15:14,074 I don't understand this magazine. 183 00:15:14,148 --> 00:15:16,412 All these fuzzy pictures... 184 00:15:16,484 --> 00:15:19,885 articles about I don't know what the hell they're talking about. 185 00:15:19,954 --> 00:15:21,387 You guys read Playboy? 186 00:15:23,825 --> 00:15:25,952 - Well, yeah. - Yeah. 187 00:15:26,828 --> 00:15:28,853 Did you... Excuse me, baby. 188 00:15:29,931 --> 00:15:32,991 Did you enjoy this month's article... 189 00:15:33,067 --> 00:15:36,093 on how to hook up your quadraphonic stereo system? 190 00:15:36,170 --> 00:15:39,162 - What are you talkin' about? - I think I missed that one. 191 00:15:40,908 --> 00:15:45,436 Did you follow their advice on how to make a perfect martini? 192 00:15:45,513 --> 00:15:47,242 Hey, Larry, move over. 193 00:15:47,315 --> 00:15:49,749 Who is this magazine for, anyway? 194 00:15:49,817 --> 00:15:54,584 I mean, it's like if you don't make 20,000-plus a year... 195 00:15:54,656 --> 00:15:56,089 you don't jerk off. 196 00:15:57,558 --> 00:16:01,085 Seven million people buying it, and nobody's reading it. 197 00:16:01,162 --> 00:16:04,962 Gentlemen, Playboy is mocking you. 198 00:16:13,608 --> 00:16:17,044 - Give me a jelly doughnut. - I got your jelly. 199 00:16:17,111 --> 00:16:20,672 - How many pages do we have right now? - We have 105. 200 00:16:20,748 --> 00:16:22,511 - That's no good. - Why not? 201 00:16:22,583 --> 00:16:25,677 106 is good. 104, that's good. 105... 202 00:16:25,753 --> 00:16:27,846 Are you connected with these numbers? What difference... 203 00:16:27,922 --> 00:16:29,856 It's gotta be an even number. 204 00:16:29,924 --> 00:16:33,325 A paper has got two sides, right? Two. Multiples of two. 205 00:16:33,394 --> 00:16:35,225 No, a page has four! 206 00:16:35,296 --> 00:16:39,198 Four. One, two, three, four. You fold it and put in the staple. 207 00:16:40,301 --> 00:16:43,498 - It's not even an even number. - Right. 208 00:16:43,571 --> 00:16:45,869 We'll figure it out. We'll ask Larry. 209 00:16:47,108 --> 00:16:49,474 What the hell's he doin'? 210 00:16:49,544 --> 00:16:51,705 Hold that flower in your left hand. 211 00:16:53,915 --> 00:16:55,883 No, your other left hand. 212 00:17:03,357 --> 00:17:06,588 We're not runnin' a flower shop here. We're sellin' the girl. 213 00:17:06,661 --> 00:17:10,119 Stop futzin' around with the props and pillows and flowers... 214 00:17:10,198 --> 00:17:12,132 and just shoot the girl. 215 00:17:13,201 --> 00:17:15,669 Okay, let's go for that leg thing. 216 00:17:17,338 --> 00:17:18,771 Recline a little. 217 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,240 Open them legs a little bit. 218 00:17:21,309 --> 00:17:23,402 Give me a little wider. 219 00:17:23,478 --> 00:17:26,174 A little wider. A little wider. 220 00:17:26,247 --> 00:17:28,181 Just another touch wider... 221 00:17:29,650 --> 00:17:31,242 Not quite that wide. 222 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:33,253 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 223 00:17:34,255 --> 00:17:36,189 That's exactly what we want. 224 00:17:37,258 --> 00:17:38,623 That's perfect. 225 00:17:38,693 --> 00:17:40,251 That's what you want. 226 00:17:40,328 --> 00:17:42,193 A woman's vagina... 227 00:17:42,263 --> 00:17:44,254 has as much personality as her face. 228 00:17:44,332 --> 00:17:46,857 But you can't show the genitalia. 229 00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:48,868 Why not? 230 00:17:48,936 --> 00:17:51,029 Larry, Rudy's right. 231 00:17:51,105 --> 00:17:53,369 - Legally, you can't show the vagina. - Shut up. 232 00:17:53,441 --> 00:17:57,070 Rudy, are you a religious man? 233 00:17:57,145 --> 00:18:00,114 - Yeah. - You believe God created man? 234 00:18:01,983 --> 00:18:03,541 God created woman? 235 00:18:06,053 --> 00:18:09,216 Then surely the same God created her vagina. 236 00:18:09,290 --> 00:18:12,453 And who are you to defy God? Just shoot her! 237 00:18:29,877 --> 00:18:31,310 Jesus Christ. 238 00:18:38,186 --> 00:18:40,120 Where is she? 239 00:18:41,189 --> 00:18:43,589 Althea Hey, baby. 240 00:18:47,028 --> 00:18:48,962 Happy birthday, baby. 241 00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:50,588 And I have... 242 00:18:50,665 --> 00:18:52,792 a heart for my heart. 243 00:18:53,901 --> 00:18:56,335 Oh, Larry, that's beautiful. 244 00:19:02,510 --> 00:19:03,704 What's wrong? 245 00:19:03,778 --> 00:19:05,211 The distributor called... 246 00:19:05,279 --> 00:19:10,148 and, unfortunately, we've had only a 25% sell-through. 247 00:19:10,218 --> 00:19:13,483 Somebody wanna translate that for me? 248 00:19:13,554 --> 00:19:15,181 What that means is... 249 00:19:15,256 --> 00:19:17,884 they're sending back 150,000 copies. 250 00:19:17,959 --> 00:19:20,519 That's what it means. 251 00:19:25,066 --> 00:19:29,332 You're just a stupid briar-hopper. What made you think you could do this? 252 00:19:29,403 --> 00:19:31,132 At least he has balls. 253 00:19:31,205 --> 00:19:32,900 Well, he needs brains. 254 00:19:32,974 --> 00:19:35,408 Oh, God. Einstein speaking. 255 00:19:35,476 --> 00:19:36,909 I'm so impressed. 256 00:19:38,546 --> 00:19:40,707 One more issue and we're broke? 257 00:19:40,781 --> 00:19:42,248 Yeah. 258 00:19:42,316 --> 00:19:46,343 Larry, you said yourself it's not so bad to be poor. 259 00:19:46,420 --> 00:19:48,980 Fuck you, Althea. You go be poor. 260 00:19:49,056 --> 00:19:50,318 Fuck me? 261 00:19:51,459 --> 00:19:54,394 You're the one that got us into this debt. 262 00:19:56,197 --> 00:20:00,327 You think just 'cause it's your birthday that you can be a bitch? 263 00:20:00,401 --> 00:20:04,337 Yeah, and I'm 50 feet tall and you have a needle dick. 264 00:20:08,109 --> 00:20:11,044 Don't ever hit me like that again. 265 00:20:11,112 --> 00:20:13,137 Don't talk to me like that. 266 00:20:13,214 --> 00:20:16,513 I'll go back and I'll eat dog food. 267 00:20:16,584 --> 00:20:17,778 Take this. 268 00:20:17,852 --> 00:20:21,515 I don't own this anymore. Throw it out in the street. 269 00:20:22,857 --> 00:20:27,590 Mr. Flynt, a guy on the phone claims he has naked pictures of Jackie O. 270 00:20:27,662 --> 00:20:29,687 Put him through. Hello. 271 00:20:31,198 --> 00:20:32,961 - You the photographer? - Yeah. 272 00:20:33,034 --> 00:20:35,468 - What do you got? - Is this Mr. Flynt? 273 00:20:35,536 --> 00:20:37,060 Yeah. 274 00:20:38,372 --> 00:20:41,637 I was watching that damn island for four months. 275 00:20:41,709 --> 00:20:44,473 Then one day the cabana door opens... 276 00:20:44,545 --> 00:20:47,571 and out comes Jackie O with nothing on. 277 00:20:47,648 --> 00:20:50,276 I mean, not a single stitch. 278 00:20:50,351 --> 00:20:53,377 - You sure it's Jackie O? - Yeah! Sure! 279 00:20:53,454 --> 00:20:57,049 - And what do you see? - Absolutely everything. Trust me. 280 00:20:57,124 --> 00:21:00,252 And she's a good one. This ain't no Mamie Eisenhower or Ladybird. 281 00:21:01,862 --> 00:21:03,557 Oh, my God. First Pussy. 282 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:08,728 Everyone's talking about local boy done good... 283 00:21:08,803 --> 00:21:10,998 - or bad... Larry Flynt... - Arlo, move! 284 00:21:11,072 --> 00:21:14,007 whose Hustler magazine has reached national sales figures... 285 00:21:14,075 --> 00:21:16,305 of an astonishing two million copies. 286 00:21:17,845 --> 00:21:19,676 In a stunning disclosure... 287 00:21:19,747 --> 00:21:21,681 - Cal, move your ass! - WGBE-TV has learned... 288 00:21:21,749 --> 00:21:26,209 that Ohio governor Jim Rhodes himself was spotted at a newsstand... 289 00:21:26,287 --> 00:21:29,586 buying a copy of the infamous Jackie O issue. 290 00:21:29,657 --> 00:21:32,854 - I spoke to the governor today... - Arlo, move it! 291 00:21:32,927 --> 00:21:34,360 and he had this response. 292 00:21:34,428 --> 00:21:37,920 Everybody knows I've been a historical buff about First Ladies for a long time. 293 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,994 Would you be interested in nude photos of Martha Washington? 294 00:21:42,069 --> 00:21:45,095 - She's a bit before my time. - Arlo! 295 00:21:45,172 --> 00:21:47,470 What about nude photos of your wife? 296 00:21:47,541 --> 00:21:51,477 A teacher educates our children... 297 00:21:51,545 --> 00:21:53,604 and they become model citizens. 298 00:21:54,982 --> 00:21:58,679 The clergyman preaches, and we find spirituality. 299 00:21:59,854 --> 00:22:04,257 My bank gives loans, and homes get built. 300 00:22:04,325 --> 00:22:05,724 But now... 301 00:22:05,793 --> 00:22:09,854 there's a new, darker influence in Cincinnati. 302 00:22:10,931 --> 00:22:12,865 Mr. Leis, if you would. 303 00:22:17,872 --> 00:22:22,002 I'm going to ask that you review this material very, very carefully... 304 00:22:22,076 --> 00:22:24,340 because it's important that you know... 305 00:22:24,412 --> 00:22:28,576 that I did not buy these at a smut store. 306 00:22:30,284 --> 00:22:32,343 These were not purchased at a... 307 00:22:33,487 --> 00:22:35,751 dirty book shop. 308 00:22:38,225 --> 00:22:39,487 I bought this... 309 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,688 in a neighborhood grocery store... 310 00:22:42,763 --> 00:22:46,392 in full view of our children. 311 00:22:47,935 --> 00:22:50,870 Ma'am, you cannot hide from this. 312 00:22:52,540 --> 00:22:54,269 Decent people... 313 00:22:54,341 --> 00:22:56,707 are being corrupted. 314 00:22:56,777 --> 00:22:59,678 Why, just look what happened to our fine governor. 315 00:23:01,615 --> 00:23:04,743 As members of the Citizens for Decent Literature... 316 00:23:04,819 --> 00:23:06,844 we cannot relent. 317 00:23:06,921 --> 00:23:11,290 We must prevent the destruction... 318 00:23:11,358 --> 00:23:13,792 of the soul of our country. 319 00:23:40,888 --> 00:23:42,879 Take off your pants. 320 00:23:44,158 --> 00:23:45,989 - What? - Take off your pants. 321 00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:47,493 Why? 322 00:23:47,561 --> 00:23:48,619 Because... 323 00:23:49,730 --> 00:23:52,164 I've never fucked a millionaire before. 324 00:23:54,301 --> 00:23:56,667 Look at that. 325 00:24:16,891 --> 00:24:18,324 Happy birthday, America! 326 00:24:33,007 --> 00:24:35,134 This is Larry's house? 327 00:24:36,243 --> 00:24:37,676 - Ma! Pa! - Must be it. 328 00:24:39,613 --> 00:24:41,308 Hi, son! 329 00:24:41,382 --> 00:24:44,112 - You came! - It's so big. 330 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:47,344 Who are all these people? 331 00:24:47,421 --> 00:24:49,389 Well, these are my friends, Ma. 332 00:24:49,456 --> 00:24:53,552 - Oh. You have so many friends. - Lots of money, lots of friends. 333 00:24:53,627 --> 00:24:54,719 Oh! Look at you! 334 00:24:54,795 --> 00:24:56,194 Hey, Arlo! 335 00:24:58,666 --> 00:25:01,635 You know how many rooms I have here? 336 00:25:01,702 --> 00:25:05,069 - 24. You know who else has 24 rooms? - The President? 337 00:25:05,139 --> 00:25:06,401 Hugh Hefner. 338 00:25:06,473 --> 00:25:10,409 This is the best room in the house. You're gonna like it. 339 00:25:10,477 --> 00:25:12,911 This is the best room in the house. 340 00:25:14,848 --> 00:25:17,942 You know, there's a maid still cleaning up in there. 341 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:20,452 Let me just say a word. 342 00:25:20,521 --> 00:25:22,011 The maid's in there. 343 00:25:22,089 --> 00:25:23,920 Listen, my folks are here... 344 00:25:23,991 --> 00:25:28,052 so move the girls into the Jacuzzi and I'll get with you later. 345 00:25:28,128 --> 00:25:29,527 Your folks are here? 346 00:25:43,344 --> 00:25:46,836 What in the world is that? 347 00:25:48,449 --> 00:25:49,677 Hey, ladies. 348 00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:51,843 Larry! 349 00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:54,581 The party is just beginning. 350 00:25:58,959 --> 00:26:00,221 She's nice. 351 00:26:01,362 --> 00:26:03,296 And she's frigid. 352 00:26:04,498 --> 00:26:06,932 Let's see what we can do about that. 353 00:26:44,905 --> 00:26:47,499 Do you ever think about getting married? 354 00:26:48,208 --> 00:26:50,142 Oh, God. 355 00:26:50,210 --> 00:26:55,307 There's nothing more certain to ruin a beautiful relationship than marriage. 356 00:26:55,382 --> 00:26:59,284 As soon as you get that ring around the finger... 357 00:26:59,353 --> 00:27:02,413 suddenly you have an ownership situation. 358 00:27:02,489 --> 00:27:03,615 Prior to that... 359 00:27:04,692 --> 00:27:06,284 it's friendly. 360 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,294 You're kind to each other. 361 00:27:08,362 --> 00:27:09,989 I'll tell you something... 362 00:27:10,064 --> 00:27:11,861 as much as I love you... 363 00:27:11,932 --> 00:27:14,867 I want a variety of different... 364 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:18,094 vagina, pussy. 365 00:27:18,172 --> 00:27:21,505 - What did we just do? - That's what I'm talking about. 366 00:27:21,575 --> 00:27:25,170 So, do you think I'm talking about monogamy? 367 00:27:26,246 --> 00:27:28,339 You're not talking about monogamy? 368 00:27:28,415 --> 00:27:30,679 No. Of course not. 369 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,848 How could you misunderstand me? 370 00:27:33,921 --> 00:27:35,946 I was wondering, 'cause I thought... 371 00:27:36,023 --> 00:27:38,958 I don't wanna get married and stop the way we live. 372 00:27:39,026 --> 00:27:41,051 The way we live is great. 373 00:27:41,128 --> 00:27:44,495 Nothing would change. My God. 374 00:27:44,565 --> 00:27:46,533 Why now? 375 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,569 Because I only wanna be with you. 376 00:27:49,636 --> 00:27:52,571 You're the only man I wanna be with. 377 00:27:52,639 --> 00:27:55,574 I want this ring on my finger... 378 00:27:55,642 --> 00:27:59,874 to tell me that you love me above all other women. 379 00:27:59,947 --> 00:28:01,574 You want a ceremony? 380 00:28:01,648 --> 00:28:05,379 I wanna go to a church. I wanna stand in front of a preacher. 381 00:28:05,452 --> 00:28:06,885 Pay the preacher first... 382 00:28:06,954 --> 00:28:10,913 and we'll get a "cashectomy" from the lawyer on the way out. 383 00:28:10,991 --> 00:28:14,154 You are my life. 384 00:28:15,229 --> 00:28:17,026 You're my life. 385 00:28:17,097 --> 00:28:20,396 - I am here for the rest of my life. - You're my life too. 386 00:28:20,467 --> 00:28:24,164 Right now, right here, my life. I can't speak for 20 years from now. 387 00:28:24,238 --> 00:28:26,001 - I can. - You can? 388 00:28:27,074 --> 00:28:29,668 - Let me say something. - Oh, man! 389 00:28:29,743 --> 00:28:33,611 - Just forget I brought it up. - Listen to what I'm saying. 390 00:28:40,154 --> 00:28:41,712 Would you marry me? 391 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:43,879 It's not funny. 392 00:28:43,957 --> 00:28:46,482 I'm not joking. Would you marry me? 393 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,189 Would you do me the honor of becoming Mrs. Larry Flynt? 394 00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:54,791 You're not fucking with me? 395 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:56,495 You mean it? 396 00:28:56,570 --> 00:28:58,128 No, I'm just kiddin'. 397 00:28:58,205 --> 00:28:59,297 You are? 398 00:28:59,373 --> 00:29:02,103 No, I'm serious. I'm serious. 399 00:29:24,832 --> 00:29:26,959 She's got a dick! 400 00:29:27,034 --> 00:29:29,468 You taped this on. This is not real. 401 00:29:29,536 --> 00:29:31,800 - Who would want to see that anyway? - I do! 402 00:29:31,872 --> 00:29:34,272 - I think it's genius. - It don't matter. 403 00:29:34,341 --> 00:29:38,243 It's just like when people slow down at a car crash to take a peek. 404 00:29:38,312 --> 00:29:39,745 We're breaking taboos. 405 00:29:39,813 --> 00:29:42,441 I've got an idea. The Wizard of Oz. 406 00:29:42,516 --> 00:29:43,574 What? 407 00:29:43,650 --> 00:29:47,416 Okay, Dorothy is laying there in Kansas... 408 00:29:47,488 --> 00:29:49,956 and there's the Tin Man... 409 00:29:50,023 --> 00:29:52,514 and the Scarecrow and... 410 00:29:53,861 --> 00:29:55,419 - Who's the other one? - The lion. 411 00:29:55,496 --> 00:29:56,758 The lion. 412 00:29:56,830 --> 00:29:58,661 They're all gang-banging her... 413 00:29:58,732 --> 00:30:01,257 and there's Toto, maybe, even? 414 00:30:03,036 --> 00:30:05,766 Althea, I think some things are sacred. 415 00:30:05,839 --> 00:30:07,431 Shut up. 416 00:30:08,509 --> 00:30:11,501 That is the best idea I ever heard. 417 00:30:11,578 --> 00:30:12,840 Yeah. It could work. 418 00:30:12,913 --> 00:30:14,847 Where can I find Larry Flynt? 419 00:30:16,016 --> 00:30:18,348 The Tin Man can have a tin penis. 420 00:30:18,418 --> 00:30:22,354 No, he's got that hat like a funnel, that funnel hat. 421 00:30:27,561 --> 00:30:29,620 Larry Claxton Flynt! 422 00:30:30,697 --> 00:30:32,995 Stand up, sir. Hands behind your back. 423 00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:34,863 - What's this? - You're under arrest... 424 00:30:34,935 --> 00:30:36,869 on charges of pandering obscenity in Cincinnati... 425 00:30:36,937 --> 00:30:38,768 and engaging in organized crime. 426 00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:40,306 Organized crime? 427 00:30:40,374 --> 00:30:43,309 Sit down, lady. You have the right to remain silent. 428 00:30:43,377 --> 00:30:46,904 Anything you say can be used against you in court. 429 00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:50,575 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed by the court. 430 00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:56,788 Mr. Flynt? 431 00:30:58,392 --> 00:31:00,485 You Larry Flynt? 432 00:31:00,561 --> 00:31:02,552 - Who are you? - Alan Isaacman. 433 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:04,892 I'm your lawyer. 434 00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:07,126 Your bail is all taken care of... 435 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,634 but we oughta talk about the case. 436 00:31:09,703 --> 00:31:11,796 Wait. Who hired you? 437 00:31:11,872 --> 00:31:13,362 Your wife. 438 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,000 - My wife? - Yeah. 439 00:31:16,076 --> 00:31:18,601 Are you doin' her? 440 00:31:18,679 --> 00:31:20,874 Wait... Am I what? 441 00:31:20,948 --> 00:31:23,382 I'm just kiddin'. I like you. 442 00:31:23,450 --> 00:31:26,419 Give me a call after you get out of law school. 443 00:31:26,486 --> 00:31:28,420 Oh, no. I'm out of law school. 444 00:31:28,488 --> 00:31:30,479 - What are you, 22? - 27. 445 00:31:30,557 --> 00:31:33,617 Harvard law school, three years in the public defender's office. 446 00:31:33,694 --> 00:31:36,629 Obviously you can get whoever you want to represent you in this case... 447 00:31:36,697 --> 00:31:39,131 but let me say one thing to you... 448 00:31:41,935 --> 00:31:45,769 You're pretty far out there, even for the guys who do a lot of this stuff. 449 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:48,330 I am interested in your case. 450 00:31:48,408 --> 00:31:51,639 The problem you've got is very definitely what I know best... 451 00:31:51,712 --> 00:31:53,646 and I am good at what I do. 452 00:31:53,714 --> 00:31:56,239 What, do you specialize in porn? 453 00:31:56,316 --> 00:31:58,716 No, I don't specialize in porn. 454 00:31:58,785 --> 00:32:02,243 I'll be perfectly honest. I don't particularly like what you do. 455 00:32:02,322 --> 00:32:04,085 I specialize in civil liberties. 456 00:32:04,157 --> 00:32:07,786 I don't understand why they've singled me out. 457 00:32:07,861 --> 00:32:12,127 Look, this case is bigger than just you and your magazine. 458 00:32:12,199 --> 00:32:15,464 In your case, what's more troubling is this organized crime charge. 459 00:32:15,535 --> 00:32:17,969 Organized crime? Larry's not in the Mob. 460 00:32:18,038 --> 00:32:20,438 Mr. Flynt, I gotta ask you once. 461 00:32:20,507 --> 00:32:23,738 Do you have any connections in any way to organized crime? 462 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:26,335 Absolutely not. 463 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:29,114 I've gotta ask. 464 00:32:29,182 --> 00:32:31,173 By the way, call me Larry. 465 00:32:31,251 --> 00:32:32,741 All right. 466 00:32:32,819 --> 00:32:35,754 In that case, Larry, this is a bullshit charge... 467 00:32:35,822 --> 00:32:38,154 but we have to take this seriously... 468 00:32:38,225 --> 00:32:42,594 because you could conceivably be looking at 7 to 25 years. 469 00:32:42,663 --> 00:32:44,688 Twenty-five years? 470 00:32:44,765 --> 00:32:46,790 All I'm guilty of is bad taste. 471 00:32:46,867 --> 00:32:49,961 My cousin Bobby shot a preacher in the back. 472 00:32:50,037 --> 00:32:52,301 He got six months for it. 473 00:32:52,372 --> 00:32:54,863 Bobby shot a preacher? What denomination? 474 00:32:54,941 --> 00:32:56,033 Baptist. 475 00:32:56,109 --> 00:32:58,543 Can we discuss Cousin Bobby later? 476 00:32:58,612 --> 00:33:00,705 We need to discuss this seriously. 477 00:33:00,781 --> 00:33:03,306 I am serious. I'm taking notes. 478 00:33:17,798 --> 00:33:20,266 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 479 00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:21,493 Before we begin... 480 00:33:22,703 --> 00:33:24,000 I must apologize... 481 00:33:24,071 --> 00:33:26,699 for the unpleasantness of this task. 482 00:33:28,975 --> 00:33:31,535 What you're about to see... 483 00:33:31,611 --> 00:33:33,977 is going to take your breath away. 484 00:33:34,748 --> 00:33:36,375 Hustler magazine... 485 00:33:36,450 --> 00:33:38,645 depicts men and women... 486 00:33:38,719 --> 00:33:40,209 posed together... 487 00:33:40,287 --> 00:33:43,085 in a lewd and shameful manner. 488 00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:49,395 Hustler depicts women and women... 489 00:33:49,463 --> 00:33:53,160 posed together in a lewd and shameful manner. 490 00:33:54,501 --> 00:33:57,095 Hustler magazine depicts Santa Claus... 491 00:33:57,170 --> 00:34:01,072 posed in a lewd and shameful manner. 492 00:34:01,141 --> 00:34:02,768 What's he talking about? 493 00:34:06,747 --> 00:34:08,681 Jesus Christ, Larry. 494 00:34:11,685 --> 00:34:15,052 With the court's permission, the defense would like to introduce into evidence... 495 00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:17,923 27 other men's magazines... 496 00:34:17,991 --> 00:34:19,925 sold in the Cincinnati area. 497 00:34:19,993 --> 00:34:22,018 Titles such as Penthouse, Playboy... 498 00:34:22,095 --> 00:34:23,255 Objection! 499 00:34:24,064 --> 00:34:25,361 Sustained. 500 00:34:26,433 --> 00:34:27,525 "Sustained"? 501 00:34:29,202 --> 00:34:32,262 Wait a second, Your Honor, if I may. 502 00:34:32,339 --> 00:34:34,773 These magazines... 503 00:34:34,841 --> 00:34:38,436 contain material that is virtually identical to Hustler magazine. 504 00:34:38,512 --> 00:34:41,481 If these magazines are legal and Hustler is not legal... 505 00:34:41,548 --> 00:34:44,779 then this is clearly a case of selective prosecution. 506 00:34:44,851 --> 00:34:46,409 No. 507 00:34:46,486 --> 00:34:48,317 I'm sorry. Did you say "no"? 508 00:34:49,289 --> 00:34:51,223 I will not allow them into evidence. 509 00:34:51,291 --> 00:34:54,818 - They're irrelevant to this case. - But they are not irrelevant. 510 00:34:54,895 --> 00:34:58,558 They very clearly demonstrate the community standard which is laid out... 511 00:34:58,632 --> 00:34:59,792 No, Counselor! 512 00:34:59,866 --> 00:35:02,892 The jury is representative of community standards... 513 00:35:02,969 --> 00:35:05,096 not a pile of magazines. 514 00:35:05,172 --> 00:35:06,969 I won't admit them. 515 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,167 You won't admit them. 516 00:35:09,242 --> 00:35:13,542 Mr. Flynt, would you please turn to page 77? 517 00:35:17,984 --> 00:35:22,250 Would you describe to the jury what is on page 77, please, sir? 518 00:35:24,124 --> 00:35:26,354 It's a picture of Santa Claus. 519 00:35:27,427 --> 00:35:29,622 What is Santa Claus doing? 520 00:35:29,696 --> 00:35:30,993 Talking to Mrs. Claus... 521 00:35:31,064 --> 00:35:33,794 and holding in his hand... 522 00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:35,300 what appears to be... 523 00:35:35,368 --> 00:35:38,201 a large, erect penis. 524 00:35:38,271 --> 00:35:42,173 And would you read the caption under that cartoon, please? 525 00:35:42,242 --> 00:35:44,142 It says... 526 00:35:44,211 --> 00:35:47,374 "This is what I've got to 'Ho-ho-ho' about. " 527 00:35:47,447 --> 00:35:50,439 Mr. Flynt, do you think... 528 00:35:50,517 --> 00:35:53,645 that the founding fathers had a cartoon like this in mind... 529 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,688 when they wrote the First Amendment? 530 00:35:55,755 --> 00:36:00,351 Well, no, but I don't think they necessarily had Playboy in mind... 531 00:36:00,427 --> 00:36:01,860 or People either... 532 00:36:01,928 --> 00:36:04,453 'cause I saw a couple of swear words in there once. 533 00:36:04,531 --> 00:36:08,627 But isn't a community allowed to set its own standards? 534 00:36:08,702 --> 00:36:12,138 No. That's just a disguise for censorship. 535 00:36:12,205 --> 00:36:14,139 This country belongs to me... 536 00:36:14,207 --> 00:36:17,199 as much as it belongs to you, Mr. Leis. 537 00:36:17,277 --> 00:36:19,837 If you don't like Hustler magazine, don't read it. 538 00:36:19,913 --> 00:36:21,346 I don't. 539 00:36:21,414 --> 00:36:24,872 But what about the innocent children who gaze upon your magazine... 540 00:36:24,951 --> 00:36:26,384 in our grocery stores? 541 00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:33,157 If a kid gets caught drinking beer in a tavern... 542 00:36:33,226 --> 00:36:37,162 we don't ban Budweiser across the nation. 543 00:36:39,432 --> 00:36:41,525 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... 544 00:36:41,601 --> 00:36:46,698 you've heard a lot here today and I won't try to go back over it all. 545 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:52,106 But you have to go back in that room and make some decisions... 546 00:36:52,178 --> 00:36:56,046 and there is one thing I want to make very clear to you before you do. 547 00:36:57,784 --> 00:37:02,084 I'm not trying to convince you that you should like what Larry Flynt does. 548 00:37:03,089 --> 00:37:05,080 I don't like what he does. 549 00:37:08,695 --> 00:37:10,754 But what I do like is... 550 00:37:10,830 --> 00:37:13,458 that I live in a country... 551 00:37:13,533 --> 00:37:16,764 where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. 552 00:37:16,836 --> 00:37:21,136 I like that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine... 553 00:37:21,875 --> 00:37:23,536 read it if I want... 554 00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:26,943 or throw it in the trash, if that's where I think it belongs. 555 00:37:27,814 --> 00:37:29,782 Or I can not buy it. 556 00:37:30,951 --> 00:37:33,784 I like that right. I care about it. 557 00:37:35,155 --> 00:37:37,282 And you should care about it too... 558 00:37:39,059 --> 00:37:41,152 because we live in a free country. 559 00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:47,890 We say that a lot, but sometimes we forget what that means, so listen again. 560 00:37:47,968 --> 00:37:50,937 We live in a free country. 561 00:37:51,004 --> 00:37:54,804 That is a powerful idea. That's a magnificent way to live. 562 00:37:54,874 --> 00:37:58,071 But there is a price for that freedom, which is that sometimes... 563 00:37:58,144 --> 00:38:01,170 we have to tolerate things that we don't necessarily like. 564 00:38:01,247 --> 00:38:02,942 So go back in that room... 565 00:38:03,016 --> 00:38:05,780 where you are free to think whatever you want to think... 566 00:38:05,852 --> 00:38:08,184 about Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine. 567 00:38:09,889 --> 00:38:13,256 But then ask yourselves if you want to make that decision for the rest of us... 568 00:38:13,326 --> 00:38:17,660 because the freedom that everyone in this room enjoys... 569 00:38:17,731 --> 00:38:20,598 is, in a very real way, in your hands. 570 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:25,263 If we start throwing up walls against what some of us think is obscene... 571 00:38:26,406 --> 00:38:29,341 we may wake up one morning and realize... 572 00:38:29,409 --> 00:38:32,469 that walls have been thrown up in places we never expected... 573 00:38:34,314 --> 00:38:37,442 and we can't see anything or do anything. 574 00:38:40,754 --> 00:38:42,688 And that's not freedom. 575 00:38:44,391 --> 00:38:46,359 That is not freedom. 576 00:38:46,426 --> 00:38:48,360 So, be careful. 577 00:38:50,196 --> 00:38:51,629 Thank you. 578 00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:02,474 Madam Foreman, have you reached a verdict? 579 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:04,737 Yes, Your Honor, we have. 580 00:39:04,811 --> 00:39:07,371 Hand the verdict to the bailiff. 581 00:39:18,792 --> 00:39:21,090 Will the defendant please rise? 582 00:39:29,169 --> 00:39:30,693 Madam Clerk, read the verdict. 583 00:39:33,907 --> 00:39:35,204 "We, the jury... 584 00:39:35,275 --> 00:39:37,709 find the defendant, Larry Claxton Flynt... 585 00:39:37,777 --> 00:39:40,268 guilty as charged on all counts. " 586 00:39:46,986 --> 00:39:49,887 Do you have anything to say before I sentence you? 587 00:39:52,392 --> 00:39:54,326 Your Honor... 588 00:39:54,394 --> 00:39:56,885 you've not made... 589 00:39:56,963 --> 00:40:00,524 one intelligent decision during the course of this trial... 590 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,568 and I don't expect one now. 591 00:40:02,635 --> 00:40:04,626 Knock yourself out. 592 00:40:05,438 --> 00:40:08,635 I sentence you to 25 years in the Ohio State Penitentiary. 593 00:40:09,609 --> 00:40:11,099 Your Honor, we request bail... 594 00:40:11,177 --> 00:40:12,872 - Bail denied. - Denied? 595 00:40:14,180 --> 00:40:17,707 - Take him away. - This procedure is completely standard. 596 00:40:17,784 --> 00:40:19,718 All I do is publish a magazine! 597 00:40:21,387 --> 00:40:23,719 Mrs. Flynt, were you surprised by the verdict? 598 00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:26,725 No, I was not surprised by the verdict at all. 599 00:40:26,793 --> 00:40:30,490 We had a stupid judge and an uptight prosecutor. 600 00:40:30,563 --> 00:40:32,895 Are you ashamed to have your husband locked up? 601 00:40:32,966 --> 00:40:35,298 I never would be ashamed of Larry. 602 00:40:35,368 --> 00:40:38,303 I'd rather have a man who stands up for what he believes in. 603 00:40:38,371 --> 00:40:41,306 Of course I'm not happy he's going to jail. 604 00:40:41,374 --> 00:40:45,902 You guys can call this a circus, a witch hunt... 605 00:41:10,904 --> 00:41:11,996 Hi, baby. 606 00:41:14,007 --> 00:41:16,100 You are so beautiful. 607 00:41:16,176 --> 00:41:17,700 Hi, Larry. 608 00:41:19,412 --> 00:41:21,004 How are you? 609 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,015 - I miss you. - I've missed you too. 610 00:41:26,386 --> 00:41:28,320 You got any girlfriends in here? 611 00:41:32,692 --> 00:41:34,990 You got calluses on your hands? 612 00:41:35,061 --> 00:41:36,619 You know it. 613 00:41:36,696 --> 00:41:40,689 I fantasize about you all the time. 614 00:41:42,168 --> 00:41:44,159 Our bed is so empty. 615 00:41:48,608 --> 00:41:49,632 Baby. 616 00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:52,143 Oh, baby. 617 00:41:56,115 --> 00:41:58,049 Oh, God. 618 00:42:04,657 --> 00:42:06,921 What can I do to get you out of here? 619 00:42:09,629 --> 00:42:12,655 Isaacman says there's no way this is gonna hold up. 620 00:42:12,732 --> 00:42:15,667 What if Alan's wrong? 621 00:42:15,735 --> 00:42:18,829 What if you don't get out till the year 2000... 622 00:42:18,905 --> 00:42:23,342 and I'm fat and old and ugly and you don't love me anymore? 623 00:42:23,409 --> 00:42:27,209 You ain't never gonna be old and fat and ugly. 624 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,214 I promise you. 625 00:42:31,584 --> 00:42:33,848 - I love you. - I love you. 626 00:42:35,788 --> 00:42:40,851 Glory, glory, hallelujah 627 00:42:51,371 --> 00:42:52,804 His truth 628 00:42:52,872 --> 00:42:56,740 Is marching on 629 00:42:56,809 --> 00:42:59,778 His truth is 630 00:42:59,846 --> 00:43:02,246 Marching 631 00:43:02,315 --> 00:43:05,375 On 632 00:43:11,291 --> 00:43:12,918 Please. Please. Please. 633 00:43:14,794 --> 00:43:17,228 And now, Americans for a Free Press... 634 00:43:18,298 --> 00:43:21,563 take extreme pleasure in welcoming to Cincinnati... 635 00:43:21,634 --> 00:43:23,568 direct from jail... 636 00:43:23,636 --> 00:43:26,503 cleared 100% by the Appellate Court... 637 00:43:26,572 --> 00:43:29,541 This is great of the Americans for a Free Press to invite us here tonight. 638 00:43:31,277 --> 00:43:36,305 The Americans for a Free Press is me. Who do you think's paying for all this? 639 00:43:36,382 --> 00:43:40,785 ...that freedom fighter, Larry C. Flynt! 640 00:43:49,529 --> 00:43:51,429 - Thank you. - We love you, Larry! 641 00:43:51,497 --> 00:43:53,021 I have a thought. 642 00:43:53,099 --> 00:43:55,761 Murder is illegal... 643 00:43:55,835 --> 00:43:59,293 but you take a picture of somebody committing the act of murder... 644 00:43:59,372 --> 00:44:02,136 they'll put you on the cover of Newsweek. 645 00:44:02,208 --> 00:44:04,199 You might even win a Pulitzer Prize. 646 00:44:05,144 --> 00:44:06,372 And yet... 647 00:44:06,446 --> 00:44:08,914 sex is legal. 648 00:44:08,981 --> 00:44:11,677 Everybody's doin' it, or wants to be. 649 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:17,487 Yet you take a picture of two people in the act of sex... 650 00:44:17,557 --> 00:44:19,684 or of just a woman's naked body... 651 00:44:21,361 --> 00:44:23,386 and they'll put you in jail. 652 00:44:23,463 --> 00:44:28,127 Now, I have a message for all you good, moral, Christian people... 653 00:44:28,201 --> 00:44:32,194 who are complaining that breasts and vaginas are obscene. 654 00:44:32,271 --> 00:44:35,536 Don't complain to me. Complain to the manufacturer. 655 00:44:35,608 --> 00:44:39,271 Okay? And although Jesus told us not to judge, I know you will anyway... 656 00:44:39,345 --> 00:44:40,903 so judge sanely. 657 00:44:40,980 --> 00:44:44,313 Judge with your eyes open. What do you consider obscene? 658 00:44:44,384 --> 00:44:47,012 Is this obscene to you? 659 00:44:47,086 --> 00:44:50,544 Or perhaps that's obscene to you. 660 00:44:51,457 --> 00:44:53,948 Maybe this is obscene to you. 661 00:44:54,026 --> 00:44:57,325 But what is more obscene, this... 662 00:44:58,498 --> 00:45:00,261 or this? 663 00:45:00,333 --> 00:45:02,392 This... 664 00:45:02,468 --> 00:45:04,368 or this? 665 00:45:04,437 --> 00:45:09,204 You know, politicians and demagogues like to say... 666 00:45:09,275 --> 00:45:12,870 that sexually explicit material corrupts the youth of our country. 667 00:45:12,945 --> 00:45:17,439 And yet they lie, cheat and start unholy wars. 668 00:45:17,517 --> 00:45:21,510 Look at them. They call themselves men. They're sheep in a herd. 669 00:45:21,587 --> 00:45:25,250 I think the real obscenity comes from raising our youth... 670 00:45:25,324 --> 00:45:29,761 to believe that sex is bad and ugly and dirty... 671 00:45:29,829 --> 00:45:34,391 and yet it is heroic to go spill guts and blood... 672 00:45:34,467 --> 00:45:37,959 in the most ghastly manner in the name of humanity. 673 00:45:38,037 --> 00:45:41,302 With all the taboos attached to sex... 674 00:45:41,374 --> 00:45:44,070 it's no wonder we have the problems we have... 675 00:45:44,143 --> 00:45:47,078 that we're angry and violent and genocidal. 676 00:45:47,146 --> 00:45:49,205 But ask yourself the question... 677 00:45:49,282 --> 00:45:51,546 What is more obscene... 678 00:45:51,617 --> 00:45:54,142 sex or war? 679 00:46:16,242 --> 00:46:18,176 She's a killer. 680 00:46:28,020 --> 00:46:29,954 - Larry. - Yeah. 681 00:46:33,693 --> 00:46:34,955 Hi, Althea. 682 00:46:35,027 --> 00:46:36,255 Hi, Arlo. 683 00:46:37,330 --> 00:46:39,525 Arlo, you wanted something? 684 00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:40,998 Yes. 685 00:46:41,067 --> 00:46:43,592 I've got bad news. 686 00:46:46,172 --> 00:46:49,164 A Georgia prosecutor's arrested some newsdealers... 687 00:46:49,242 --> 00:46:50,675 for selling Hustler. 688 00:46:52,445 --> 00:46:57,382 Some other retailers are getting nervous and taking issues off the stands. 689 00:46:57,450 --> 00:46:59,384 Fuel the jet. 690 00:47:01,354 --> 00:47:03,288 Wait. Alert the Georgia media. 691 00:47:04,023 --> 00:47:06,184 Tell 'em the cavalry's on the way. 692 00:47:14,967 --> 00:47:16,901 Larry, why are you here? 693 00:47:16,969 --> 00:47:20,166 Good, hardworkin' news vendors are being threatened and intimidated. 694 00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,207 If that's not censorship, what is? 695 00:47:22,275 --> 00:47:25,210 - So, what's your plan? - Well, just watch. 696 00:47:27,613 --> 00:47:30,707 Come right on in here. Stand right over there. 697 00:47:30,783 --> 00:47:31,875 All right. 698 00:47:31,951 --> 00:47:33,316 Don't crowd. 699 00:47:34,086 --> 00:47:36,680 Let the cameras through. You rollin'? 700 00:47:36,756 --> 00:47:39,224 Now, what we're gonna do here is... 701 00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:44,360 I'm gonna pay this gentleman $1,000. 702 00:47:45,331 --> 00:47:49,392 I'm renting the Puff 'n' Read for 24 hours. 703 00:47:49,468 --> 00:47:51,402 I am in control now. 704 00:47:51,470 --> 00:47:55,907 Anybody who would like to purchase a copy of Hustler magazine... 705 00:47:55,975 --> 00:47:58,910 Could I please buy a copy of the Hustler magazine? 706 00:47:58,978 --> 00:48:02,607 Yes, you can, sir. Here is the Hustler magazine I'm selling... 707 00:48:02,682 --> 00:48:04,912 That's it. Larry Flynt, you're under arrest. 708 00:48:04,984 --> 00:48:07,214 Okay. I gotta give him some change. 709 00:48:08,020 --> 00:48:10,079 Only in America, huh? 710 00:48:12,158 --> 00:48:15,457 How far will you go for Hustler? What are your plans? 711 00:48:15,528 --> 00:48:18,793 Many people support Hustler magazine, but none are willing to support you. 712 00:48:18,864 --> 00:48:20,798 How do you feel about that? 713 00:48:20,866 --> 00:48:24,233 Why do I have to go to jail to protect your freedom? 714 00:48:29,508 --> 00:48:32,102 That's good. 715 00:48:32,178 --> 00:48:34,874 So, we're gonna pay a million bucks? 716 00:48:34,947 --> 00:48:37,643 If it catches the killer, it's worth it. 717 00:48:39,885 --> 00:48:42,319 Moving on. Asshole of the Month. 718 00:48:42,388 --> 00:48:44,083 Jerry Falwell. 719 00:48:44,156 --> 00:48:46,124 You always say Jerry Falwell. 720 00:48:46,192 --> 00:48:47,989 Jerry Falwell is always an asshole. 721 00:48:48,694 --> 00:48:51,060 How about Anita Bryant this month? 722 00:48:51,130 --> 00:48:53,155 I say Gerald Ford. 723 00:48:53,232 --> 00:48:55,166 I say Larry Flynt. 724 00:49:00,740 --> 00:49:04,073 I like that, bro. I mean, everybody thinks I'm an asshole. 725 00:49:04,143 --> 00:49:06,771 - Yeah, that's true. - Is that right? 726 00:49:08,714 --> 00:49:10,306 Larry, you have a call. 727 00:49:10,383 --> 00:49:13,409 - Take a message. - How about Asshole of the Decade? 728 00:49:13,486 --> 00:49:15,420 She's calling from North Carolina. 729 00:49:15,488 --> 00:49:19,618 She says she's the President's sister, Ruth Carter something. 730 00:49:19,692 --> 00:49:21,250 Ruth Carter Stapleton? 731 00:49:21,327 --> 00:49:23,295 She's a woman of God. 732 00:49:24,430 --> 00:49:26,364 What does she want with you? 733 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:30,435 What are you afraid of? Pick up the phone. 734 00:49:31,504 --> 00:49:34,029 Okay, patch her through. 735 00:49:34,106 --> 00:49:36,666 Hello, this is Larry Flynt. 736 00:49:36,742 --> 00:49:39,540 - Praise the Lord. I found you. - Hallelujah. 737 00:49:39,612 --> 00:49:41,910 What can I help you with? 738 00:49:41,981 --> 00:49:44,973 We have a mutual friend, Larry, a television producer... 739 00:49:45,051 --> 00:49:47,212 and he suggested we get together. 740 00:49:47,286 --> 00:49:49,379 He thought you and I would hit it off. 741 00:49:50,690 --> 00:49:52,658 I don't understand. 742 00:49:52,725 --> 00:49:56,320 You're an evangelist and I'm a smut peddler. 743 00:49:56,395 --> 00:49:58,625 Larry, I don't believe in labels. 744 00:49:58,698 --> 00:50:02,657 I think you and I could teach each other a lot, so... 745 00:50:02,735 --> 00:50:05,465 are you free for dinner tomorrow night? 746 00:50:06,539 --> 00:50:09,303 You know, I have a hectic schedule. 747 00:50:09,375 --> 00:50:13,072 You know what's nice about people like you and me, Mr. Flynt? 748 00:50:13,145 --> 00:50:14,737 What's that? 749 00:50:14,814 --> 00:50:16,714 We can do anything we want. 750 00:50:32,798 --> 00:50:34,891 Do you go to church, Larry? 751 00:50:34,967 --> 00:50:36,662 Yeah, church. 752 00:50:36,736 --> 00:50:40,228 Particularly the, uh, you know, the big holidays... 753 00:50:41,307 --> 00:50:45,107 Christmas, Easter and New Year's Eve. 754 00:50:45,177 --> 00:50:46,735 New Year's Eve? 755 00:50:50,349 --> 00:50:52,715 They don't have church on New Year's Eve. Okay. 756 00:50:52,785 --> 00:50:54,412 Well, we've proven I'm a liar. 757 00:50:56,655 --> 00:50:59,089 - I never go. - It's not important. 758 00:51:00,159 --> 00:51:02,093 That's only a ritual. 759 00:51:02,161 --> 00:51:05,289 I believe in going straight to the teachings of Jesus. 760 00:51:05,364 --> 00:51:07,798 And does she love that man. 761 00:51:08,667 --> 00:51:10,635 Would you call yourself... 762 00:51:12,104 --> 00:51:13,696 a faith healer? 763 00:51:13,773 --> 00:51:14,865 Goodness, no. 764 00:51:15,875 --> 00:51:17,137 I do spiritual healing. 765 00:51:17,209 --> 00:51:19,200 Oh. 766 00:51:19,278 --> 00:51:21,473 I don't mend bones. I mend troubled souls. 767 00:51:24,383 --> 00:51:29,150 That's a relief. I thought you might be one of those tent revival fakes... 768 00:51:29,221 --> 00:51:33,555 that used to come scare the kids with snakes... 769 00:51:33,626 --> 00:51:35,719 and "Wicked this, wicked that. " 770 00:51:35,795 --> 00:51:38,992 Hellfire, damnation, that sort of thing. 771 00:51:41,333 --> 00:51:45,064 That kind of talk is almost unforgivable. 772 00:51:48,107 --> 00:51:50,575 Well, then, I'd say we have... 773 00:51:50,643 --> 00:51:52,338 something in common. 774 00:51:52,411 --> 00:51:56,780 Actually, Larry, there's something else you and I have in common. 775 00:51:56,849 --> 00:51:58,248 What's that? 776 00:51:58,317 --> 00:52:03,482 We're both trying to release people from sexual repression. 777 00:52:05,024 --> 00:52:06,116 Really. 778 00:52:06,892 --> 00:52:09,360 Sorry, Mrs. Stapleton. 779 00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:16,664 So, tell me, your brother... 780 00:52:16,735 --> 00:52:20,034 Ji... Mr. President... 781 00:52:20,105 --> 00:52:22,039 Jimmy will be fine. 782 00:52:25,911 --> 00:52:28,379 Do you think he ever... 783 00:52:28,447 --> 00:52:29,971 read my publication? 784 00:52:30,049 --> 00:52:33,280 You remember that interview he gave Playboy magazine? 785 00:52:33,352 --> 00:52:36,515 The one where he admitted he had lust in his heart? 786 00:52:36,589 --> 00:52:38,819 I was especially proud of that. 787 00:52:38,891 --> 00:52:40,756 I'm sure you were... 788 00:52:40,826 --> 00:52:44,159 but Oral Roberts wasn't and Billy Graham wasn't. 789 00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:46,528 They took out after him in public. 790 00:52:46,599 --> 00:52:49,898 So I don't think he's a big fan of adult magazines. 791 00:52:52,104 --> 00:52:54,197 But, you know, Larry... 792 00:52:54,273 --> 00:52:57,174 I'm more ambivalent about what you do... 793 00:52:57,243 --> 00:53:00,007 because I think that sexuality is... 794 00:53:00,079 --> 00:53:02,377 a God-given gift. 795 00:53:02,448 --> 00:53:04,541 I have to agree with you. 796 00:53:04,617 --> 00:53:07,415 When I counsel Pentecostal women in bad marriages... 797 00:53:07,486 --> 00:53:09,351 I don't take the Bible out. 798 00:53:09,421 --> 00:53:10,820 I say to them... 799 00:53:10,890 --> 00:53:13,882 "Get some make-up. Get yourself some curlers. 800 00:53:13,959 --> 00:53:17,986 Make yourself beautiful, because Jesus wants you to be beautiful. " 801 00:53:18,063 --> 00:53:19,997 Yeah, well, that... 802 00:53:20,065 --> 00:53:23,523 You're something. You surprise me. 803 00:53:23,602 --> 00:53:25,900 Larry, what was your childhood like? 804 00:53:29,642 --> 00:53:34,602 You know, sometimes things happen to us when we're very young... 805 00:53:36,181 --> 00:53:38,945 that can hurt for many years after. 806 00:53:39,018 --> 00:53:41,953 I think we're all born into this world... 807 00:53:52,998 --> 00:53:54,761 Why? Why? 808 00:53:54,833 --> 00:53:57,233 'Cause I had an epiphany. Okay? 809 00:53:57,303 --> 00:53:59,362 - A what? - An epiphany. 810 00:53:59,438 --> 00:54:01,372 Where'd you learn that damn word? 811 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,238 This woman crookin' you so hard, she's teaching you English now? 812 00:54:04,310 --> 00:54:06,141 She ain't crookin' me. 813 00:54:06,211 --> 00:54:09,078 I think it's more an acid flashback. 814 00:54:09,148 --> 00:54:13,414 Don't belittle it like that. It was a serious thing. 815 00:54:13,485 --> 00:54:16,750 Do you think that I wanted Jesus to tap me on the shoulder? 816 00:54:16,822 --> 00:54:18,756 I'm the last guy who wanted that. 817 00:54:18,824 --> 00:54:22,988 I'm gettin' laid six times a day. I got limousines, a jet, lots of money. 818 00:54:23,062 --> 00:54:27,089 I'm the last guy who wanted God tapping him on the shoulder. 819 00:54:27,166 --> 00:54:29,225 I had an epiphany. 820 00:54:29,301 --> 00:54:32,327 - I had an epiphany once, Larry. - What was that? 821 00:54:32,404 --> 00:54:36,898 When my daddy shot my entire family in the head... 822 00:54:36,976 --> 00:54:40,104 and I was the only one to identify the bodies. 823 00:54:40,179 --> 00:54:44,616 I got sent to an orphanage full of good Christian nuns... 824 00:54:44,683 --> 00:54:47,584 who shoved my face into their pussies... 825 00:54:47,653 --> 00:54:49,587 with their crucifixes on... 826 00:54:49,655 --> 00:54:51,782 for eight goddamn years! 827 00:54:51,857 --> 00:54:54,849 I am genuinely sorry for you, baby, but that does not... 828 00:54:54,927 --> 00:54:57,862 Don't be sorry for me! Be sorry for yourself! 829 00:54:57,930 --> 00:55:00,125 - You'll need that in the pawn shop. - Don't throw that! 830 00:55:00,199 --> 00:55:03,134 We're gonna be so broke, you're gonna need that. 831 00:55:05,704 --> 00:55:07,194 Come on. 832 00:55:07,272 --> 00:55:09,365 It's okay. 833 00:55:09,441 --> 00:55:11,966 Just get behind me on this, okay? 834 00:55:12,044 --> 00:55:13,978 That's all I'm asking. 835 00:55:14,046 --> 00:55:18,142 I feel like it's me against the world. You're all I got, baby. 836 00:55:20,452 --> 00:55:23,216 Say you ain't gonna do this. 837 00:55:23,288 --> 00:55:26,018 - I'm doing it! - No! You ain't gonna do it! 838 00:55:28,460 --> 00:55:31,156 Oh, now I'm baptized too. Is that it? 839 00:55:31,230 --> 00:55:32,822 Fuck you, Larry! 840 00:55:32,898 --> 00:55:34,126 The Lord 841 00:55:35,734 --> 00:55:36,666 Oh, Lord 842 00:55:38,370 --> 00:55:39,394 My soul 843 00:55:40,806 --> 00:55:43,707 Doth magnify 844 00:55:43,776 --> 00:55:45,505 The Lord 845 00:55:50,149 --> 00:55:53,710 Do you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior... 846 00:55:53,786 --> 00:55:56,653 and reject Satan and all his works? 847 00:55:56,722 --> 00:55:58,849 I do. 848 00:56:02,227 --> 00:56:04,457 In obedience to the will of God... 849 00:56:04,530 --> 00:56:07,021 and upon the confession of this, our brother... 850 00:56:07,099 --> 00:56:11,968 we baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son... 851 00:56:12,037 --> 00:56:15,200 and in the name of the Holy Spirit. 852 00:56:19,912 --> 00:56:21,846 Hallelujah 853 00:56:21,914 --> 00:56:23,609 Hallelujah! 854 00:56:28,187 --> 00:56:30,587 There will be no more... 855 00:56:31,857 --> 00:56:34,917 photo spreads of women alone. 856 00:56:34,993 --> 00:56:40,124 From now on, sex will be presented in a more natural setting... 857 00:56:40,199 --> 00:56:42,133 with a man in the picture. 858 00:56:42,201 --> 00:56:44,533 You know, a Genesis pictorial... 859 00:56:44,603 --> 00:56:48,596 with Adam and Eve getting it on in the Garden of Eden. 860 00:56:48,674 --> 00:56:52,542 Then next month I'd like to have... 861 00:56:52,611 --> 00:56:56,138 pretty girls all floating on big glass crucifixes. 862 00:56:57,216 --> 00:56:58,877 Marjoe Gortner could shoot that. 863 00:57:00,886 --> 00:57:03,081 I plead with you not to do this. 864 00:57:04,523 --> 00:57:07,458 If you do this, this company's gonna be worth nothin'. 865 00:57:07,526 --> 00:57:10,962 You're all looking at me like I'm the one growing horns. 866 00:57:11,029 --> 00:57:15,056 Look around you. We are living in Roman times. 867 00:57:16,935 --> 00:57:18,334 It is time... 868 00:57:18,403 --> 00:57:21,236 to feed the lions to the Christians. 869 00:57:21,306 --> 00:57:22,295 This is a joke. 870 00:57:22,374 --> 00:57:25,104 You're just doing this to... 871 00:57:25,177 --> 00:57:26,769 help our circulation. 872 00:57:28,580 --> 00:57:30,275 Arlo. 873 00:57:39,691 --> 00:57:41,750 I love you, brother... 874 00:57:41,827 --> 00:57:44,990 but please don't ever, ever, ever... 875 00:57:45,063 --> 00:57:48,157 doubt my sincerity. 876 00:57:50,202 --> 00:57:51,863 Use me 877 00:57:51,937 --> 00:57:56,306 For your service 878 00:57:57,342 --> 00:58:00,539 Dear Lord 879 00:58:00,612 --> 00:58:04,275 Just grant me the power 880 00:58:28,373 --> 00:58:30,967 This is making people sick. 881 00:58:31,043 --> 00:58:34,501 They're going up to newsstands and they're puking, they're vomiting. 882 00:58:35,647 --> 00:58:37,672 I was just trying to illustrate... 883 00:58:37,749 --> 00:58:39,683 that I am no longer willing... 884 00:58:41,420 --> 00:58:43,513 to exploit the female body. 885 00:58:44,823 --> 00:58:47,223 You've failed miserably at that. 886 00:58:47,292 --> 00:58:51,888 Nobody on this planet wants their religion and their porn mixed together. 887 00:58:51,964 --> 00:58:54,159 Well, you know, Ruth says that... 888 00:58:54,233 --> 00:58:58,033 Well, get your friend Ruth to buy two million of these magazines... 889 00:58:58,103 --> 00:59:00,003 because nobody else will do it. 890 00:59:04,042 --> 00:59:07,500 Larry, I'm not gonna pretend that I understand... 891 00:59:07,579 --> 00:59:09,706 what you go through... 892 00:59:09,781 --> 00:59:12,181 what this spiritual thing is to you. 893 00:59:12,251 --> 00:59:16,745 I never have, but I've always been supportive. Always. 894 00:59:16,822 --> 00:59:18,722 And, honey... 895 00:59:18,790 --> 00:59:20,985 you're taking this too far now. 896 00:59:21,059 --> 00:59:22,686 It's going too far. 897 00:59:22,761 --> 00:59:24,695 It's like you're losing your mind. 898 00:59:26,832 --> 00:59:28,527 My mind is fine. 899 00:59:29,368 --> 00:59:31,359 God is working through me. 900 00:59:31,436 --> 00:59:32,960 Don't you see that? 901 00:59:33,038 --> 00:59:37,702 I could accomplish anything. I could move mountains with God's help. 902 00:59:37,776 --> 00:59:42,110 I could make that wall come tumbling down with sheer willpower. 903 00:59:42,180 --> 00:59:45,445 God. Do it. Just do it, then. 904 00:59:45,517 --> 00:59:47,451 - Do it. - Do it? 905 00:59:58,196 --> 01:00:00,494 He's gonna be thrilled about this. Really. 906 01:00:00,565 --> 01:00:03,056 Hey, Larry. Yeah, it's Alan. 907 01:00:03,135 --> 01:00:06,571 I'm sitting here with the eminently reasonable District Attorney of Georgia. 908 01:00:08,073 --> 01:00:10,007 He's very impressed by your conversion. 909 01:00:10,075 --> 01:00:11,633 He's offering a plea bargain. 910 01:00:11,710 --> 01:00:15,737 A plea bargain because I found God? 911 01:00:16,481 --> 01:00:18,540 Larry, listen to me. 912 01:00:18,617 --> 01:00:20,812 Don't argue with me on this. 913 01:00:20,886 --> 01:00:24,447 Just say yes, because I pulled a lot of strings to make this happen. 914 01:00:25,324 --> 01:00:26,586 Is he there with you? 915 01:00:27,926 --> 01:00:29,757 Could you do me a favor? 916 01:00:30,762 --> 01:00:34,027 Tell that miserable, gray-haired bastard... 917 01:00:34,099 --> 01:00:35,498 to go fuck himself. 918 01:00:35,567 --> 01:00:36,761 We're goin' to trial. 919 01:00:36,835 --> 01:00:37,927 Okay. Right. 920 01:00:38,003 --> 01:00:39,766 Oh, and praise the Lord. 921 01:00:41,006 --> 01:00:42,439 Right. 922 01:00:46,511 --> 01:00:49,969 The Gwinnett County Court is now in session. 923 01:00:50,048 --> 01:00:53,449 Mr. Flynt, how can you, as a good Christian... 924 01:00:53,518 --> 01:00:54,780 defend this filth? 925 01:00:55,854 --> 01:00:57,446 I don't have to. 926 01:00:57,522 --> 01:00:59,956 It may be wrong, in some people's opinion... 927 01:01:00,025 --> 01:01:02,493 to portray women the way I have... 928 01:01:02,561 --> 01:01:04,495 but it's not illegal. 929 01:01:04,563 --> 01:01:08,727 It may not be smart to have too much to drink, but it's not illegal. 930 01:01:09,768 --> 01:01:13,636 Abortion may be morally repugnant... 931 01:01:13,705 --> 01:01:15,639 but right now it's not illegal. 932 01:01:15,707 --> 01:01:18,540 If we want to change the laws, that's another discussion... 933 01:01:18,610 --> 01:01:23,377 but our right to decide for ourselves cannot be restricted. 934 01:01:24,816 --> 01:01:27,307 George Orwell said that... 935 01:01:28,620 --> 01:01:30,087 if liberty means anything... 936 01:01:30,155 --> 01:01:33,647 it means the right to tell people what they don't wanna hear. 937 01:01:33,725 --> 01:01:36,523 Now, America... 938 01:01:36,595 --> 01:01:39,826 is the strongest country in the world today... 939 01:01:39,898 --> 01:01:42,628 only because it is the freest country. 940 01:01:42,701 --> 01:01:47,400 If it ever loses sight of its basic heritage... 941 01:01:47,472 --> 01:01:49,736 and the principles involved... 942 01:01:51,042 --> 01:01:53,476 then we will no longer be free. 943 01:01:54,613 --> 01:01:56,410 That was a bang-up job. 944 01:01:58,450 --> 01:02:00,748 Larry, did you pray before entering the courtroom? 945 01:02:00,819 --> 01:02:03,686 - No comment. - Is your wife jealous of Ruth? 946 01:02:07,959 --> 01:02:09,893 Do you have any comment? 947 01:02:09,961 --> 01:02:12,429 - Is that true? - Do you have anything to say? 948 01:02:24,509 --> 01:02:28,309 This is Jackson. We got shots fired in front of the courthouse. 949 01:02:29,881 --> 01:02:32,645 - Somebody help! - We need an ambulance right away. 950 01:02:41,626 --> 01:02:42,888 Stand back. 951 01:02:59,377 --> 01:03:02,642 Got a 36-year-old male, gunshot wound, left shoulder. 952 01:03:03,715 --> 01:03:06,115 Patient has no movement or sensation... 953 01:03:06,184 --> 01:03:09,517 I want him alive. I don't care if his head's in a fishbowl! 954 01:03:09,588 --> 01:03:11,249 Mrs. Flynt... 955 01:03:12,157 --> 01:03:14,182 there's something you have to know... 956 01:03:14,259 --> 01:03:16,193 before you go in that room. 957 01:03:41,353 --> 01:03:44,186 They say that you're paralyzed. 958 01:03:45,857 --> 01:03:49,293 They say you're paralyzed from the waist down. 959 01:03:52,397 --> 01:03:56,663 They say that you ain't gonna walk again. 960 01:03:57,569 --> 01:03:59,503 From the waist down? 961 01:04:01,206 --> 01:04:03,299 I fuckin' love you. 962 01:04:13,852 --> 01:04:16,320 I'm so sorry, Althea. 963 01:04:20,659 --> 01:04:22,092 Larry. 964 01:04:23,795 --> 01:04:25,990 My dearest, how are you? 965 01:04:26,064 --> 01:04:27,998 Oh, the pain. 966 01:04:31,069 --> 01:04:34,698 I feel like I'm in hell. 967 01:04:35,774 --> 01:04:37,901 No, you're not in hell. 968 01:04:38,977 --> 01:04:40,171 You belong to God. 969 01:04:41,813 --> 01:04:43,838 I wish he'd killed me. 970 01:04:43,915 --> 01:04:45,610 I do. 971 01:04:45,684 --> 01:04:48,676 I can't ever walk again. 972 01:04:49,754 --> 01:04:52,416 I can't make love to my wife. 973 01:04:54,826 --> 01:04:55,850 I can't... 974 01:04:57,228 --> 01:04:59,788 have a child with her. 975 01:04:59,864 --> 01:05:02,765 But don't give in to the bitterness. 976 01:05:02,834 --> 01:05:07,168 You'll be so much stronger if you keep your faith. 977 01:05:07,238 --> 01:05:09,502 God will see you through this. 978 01:05:09,574 --> 01:05:11,007 Ruth... 979 01:05:12,911 --> 01:05:14,640 there is no God. 980 01:05:16,514 --> 01:05:20,450 Take this down. I want all this Christian stuff out of here now. 981 01:05:23,755 --> 01:05:25,552 Ladies. Gentlemen. 982 01:05:26,992 --> 01:05:31,224 The reign of Christian terror at this magazine is now over. 983 01:05:31,296 --> 01:05:35,096 We're smut peddlers again. We're going back to our roots. 984 01:05:35,166 --> 01:05:36,599 We are porn again. 985 01:05:36,668 --> 01:05:37,896 When's Larry coming back? 986 01:05:40,639 --> 01:05:42,607 Larry's coming back soon. 987 01:05:42,674 --> 01:05:44,665 So, what do we know? 988 01:05:46,911 --> 01:05:48,936 The FBI ain't got nothin'. 989 01:05:49,014 --> 01:05:52,074 - That's what we know. - Who'd wanna shoot you, Larry? 990 01:05:52,150 --> 01:05:54,141 Who wouldn't want to, Jimmy? 991 01:05:54,819 --> 01:05:57,652 - I'd say it was the CIA. - Why? 992 01:05:57,722 --> 01:06:01,351 Because of the million dollars that was offered for JFK's killers. 993 01:06:02,794 --> 01:06:06,025 I think it was the interracial photo spreads and the KKK. 994 01:06:06,097 --> 01:06:08,497 It wasn't the KKK. It was the Mob. 995 01:06:08,566 --> 01:06:11,797 The extreme religious right. They control all the fanatics. 996 01:06:11,870 --> 01:06:15,704 You've just named every American psycho. Let's try to narrow the field a bit. 997 01:06:16,775 --> 01:06:19,573 Larry, you're always, always... 998 01:06:19,644 --> 01:06:22,579 gonna have to watch your ass forever. 999 01:06:24,049 --> 01:06:28,418 I oughta move somewhere where perverts are welcome. 1000 01:07:18,636 --> 01:07:21,104 Where you goin', baby? 1001 01:07:21,172 --> 01:07:23,265 To get some ice cream. You want some? 1002 01:07:24,042 --> 01:07:25,168 I want some more. 1003 01:07:25,243 --> 01:07:27,438 I just gave you twice your dose. 1004 01:07:27,512 --> 01:07:30,003 Please. Please. Please. 1005 01:07:30,081 --> 01:07:32,242 Larry, you're gonna overdose. 1006 01:07:32,317 --> 01:07:35,377 I'm not gonna overdose. I'm in pain. 1007 01:07:35,453 --> 01:07:38,047 - You're just doing this to get off. - More! 1008 01:07:45,597 --> 01:07:49,089 I'm only giving you half of what I just gave you. 1009 01:07:49,167 --> 01:07:50,862 Don't ask for any more. 1010 01:08:18,029 --> 01:08:19,462 Tight. 1011 01:08:33,077 --> 01:08:35,238 Okay, let go. 1012 01:08:38,016 --> 01:08:39,278 You all right? 1013 01:08:39,350 --> 01:08:41,284 I love you, baby. 1014 01:09:46,918 --> 01:09:48,852 Oh, God. 1015 01:10:33,898 --> 01:10:35,331 Hi, Doctor Bob. 1016 01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:37,960 Hello, Althea. How's Larry today? 1017 01:10:38,036 --> 01:10:39,367 Shitty. 1018 01:10:40,872 --> 01:10:43,102 Pretty shitty. 1019 01:10:43,174 --> 01:10:45,802 How are you today, Larry? 1020 01:10:45,877 --> 01:10:47,435 Terrible. 1021 01:10:47,512 --> 01:10:50,413 - I'm in pain. - He can hardly talk. 1022 01:10:50,481 --> 01:10:53,416 You know, Larry, we're running out of options here. 1023 01:10:53,484 --> 01:10:57,113 The drugs, your pain... it's going to kill you. 1024 01:10:57,188 --> 01:10:58,553 Something stronger. 1025 01:11:01,326 --> 01:11:03,726 This is 30 grand. 1026 01:11:03,795 --> 01:11:08,061 Can we just have our medicine, please, Doctor Bob, in peace? 1027 01:11:09,133 --> 01:11:11,067 Larry, there is an operation... 1028 01:11:11,135 --> 01:11:14,400 and apparently it's been very successful for this kind of pain. 1029 01:11:16,274 --> 01:11:19,209 - Ready for the laser. - Laser ready, five watts. 1030 01:11:20,278 --> 01:11:21,575 Okay, let's go. 1031 01:11:52,777 --> 01:11:54,438 Hey, baby. 1032 01:11:55,613 --> 01:11:56,705 What's that? 1033 01:11:57,415 --> 01:12:00,213 Some lady died down the hall. 1034 01:12:00,284 --> 01:12:02,115 I got her flowers. 1035 01:12:06,557 --> 01:12:07,819 How do you feel? 1036 01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:10,990 I feel good. 1037 01:12:11,062 --> 01:12:12,620 You feel good? 1038 01:12:12,697 --> 01:12:14,858 Yeah, I feel... 1039 01:12:14,932 --> 01:12:16,331 I feel great. 1040 01:12:16,401 --> 01:12:19,063 For the first time since those bullets... 1041 01:12:19,837 --> 01:12:21,771 I don't feel any pain. 1042 01:12:23,374 --> 01:12:25,035 I don't want it. 1043 01:12:25,109 --> 01:12:27,043 What do you... I don't... 1044 01:12:29,047 --> 01:12:30,378 I feel good. 1045 01:12:30,448 --> 01:12:32,780 And you're not on nothin'. 1046 01:12:32,850 --> 01:12:35,785 You're crookin' me, or you're a fuckin' liar. 1047 01:12:36,954 --> 01:12:40,355 You've been on drugs for four or five years. 1048 01:12:40,425 --> 01:12:45,692 I have a hard time believing that you feel really great on nothin' now. 1049 01:12:45,763 --> 01:12:48,527 Is it that hard to believe that I don't want any? 1050 01:12:49,767 --> 01:12:51,098 Yes. 1051 01:12:51,169 --> 01:12:54,104 I was taking the drugs 'cause I was in pain. 1052 01:12:54,172 --> 01:12:56,367 I'm not in pain now, so I don't want it. 1053 01:12:56,441 --> 01:12:58,170 Why would I want it? 1054 01:12:58,242 --> 01:13:00,574 - I don't know. - Why do you want it? 1055 01:13:03,114 --> 01:13:08,245 Well, if I don't take it I'll go into seizures and get really sick. 1056 01:13:08,319 --> 01:13:10,253 And it makes me feel good. Here. 1057 01:13:10,321 --> 01:13:12,755 - I don't want it! - In two hours you will. 1058 01:13:12,824 --> 01:13:15,258 I'm done with it. Okay? 1059 01:13:15,326 --> 01:13:17,794 - You've said this before. - Stop it! 1060 01:13:17,862 --> 01:13:19,523 'Cause you're fuckin' on... 1061 01:13:20,364 --> 01:13:21,763 Here. 1062 01:13:23,167 --> 01:13:25,192 - Stop it. - Get away from me! 1063 01:13:25,269 --> 01:13:26,531 - Stop. - I don't want it! 1064 01:13:26,604 --> 01:13:29,971 You're gonna hurt yourself. Stop it, please. 1065 01:13:32,643 --> 01:13:34,076 I don't know. 1066 01:13:37,115 --> 01:13:40,551 Been through a lot together. We can make it through this. 1067 01:13:43,488 --> 01:13:45,422 You're gonna go cold turkey? 1068 01:13:45,490 --> 01:13:47,720 I am, and so are you. 1069 01:13:47,792 --> 01:13:50,124 - Okay? - No. 1070 01:13:50,194 --> 01:13:51,286 Yes. 1071 01:13:51,362 --> 01:13:53,523 Okay. 1072 01:13:57,969 --> 01:13:59,937 I can't, Larry. 1073 01:14:02,874 --> 01:14:05,934 - What am I gonna do? - What do I need that shit for? 1074 01:14:06,010 --> 01:14:08,478 I want my mind back. 1075 01:14:34,705 --> 01:14:36,138 The pervert is back! 1076 01:14:41,412 --> 01:14:42,879 What's your name? 1077 01:14:42,947 --> 01:14:44,676 Sophie. 1078 01:14:44,749 --> 01:14:47,377 Tell everybody the pervert is back. 1079 01:14:49,887 --> 01:14:52,014 The pervert is back. 1080 01:14:55,526 --> 01:14:58,461 Circulation is down by a third. 1081 01:14:58,529 --> 01:15:01,464 The color reproduction is horrible. 1082 01:15:03,134 --> 01:15:06,467 The models look like they're three-dollar whores. 1083 01:15:06,537 --> 01:15:10,371 The writing is by some moronic idiot. 1084 01:15:11,909 --> 01:15:13,672 Mr. Flynt? 1085 01:15:13,744 --> 01:15:16,212 I don't wanna step on your toes... 1086 01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:20,341 but things have changed since you were actively running the company. 1087 01:15:20,418 --> 01:15:23,649 I mean, I look back at the stuff you did in the '70s... 1088 01:15:23,721 --> 01:15:27,282 and it was sort of racy and crazy... 1089 01:15:27,358 --> 01:15:29,758 but the country's different now. 1090 01:15:29,827 --> 01:15:31,761 Reagan has rebuilt America... 1091 01:15:31,829 --> 01:15:34,320 and the Moral Majority is gaining power. 1092 01:15:34,398 --> 01:15:36,025 You're fired. 1093 01:15:37,101 --> 01:15:38,193 Excuse me? 1094 01:15:38,269 --> 01:15:39,497 You... 1095 01:15:39,570 --> 01:15:41,697 get the fuck out of my building! 1096 01:15:41,772 --> 01:15:43,205 Get him outta here! 1097 01:15:43,274 --> 01:15:46,607 He's a blow-dried, jerk motherfucker! 1098 01:15:46,677 --> 01:15:48,668 Throw him in the incinerator! 1099 01:15:48,746 --> 01:15:51,909 Cut him into pieces and feed him to the animals! 1100 01:15:51,983 --> 01:15:53,780 - Get outta here! - Larry! 1101 01:15:55,186 --> 01:15:59,782 You can't do that! He's our vice president of marketing! 1102 01:15:59,857 --> 01:16:03,088 Hey, Jimbo, are you trying to challenge my authority? 1103 01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:06,527 You see that on the wall? "LFP." 1104 01:16:06,597 --> 01:16:08,258 That's Larry Flynt Publications. 1105 01:16:08,332 --> 01:16:11,426 Not "JFP." Okay? 1106 01:16:11,502 --> 01:16:15,131 I'm the big kahuna here. Do you have a problem with that? 1107 01:16:15,206 --> 01:16:17,640 No, Larry. 1108 01:16:17,708 --> 01:16:19,141 You're the boss. 1109 01:16:23,447 --> 01:16:25,540 So, uh, Larry... 1110 01:16:25,616 --> 01:16:27,982 what's the plan? 1111 01:16:29,553 --> 01:16:31,453 Plan. 1112 01:16:31,522 --> 01:16:33,786 The plan is simple. 1113 01:16:33,858 --> 01:16:36,088 The establishment... 1114 01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:38,094 took my manhood from me... 1115 01:16:38,929 --> 01:16:41,727 but they left the half with my brain... 1116 01:16:41,799 --> 01:16:43,960 and I'm gonna use it... 1117 01:16:44,035 --> 01:16:45,798 to get back. 1118 01:16:51,309 --> 01:16:52,708 Wake up. 1119 01:16:52,777 --> 01:16:53,903 Who is this? 1120 01:16:53,978 --> 01:16:55,411 It's Larry Flynt. 1121 01:16:55,479 --> 01:16:59,939 Is CBS interested in seeing videotape of the FBI... 1122 01:17:00,017 --> 01:17:03,145 selling John Delorean 50 kilos of cocaine? 1123 01:17:04,221 --> 01:17:05,984 - Are you Mr. Waverly? - Yeah. 1124 01:17:06,057 --> 01:17:08,218 - Who are you? - I'm Mrs. Flynt. 1125 01:17:15,900 --> 01:17:17,834 Do you want some coffee... 1126 01:17:17,902 --> 01:17:19,199 or tea or sandwiches... 1127 01:17:19,270 --> 01:17:21,830 or Ho-Hos or Pringles or something? 1128 01:17:21,906 --> 01:17:25,034 No, that's all right. Can I just see the tape? 1129 01:17:28,579 --> 01:17:31,173 - John Delorean. - There's Delorean. 1130 01:17:31,248 --> 01:17:33,808 These are the drug dealers. 1131 01:17:33,884 --> 01:17:36,216 - Guess what this is. - The coke? 1132 01:17:36,287 --> 01:17:37,879 That whole suitcase? 1133 01:17:37,955 --> 01:17:39,650 Yeah. Watch this. 1134 01:17:39,724 --> 01:17:42,989 Delorean... The first time to touch it. 1135 01:17:43,060 --> 01:17:46,723 That's it. That's all the contact he had with that cocaine. 1136 01:17:48,065 --> 01:17:51,523 This is my favorite part. They can't get this damn... 1137 01:17:51,602 --> 01:17:54,571 They can't get the suitcase closed. Right? 1138 01:17:54,638 --> 01:17:57,471 There's a lot of cocaine in this motherfucker. 1139 01:17:57,541 --> 01:18:00,339 How do they get the damn thing closed? 1140 01:18:00,411 --> 01:18:02,379 - They're all pushing down on it. - Amazing. 1141 01:18:02,446 --> 01:18:04,175 Now they do a toast. 1142 01:18:04,915 --> 01:18:06,405 Now watch this. 1143 01:18:06,484 --> 01:18:08,247 This is weird. 1144 01:18:08,319 --> 01:18:10,583 There's a knock at the door. 1145 01:18:10,654 --> 01:18:12,713 Tubby goes to the door. 1146 01:18:12,790 --> 01:18:14,121 Look. 1147 01:18:14,191 --> 01:18:17,388 Four million dollars worth of cocaine. Nobody's even nervous. 1148 01:18:17,461 --> 01:18:18,894 Now watch. 1149 01:18:22,533 --> 01:18:25,559 FBI. FBI, right? 1150 01:18:25,636 --> 01:18:28,935 This guy's got a good camera sense. Watch him clear camera. 1151 01:18:29,006 --> 01:18:31,770 Let me get outta your way. Watch this guy. 1152 01:18:31,842 --> 01:18:34,276 Grabs his champagne... 1153 01:18:34,345 --> 01:18:35,676 and walks away. 1154 01:18:35,746 --> 01:18:38,681 These guys aren't concerned about him... 1155 01:18:38,749 --> 01:18:41,912 because they're FBI! 1156 01:18:41,986 --> 01:18:46,047 The tapes are genuine, newsworthy, and we have a right to broadcast them. 1157 01:18:46,123 --> 01:18:49,889 - This is stolen government evidence. - This makes a fair trial impossible. 1158 01:18:49,960 --> 01:18:52,861 My client, Mr. Delorean, will never find an impartial jury. 1159 01:18:52,930 --> 01:18:55,592 We're talking basic constitutional rights here. 1160 01:18:58,202 --> 01:19:00,898 Gentlemen. Gentlemen, please. 1161 01:19:00,971 --> 01:19:02,768 These are stolen tapes. 1162 01:19:02,840 --> 01:19:05,274 Gentlemen, that's enough! 1163 01:19:05,342 --> 01:19:06,309 It's stolen, Judge! 1164 01:19:10,214 --> 01:19:13,445 Here is the Campari ad campaign parody. 1165 01:19:13,517 --> 01:19:17,317 "Jerry Falwell talks about his first time. " 1166 01:19:20,024 --> 01:19:21,958 You guys are stupid. 1167 01:19:22,026 --> 01:19:24,392 You ever have anything positive to say, Jimmy? 1168 01:19:27,198 --> 01:19:30,133 I got a subpoena here for you to appear in Federal Court tomorrow... 1169 01:19:30,201 --> 01:19:32,567 to reveal the source of the Delorean tape. 1170 01:19:32,636 --> 01:19:34,900 The FBI got very pissed off. 1171 01:19:34,972 --> 01:19:37,600 They want you in front of the judge tomorrow. 1172 01:19:37,675 --> 01:19:41,736 You tell that judge I'm wipin' my ass with his subpoena. 1173 01:19:41,812 --> 01:19:44,440 Why is your client doing this? 1174 01:19:44,515 --> 01:19:46,642 My client is a very complicated man. 1175 01:19:46,717 --> 01:19:48,651 He's heavily medicated, among other things. 1176 01:19:48,719 --> 01:19:50,778 I believe him to be manic-depressive. 1177 01:19:50,855 --> 01:19:54,018 I'll give him something to be depressed about. 1178 01:19:55,092 --> 01:19:57,026 I'm issuing a warrant for his arrest. 1179 01:20:17,248 --> 01:20:20,342 "If anyone tries coming after me, I'll shoot him between the eyes. " 1180 01:20:22,019 --> 01:20:26,217 Flynt has been barricaded in his Beverly Hills compound for three days. 1181 01:20:37,535 --> 01:20:38,968 Holy shit! 1182 01:20:39,570 --> 01:20:40,559 Freeze! 1183 01:20:40,638 --> 01:20:42,071 Federal marshals! 1184 01:20:42,139 --> 01:20:43,197 Drop the gun now! 1185 01:20:44,275 --> 01:20:47,301 Hands on your head now! 1186 01:20:48,913 --> 01:20:50,540 On your knees! 1187 01:20:55,252 --> 01:20:57,220 NBC. ABC. 1188 01:20:58,055 --> 01:21:00,990 What's wrong with you, CBS? 1189 01:21:01,058 --> 01:21:03,083 We're Federal marshals! Come out! 1190 01:21:03,160 --> 01:21:04,593 Shut up! 1191 01:21:05,663 --> 01:21:08,598 Where are your fuckin' priorities? 1192 01:21:08,666 --> 01:21:11,430 We interrupt this program for a special report... 1193 01:21:12,536 --> 01:21:16,165 I turned the whole world into a tabloid! 1194 01:21:18,475 --> 01:21:19,942 Here I come! 1195 01:21:27,851 --> 01:21:30,843 Larry, are you going somewhere? 1196 01:21:30,921 --> 01:21:32,912 Yeah. 1197 01:21:33,891 --> 01:21:35,859 Roll on out of there now! 1198 01:21:35,926 --> 01:21:38,292 Will you get me some bananas? 1199 01:21:38,362 --> 01:21:41,559 Yes, I'll get you bananas 1200 01:21:41,632 --> 01:21:44,123 Thank you, honey. 1201 01:21:49,273 --> 01:21:53,039 Raise your right hand and place your left hand on the Bible. 1202 01:21:57,681 --> 01:22:00,707 Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth... 1203 01:22:00,784 --> 01:22:02,046 so help you God? 1204 01:22:02,119 --> 01:22:03,586 No. 1205 01:22:07,558 --> 01:22:08,820 I'm an atheist. 1206 01:22:08,892 --> 01:22:12,794 I can't very well swear to a God I don't believe exists. 1207 01:22:15,499 --> 01:22:18,127 Mr. Flynt, you are a handful. 1208 01:22:19,136 --> 01:22:20,228 I know, Your Honor. 1209 01:22:20,304 --> 01:22:23,171 We'll allow you to affirm, if that's satisfactory with you, sir. 1210 01:22:24,241 --> 01:22:25,503 That would satisfy me. 1211 01:22:28,178 --> 01:22:30,339 I just need you to answer one question... 1212 01:22:30,414 --> 01:22:33,212 and then you are able to go back home. 1213 01:22:33,283 --> 01:22:34,580 Shoot. 1214 01:22:34,652 --> 01:22:37,246 What was the source of this videotape? 1215 01:22:37,321 --> 01:22:40,984 Your Honor, Vicki Morgan was Alfred Bloomingdale's mistress... 1216 01:22:41,058 --> 01:22:42,252 Excuse me, Your Honor. 1217 01:22:42,326 --> 01:22:43,520 It's okay, Alan. 1218 01:22:45,229 --> 01:22:48,790 Alfred introduced her to all Reagan's cabinet buddies. 1219 01:22:48,866 --> 01:22:51,664 She was a real party girl and they really liked her... 1220 01:22:51,735 --> 01:22:55,171 if you know what I mean, Your Honor. 1221 01:22:55,239 --> 01:22:57,867 So the thing about Vicki is... 1222 01:22:57,941 --> 01:23:00,671 she was a bit naive... 1223 01:23:00,744 --> 01:23:03,008 and she started writing a book... 1224 01:23:03,080 --> 01:23:07,380 about all these orgies that they were having. 1225 01:23:07,451 --> 01:23:10,978 The next thing you know... Bam! She's murdered. 1226 01:23:11,055 --> 01:23:14,547 But what these White House killers don't realize is... 1227 01:23:14,625 --> 01:23:16,149 Vicki... 1228 01:23:16,226 --> 01:23:18,194 kept some videotapes... 1229 01:23:18,262 --> 01:23:19,524 of their sexcapades. 1230 01:23:19,596 --> 01:23:22,224 These tapes, Your Honor... 1231 01:23:22,299 --> 01:23:24,290 are pure... 1232 01:23:24,368 --> 01:23:25,699 carnality. 1233 01:23:25,769 --> 01:23:26,793 Filthy. 1234 01:23:26,870 --> 01:23:30,670 I've never seen anything... Well, I have. 1235 01:23:30,741 --> 01:23:34,404 But most people haven't seen anything like this, Your Honor. 1236 01:23:34,478 --> 01:23:38,244 What has this got to do with the Delorean trial? 1237 01:23:40,517 --> 01:23:42,451 That's a good question. 1238 01:23:43,587 --> 01:23:46,818 Well, technically, nothing, Your Honor... 1239 01:23:46,890 --> 01:23:51,327 but I had those tapes and this tape, and it just made me think of it. 1240 01:23:51,395 --> 01:23:55,195 Well, Mr. Flynt, I'd appreciate it if you would stick to the subject. 1241 01:23:56,567 --> 01:24:00,367 I'll ask again: What was the source of this videotape? 1242 01:24:00,437 --> 01:24:03,565 With all due respect, you don't have the right to ask. 1243 01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:06,438 That's it. You're in contempt of court. 1244 01:24:06,510 --> 01:24:09,604 As of tomorrow, I'm fining you $10,000 a day... 1245 01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:13,047 until you reveal the source of your videotape. 1246 01:24:20,424 --> 01:24:22,221 Look. There's Larry. 1247 01:24:22,292 --> 01:24:23,554 There he is. 1248 01:24:23,627 --> 01:24:27,119 - Mr. Flynt! - Make way. Let us through here. 1249 01:24:27,197 --> 01:24:29,131 Mr. Flynt, is this a conspiracy? 1250 01:24:32,703 --> 01:24:37,197 Oh, say, can you see 1251 01:24:37,274 --> 01:24:41,734 By the dawn's early light 1252 01:24:43,213 --> 01:24:46,307 - What so proudly we hail - Where are the Vicki Morgan tapes? 1253 01:24:49,219 --> 01:24:51,744 Do you really have the Vicki Morgan sex tapes? 1254 01:24:51,822 --> 01:24:55,155 No. I just told 'em I had the Delorean tapes. 1255 01:24:55,225 --> 01:24:57,591 Now they believe anything I say. 1256 01:24:57,661 --> 01:24:58,958 Sir, take that helmet off. 1257 01:24:59,029 --> 01:25:01,293 We don't wear hats in a Federal courtroom. 1258 01:25:01,365 --> 01:25:03,128 There's no war going on here. 1259 01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:06,465 Well, you can never be too careful, Your Honor. 1260 01:25:06,537 --> 01:25:09,665 Don't worry, Mr. Flynt. The U.S. Government will take care of you. 1261 01:25:09,740 --> 01:25:11,674 We brought extra marshals in today... 1262 01:25:11,742 --> 01:25:14,506 so I'd appreciate your taking off that helmet. 1263 01:25:15,379 --> 01:25:16,869 Sir, are you here now... 1264 01:25:16,947 --> 01:25:20,314 to obey the court and reveal the source of the videotape... 1265 01:25:20,384 --> 01:25:22,443 or to pay the $10,000? 1266 01:25:26,557 --> 01:25:29,025 - I'd like a moment with my client. - No! 1267 01:25:29,092 --> 01:25:33,529 It is my right, under the freedom of the First Amendment... 1268 01:25:33,597 --> 01:25:35,189 to protect my sources. 1269 01:25:35,265 --> 01:25:37,096 Listen, don't go any further. 1270 01:25:37,167 --> 01:25:40,261 - Let me talk for one second. - Shut up! Relax, Alan. 1271 01:25:41,872 --> 01:25:44,864 Is that an American flag you have on there, sir? 1272 01:25:44,942 --> 01:25:47,968 I have fashioned this American flag into a diaper... 1273 01:25:48,045 --> 01:25:51,640 because if you're gonna treat me like a baby, I'm gonna act like one. 1274 01:25:51,715 --> 01:25:55,651 Larry Flynt, I'm ordering you arrested for desecration of the American flag. 1275 01:25:55,719 --> 01:25:57,653 Marshal, take him into custody. 1276 01:25:57,721 --> 01:26:00,189 We'd like to post bond, if that's all right. 1277 01:26:01,091 --> 01:26:02,490 Take it easy. 1278 01:26:02,559 --> 01:26:03,992 Just a minute, Marshal. 1279 01:26:04,061 --> 01:26:05,289 Very well, Mr. Isaacman. 1280 01:26:05,362 --> 01:26:08,820 Court will set a bond on Mr. Larry Flynt for $50,000. 1281 01:26:09,766 --> 01:26:11,495 And this time, sir... 1282 01:26:11,568 --> 01:26:13,365 I'd prefer a cashier's check. 1283 01:26:13,437 --> 01:26:14,699 Understood. 1284 01:26:14,771 --> 01:26:16,636 Furthermore... 1285 01:26:16,707 --> 01:26:19,699 I'm going to keep our Mr. Flynt on a very tight leash. 1286 01:26:20,811 --> 01:26:22,745 As a condition of his bond... 1287 01:26:22,813 --> 01:26:25,748 he absolutely cannot leave the state of California. 1288 01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:31,854 You're not getting on that plane. 1289 01:26:31,922 --> 01:26:33,890 - Yes, I am. - No! Don't do it. 1290 01:26:33,957 --> 01:26:37,358 - Do you think this is a game? - Yeah, you're right. 1291 01:26:37,427 --> 01:26:39,395 It's a fucking joke! 1292 01:26:39,463 --> 01:26:43,229 Five-and-a-half years since they shot me, and the government... 1293 01:26:43,300 --> 01:26:46,167 Hey, I was there too. You remember? 1294 01:26:46,937 --> 01:26:50,498 You don't see me pissing off everybody who could help us. 1295 01:26:50,574 --> 01:26:53,509 Yeah, well, you can walk and you can fuck... 1296 01:26:53,577 --> 01:26:55,511 and I'm in this chair! 1297 01:26:57,614 --> 01:26:59,548 I got money... 1298 01:26:59,616 --> 01:27:03,143 and that gives me the power to shake up this system. 1299 01:27:04,788 --> 01:27:09,122 Find somebody else to help you then, because I didn't sign on for this. 1300 01:27:09,192 --> 01:27:11,683 I don't even know what we're engaged in anymore. 1301 01:27:12,996 --> 01:27:14,987 If you get on that plane, I quit. 1302 01:27:15,065 --> 01:27:17,625 Alan, don't be so melodramatic. 1303 01:27:17,701 --> 01:27:20,670 You don't wanna quit me. I'm your dream client. 1304 01:27:20,737 --> 01:27:24,400 I'm the most fun, I'm rich and I'm always in trouble. 1305 01:27:26,476 --> 01:27:29,036 Hey, go to hell, Larry. Go to hell. 1306 01:27:30,113 --> 01:27:31,603 Bye. 1307 01:27:37,487 --> 01:27:40,251 Why did you disobey this court's order? 1308 01:27:40,324 --> 01:27:43,157 Didn't I make it clear you were not to leave California? 1309 01:27:43,226 --> 01:27:45,160 We had an honest misunderstanding... 1310 01:27:45,228 --> 01:27:46,957 Counselor, he's right. 1311 01:27:47,030 --> 01:27:50,864 Some rules are made to help us, not hurt us, and I... 1312 01:27:50,934 --> 01:27:52,959 I do apologize, Your Honor. 1313 01:27:55,072 --> 01:27:57,472 I want to 'fess up and reveal... 1314 01:27:58,575 --> 01:27:59,599 my source. 1315 01:27:59,676 --> 01:28:00,665 Tell me... 1316 01:28:00,744 --> 01:28:03,178 who was the source of this videotape? 1317 01:28:05,983 --> 01:28:07,416 The samurai. 1318 01:28:07,484 --> 01:28:08,576 Excuse me? 1319 01:28:09,653 --> 01:28:11,814 The samurai gave me the tape. 1320 01:28:11,888 --> 01:28:14,186 Who is this man, and where is he? 1321 01:28:15,192 --> 01:28:18,423 Unfortunately, he had a critical groin injury... 1322 01:28:18,495 --> 01:28:20,725 on the way to give me the tape... 1323 01:28:20,797 --> 01:28:24,324 and he's undergoing acupuncture treatment in Beijing, China. 1324 01:28:24,401 --> 01:28:26,198 - What is this? - It's okay. 1325 01:28:26,269 --> 01:28:30,672 Mr. Flynt, this court fears that you are seriously mentally ill. 1326 01:28:31,775 --> 01:28:33,970 Opinions are like assholes, Your Honor. 1327 01:28:34,044 --> 01:28:37,502 - Everybody's got one. - Cut it out. Shut up. 1328 01:28:37,581 --> 01:28:39,606 No, you shut up! 1329 01:28:39,683 --> 01:28:41,708 Let your lawyer do the talking. 1330 01:28:41,785 --> 01:28:44,515 No. I know the rules. 1331 01:28:44,588 --> 01:28:46,647 You're fired. I'm representing myself. 1332 01:28:46,723 --> 01:28:50,682 - I am so tired of you. You're fired. - You can't fuckin' fire me! 1333 01:28:50,761 --> 01:28:53,855 - You will not curse in this courtroom. - What? 1334 01:28:53,930 --> 01:28:55,625 - Larry Flynt... - How about spitting? 1335 01:28:57,067 --> 01:28:59,535 Marshal, put a gag on that man! 1336 01:28:59,603 --> 01:29:01,537 - Sit down, sir! - You bastard! 1337 01:29:01,605 --> 01:29:03,800 Sit down, lady! Lady, be seated! 1338 01:29:03,874 --> 01:29:07,332 - Get off me! - Everybody down in this courtroom! 1339 01:29:11,081 --> 01:29:12,912 All right, Mr. Flynt... 1340 01:29:12,983 --> 01:29:15,918 are you willing to calm down now, sir? 1341 01:29:18,422 --> 01:29:22,017 If I take that gag off, will you show me and my courtroom staff... 1342 01:29:22,092 --> 01:29:24,026 the courtesy and respect we deserve? 1343 01:29:25,729 --> 01:29:27,060 All right, Marshal. 1344 01:29:30,834 --> 01:29:33,928 Fuck you, you son of a bitch! 1345 01:29:34,004 --> 01:29:35,164 I've had enough. 1346 01:29:35,238 --> 01:29:38,264 Larry Flynt, you leave me no choice but to sentence you... 1347 01:29:38,341 --> 01:29:39,569 to nine months. 1348 01:29:39,643 --> 01:29:42,840 - Is that all you got? - Three more months, then. 1349 01:29:42,913 --> 01:29:44,710 - Fuck you, Your Honor! - You want more? 1350 01:29:44,781 --> 01:29:46,271 - Stop it. - Sit down! 1351 01:29:48,085 --> 01:29:51,680 Larry Flynt, you are hereby sentenced to 15 months... 1352 01:29:51,755 --> 01:29:54,087 in a Federal psychiatric prison. 1353 01:29:56,927 --> 01:30:00,363 Don't look at me. Ask for bail, Counselor. 1354 01:30:01,598 --> 01:30:04,066 Can I post bail, Your Honor? 1355 01:30:06,603 --> 01:30:08,195 Get him out of my courtroom. 1356 01:30:08,271 --> 01:30:10,034 Fuckin' bastard! 1357 01:30:10,107 --> 01:30:14,373 You can use all those foul words behind four padded walls! 1358 01:30:42,305 --> 01:30:45,103 There's something we'd like to show you, sir. 1359 01:30:50,013 --> 01:30:51,947 I don't understand. 1360 01:30:52,015 --> 01:30:54,176 The Reverend would never endorse a liquor company. 1361 01:30:56,486 --> 01:30:58,545 Well, there's a larger problem. 1362 01:30:58,622 --> 01:30:59,953 Substantially larger. 1363 01:31:01,825 --> 01:31:02,917 You see, sir... 1364 01:31:02,993 --> 01:31:06,258 it says right there that the Reverend... 1365 01:31:07,864 --> 01:31:10,298 It says, sir... 1366 01:31:10,367 --> 01:31:13,427 that he fornicated with his mother in an outhouse. 1367 01:31:17,140 --> 01:31:18,471 Give me a second. 1368 01:31:27,350 --> 01:31:30,285 What do you boys have for me today? 1369 01:31:33,190 --> 01:31:36,125 I think you need to read this. 1370 01:31:51,908 --> 01:31:53,842 Give me your jacket, please. 1371 01:32:06,890 --> 01:32:08,824 Stand up, please. 1372 01:32:15,899 --> 01:32:18,663 Raise your foot. 1373 01:32:18,735 --> 01:32:20,930 - Arms up. - Arms what? 1374 01:32:21,004 --> 01:32:22,369 Arms up. 1375 01:32:42,425 --> 01:32:46,088 You look so good. 1376 01:32:49,165 --> 01:32:50,598 You look like shit. 1377 01:32:52,469 --> 01:32:53,731 What? 1378 01:32:57,274 --> 01:33:00,300 I don't want to work at the magazine anymore. 1379 01:33:01,211 --> 01:33:02,235 People there... 1380 01:33:02,312 --> 01:33:04,906 don't listen to me... 1381 01:33:04,981 --> 01:33:08,007 and they don't talk to me. 1382 01:33:08,084 --> 01:33:10,018 They're afraid of me and... 1383 01:33:11,554 --> 01:33:13,488 they don't shake my hand. 1384 01:33:16,393 --> 01:33:19,089 I went to Dr. Robert and... 1385 01:33:23,733 --> 01:33:26,327 he told me that I was sick. 1386 01:33:27,537 --> 01:33:29,232 I mean... 1387 01:33:29,306 --> 01:33:30,739 sick sick. 1388 01:33:31,908 --> 01:33:35,105 I mean, I got AIDS, Larry. 1389 01:33:41,384 --> 01:33:43,818 They won't shake your hand? 1390 01:33:48,058 --> 01:33:50,083 Oh. Yes, sir. Yes. 1391 01:33:52,996 --> 01:33:55,362 Code pink. Code pink. 1392 01:34:02,739 --> 01:34:05,299 Larry, it's Jimmy here. You there? 1393 01:34:05,375 --> 01:34:08,071 Larry? Larry, you there? 1394 01:34:08,144 --> 01:34:11,944 I have some important announcements to make. 1395 01:34:12,015 --> 01:34:15,041 - So, how's the hospital treatin' you? - Never mind that. 1396 01:34:15,118 --> 01:34:17,712 Is everybody there? 1397 01:34:19,222 --> 01:34:20,587 Good. 1398 01:34:20,657 --> 01:34:22,147 You're all fired. 1399 01:34:24,127 --> 01:34:27,995 Larry, you can't just fire these people. We need them. 1400 01:34:28,064 --> 01:34:33,627 Shut up. It's my business, and I'll run it into the ground if I want to. 1401 01:34:34,904 --> 01:34:37,134 That's all. I gotta go. 1402 01:34:37,207 --> 01:34:38,902 What the fuck was that? 1403 01:34:41,244 --> 01:34:44,236 Just calm down, Arlo. Don't panic on me. 1404 01:34:44,314 --> 01:34:47,249 - None of you guys are fired. - But Larry just said that... 1405 01:34:47,317 --> 01:34:50,309 Yeah, well, what did Larry say? He's in a nuthouse. 1406 01:34:50,387 --> 01:34:52,480 I said you're not fired. Is that a problem? 1407 01:34:55,458 --> 01:34:57,323 Thank you. 1408 01:35:01,030 --> 01:35:03,055 Jesus, Althea. 1409 01:35:09,105 --> 01:35:10,538 Come on. Sit down. 1410 01:35:13,109 --> 01:35:15,236 You all right, Mrs. Flynt? 1411 01:35:15,311 --> 01:35:17,108 Fine, thanks. 1412 01:35:22,318 --> 01:35:25,776 You look different. Did you change your hair? 1413 01:35:26,923 --> 01:35:28,857 Yeah, I changed my hair. 1414 01:35:28,925 --> 01:35:30,893 Yeah. I like it. 1415 01:35:30,960 --> 01:35:32,552 Yeah, my hair's different. 1416 01:35:34,697 --> 01:35:36,460 What's up? 1417 01:35:40,537 --> 01:35:42,528 I got this the other day... 1418 01:35:42,605 --> 01:35:46,041 and I brought it by to see if you would look at it, please. 1419 01:35:50,146 --> 01:35:51,738 Wow. That is... 1420 01:35:53,016 --> 01:35:54,142 I mean, this is... 1421 01:35:54,217 --> 01:35:55,582 It's intense. 1422 01:35:55,652 --> 01:35:57,313 Yes, it is. 1423 01:35:58,388 --> 01:36:01,016 What are we gonna do? 1424 01:36:01,090 --> 01:36:03,456 You're gonna give it to Larry's lawyers. 1425 01:36:03,526 --> 01:36:07,394 You are our lawyers. You've always been our lawyers. 1426 01:36:07,464 --> 01:36:10,797 You're part of the family. Don't listen to Larry. 1427 01:36:10,867 --> 01:36:13,597 - You know how he is. - I don't know. 1428 01:36:14,671 --> 01:36:16,104 We need your help. 1429 01:36:16,172 --> 01:36:19,335 Please. Please help us. 1430 01:36:25,348 --> 01:36:26,610 Alan. 1431 01:36:31,521 --> 01:36:35,150 Boy, this is great, Larry. This is really great. 1432 01:36:35,225 --> 01:36:38,490 - I hope it was worth it. - Didn't I fire you? 1433 01:36:40,230 --> 01:36:44,166 Well, I mean, I've always ignored most of what you said, right? 1434 01:36:49,038 --> 01:36:52,667 Well, listen, I know the timing is lousy... 1435 01:36:52,742 --> 01:36:55,233 but you remember your Campari ad? 1436 01:36:56,446 --> 01:36:59,677 Jerry Falwell in the outhouse with his mother? 1437 01:36:59,749 --> 01:37:01,683 Well, he saw it. 1438 01:37:04,354 --> 01:37:08,950 I guess it's safe to say he didn't find it all that funny. 1439 01:37:10,426 --> 01:37:12,860 He is suing you... 1440 01:37:13,563 --> 01:37:14,689 for libel... 1441 01:37:14,764 --> 01:37:18,291 and intentional infliction of emotional distress. 1442 01:37:18,368 --> 01:37:20,802 He is asking for 40 million dollars. 1443 01:37:22,205 --> 01:37:23,467 This is Jerry Falwell... 1444 01:37:23,540 --> 01:37:24,973 in his home state. 1445 01:37:26,376 --> 01:37:28,310 So... 1446 01:37:28,378 --> 01:37:29,811 if you're up to it... 1447 01:37:29,879 --> 01:37:32,814 we ought to figure out how you want to deal with this. 1448 01:37:36,819 --> 01:37:38,753 Countersue. 1449 01:37:38,821 --> 01:37:40,220 What? 1450 01:37:40,290 --> 01:37:41,723 Yeah, he's suing you. 1451 01:37:41,791 --> 01:37:44,453 He's suing me? 1452 01:37:44,527 --> 01:37:46,722 For heaven's sake, on what grounds? 1453 01:37:46,796 --> 01:37:52,098 You xeroxed his ad and sent it out in a million fund-raising letters. 1454 01:37:52,168 --> 01:37:53,430 Yeah? So? 1455 01:37:53,503 --> 01:37:55,494 But you didn't get his permission... 1456 01:37:55,572 --> 01:37:57,369 and that's copyright infringement. 1457 01:37:59,742 --> 01:38:03,678 The depth of his depravity sickens me. 1458 01:38:28,171 --> 01:38:32,164 They are gonna put you on the stand. Your testimony will make or break us. 1459 01:38:34,110 --> 01:38:35,805 Downplay how much you hate Falwell. 1460 01:38:35,878 --> 01:38:39,041 You've got to make them understand it was just a joke. 1461 01:38:39,115 --> 01:38:41,379 - I'm just a clown. - Take this one seriously. 1462 01:38:41,451 --> 01:38:45,820 Don't fuck it up. This will be the most expensive case ever for you if you lose. 1463 01:39:00,036 --> 01:39:03,233 Reverend Falwell, you're a preacher. Is that right? 1464 01:39:03,306 --> 01:39:04,637 Yes, I am. 1465 01:39:04,707 --> 01:39:08,302 As a preacher, you speak to a fairly broad audience. 1466 01:39:08,378 --> 01:39:11,905 I mean, you preach on television and on your Old Time Gospel Radio Hour. 1467 01:39:11,981 --> 01:39:13,573 I do. 1468 01:39:13,650 --> 01:39:16,210 So you've achieved a certain notoriety... 1469 01:39:16,285 --> 01:39:20,016 one might say a national reputation, for your sermons... 1470 01:39:20,089 --> 01:39:22,023 and opinions and ideas... 1471 01:39:22,091 --> 01:39:24,252 and your leadership of the Moral Majority. 1472 01:39:24,327 --> 01:39:27,319 Yes. Our membership is now over five million. 1473 01:39:27,397 --> 01:39:29,695 But even beyond your membership, really... 1474 01:39:29,766 --> 01:39:32,530 you've been recognized... 1475 01:39:32,602 --> 01:39:34,900 and awarded for your efforts all over America. 1476 01:39:34,971 --> 01:39:38,429 I have a number of honorary degrees. 1477 01:39:38,508 --> 01:39:42,342 In a recent poll of Good Housekeeping magazine... 1478 01:39:42,412 --> 01:39:45,677 I was voted second most admired American... 1479 01:39:45,748 --> 01:39:47,545 behind President Reagan. 1480 01:39:47,617 --> 01:39:49,915 Good Housekeeping. That's... That's... 1481 01:39:49,986 --> 01:39:52,216 I mean, hey, you're famous. Right? 1482 01:39:52,288 --> 01:39:54,756 Well, I suppose you could say that. 1483 01:39:55,958 --> 01:39:57,892 Have you ever had sex with your mother? 1484 01:40:02,065 --> 01:40:03,430 Absolutely not. 1485 01:40:03,499 --> 01:40:05,057 Never? 1486 01:40:05,134 --> 01:40:07,796 Never in the outhouse, as Hustler magazine suggested? 1487 01:40:07,870 --> 01:40:10,805 That is an absurd question. 1488 01:40:10,873 --> 01:40:13,740 My mother was a very godly woman... 1489 01:40:15,344 --> 01:40:17,972 and as close to a saint... 1490 01:40:18,047 --> 01:40:20,641 as anyone I have ever known. 1491 01:40:20,717 --> 01:40:22,082 I'm sure she was. 1492 01:40:23,119 --> 01:40:25,144 Have you ever preached while drunk? 1493 01:40:25,221 --> 01:40:27,314 Drunk? Never. 1494 01:40:29,392 --> 01:40:33,158 You never had too many at lunch and went back on the radio? 1495 01:40:33,229 --> 01:40:36,323 That is a totally outrageous suggestion. 1496 01:40:36,399 --> 01:40:38,629 - "Totally outrageous"? - Totally. 1497 01:40:38,701 --> 01:40:43,138 You don't think that some people, despite your reputation... 1498 01:40:43,206 --> 01:40:45,401 might believe you could do that? 1499 01:40:45,475 --> 01:40:48,603 I would find that very difficult to believe. 1500 01:40:48,678 --> 01:40:52,170 So what you're telling me is nobody could reasonably think... 1501 01:40:52,248 --> 01:40:54,341 that these statements about you were true. 1502 01:40:54,417 --> 01:40:55,850 That's what I'm saying. 1503 01:40:59,589 --> 01:41:02,114 Reverend Falwell, at the beginning of this trial... 1504 01:41:02,191 --> 01:41:05,627 Judge Kirk gave very specific instructions to this jury. 1505 01:41:05,695 --> 01:41:08,687 She said, "If a reasonable person... 1506 01:41:08,765 --> 01:41:11,029 could not believe that Hustler magazine... 1507 01:41:11,100 --> 01:41:13,830 describes actual facts about Jerry Falwell... 1508 01:41:13,903 --> 01:41:16,303 then you must dismiss the libel claim. " 1509 01:41:20,076 --> 01:41:21,509 Do you remember these instructions? 1510 01:41:23,946 --> 01:41:27,347 Obviously not, so I'm gonna ask you one more thing. 1511 01:41:27,416 --> 01:41:29,543 Why are you suing my client for libel? 1512 01:41:29,619 --> 01:41:32,952 I am not a lawyer, Mr. Isaacman. 1513 01:41:34,457 --> 01:41:38,393 I am a lawyer, and I can't figure it out either. 1514 01:41:38,461 --> 01:41:41,897 Would you state your full name for the record, Mr. Flynt? 1515 01:41:42,965 --> 01:41:43,897 Yes, sir. 1516 01:41:43,966 --> 01:41:46,127 Christopher Columbus... 1517 01:41:46,202 --> 01:41:47,499 Cornwallis... 1518 01:41:47,570 --> 01:41:50,004 I.P.Q., Harvey H. and Pagey Pugh. 1519 01:41:51,474 --> 01:41:52,668 That's very interesting... 1520 01:41:52,742 --> 01:41:54,903 but are you also known as Larry Flynt? 1521 01:41:55,978 --> 01:41:59,209 A.K.A. Jesus H. Flynt, Esq. 1522 01:41:59,282 --> 01:42:01,876 Oh, for Christ's sakes. 1523 01:42:01,951 --> 01:42:05,250 Are you the publisher and editor-in-chief... 1524 01:42:05,321 --> 01:42:07,255 of Hustler magazine? 1525 01:42:07,323 --> 01:42:11,521 I am the publisher of the most tasteless, sleaziest... 1526 01:42:11,594 --> 01:42:15,155 most disgusting, greatest porn magazine on the face of the earth. 1527 01:42:15,231 --> 01:42:17,222 Thank you. 1528 01:42:17,300 --> 01:42:19,894 I have in my hand Exhibit "B"... 1529 01:42:19,969 --> 01:42:22,665 a typewritten script of the Campari ad. 1530 01:42:22,738 --> 01:42:24,433 When you approved this ad... 1531 01:42:25,374 --> 01:42:27,399 did you have any specific knowledge... 1532 01:42:27,476 --> 01:42:30,604 that the Rev. Falwell had ever engaged... 1533 01:42:30,680 --> 01:42:33,046 in sexual intercourse with his mother? 1534 01:42:35,651 --> 01:42:38,552 But I have a photograph... 1535 01:42:38,621 --> 01:42:41,522 of Falwell having fellatio... 1536 01:42:41,591 --> 01:42:43,115 with a sheep. 1537 01:42:43,192 --> 01:42:46,787 Your Honor, my client is in a heavily medicated, mentally agitated state. 1538 01:42:46,863 --> 01:42:48,922 We will stipulate that no such document exists. 1539 01:42:48,998 --> 01:42:50,522 I have it... 1540 01:42:50,600 --> 01:42:55,435 and Mr. Fartwell is a liar, a glutton and a "sheep-o-phile. " 1541 01:42:55,504 --> 01:42:58,098 My client's name is Jerry Falwell. 1542 01:42:58,174 --> 01:42:59,436 Jerry Falwell! 1543 01:42:59,508 --> 01:43:01,442 That's what I said. Jerry Fartwell. 1544 01:43:01,510 --> 01:43:03,978 Are you trying to hold Rev. Falwell up to ridicule? 1545 01:43:04,046 --> 01:43:05,604 No. Contempt. 1546 01:43:05,681 --> 01:43:08,081 - Scorn? - Truculent. 1547 01:43:08,150 --> 01:43:10,118 - Obloquy? - Parlez vouz Francais? 1548 01:43:15,024 --> 01:43:18,721 Oh, God, my French is so rusty. 1549 01:43:18,794 --> 01:43:20,125 Bon appetit! 1550 01:43:23,299 --> 01:43:24,323 I love her. 1551 01:43:25,401 --> 01:43:26,390 Quiet. 1552 01:43:26,469 --> 01:43:27,629 I love you, baby. 1553 01:43:27,703 --> 01:43:30,263 Jesus loves me 1554 01:43:33,676 --> 01:43:36,372 Do you have an aversion to organized religion? 1555 01:43:36,445 --> 01:43:38,675 - "A virgin"? - No. Aversion. 1556 01:43:38,748 --> 01:43:42,184 You heard me, Mr. Flynt. An aversion to organized religion. 1557 01:43:45,154 --> 01:43:47,748 You bet your sweet ass I do. 1558 01:43:47,823 --> 01:43:51,759 Do you think that gives you license to mock the leaders... 1559 01:43:51,827 --> 01:43:53,089 of great religious movements? 1560 01:43:54,163 --> 01:43:55,289 Goddamn right. 1561 01:43:55,364 --> 01:43:56,661 Objection, Your Honor. 1562 01:43:56,732 --> 01:43:57,960 This is totally irrelevant. 1563 01:43:58,034 --> 01:43:59,001 Overruled. 1564 01:43:59,068 --> 01:44:01,502 Free expression is absolute. 1565 01:44:01,570 --> 01:44:03,162 - Thank you, Your Honor. - You agree? 1566 01:44:04,173 --> 01:44:05,936 Order! 1567 01:44:06,008 --> 01:44:10,001 Ma'am, if you can't control yourself, you'll have to leave the courtroom. 1568 01:44:10,079 --> 01:44:12,172 So it was your intention... 1569 01:44:12,248 --> 01:44:15,843 to hold Rev. Falwell out to be a hypocrite, wasn't it? 1570 01:44:17,119 --> 01:44:20,520 Well, that's what he is. 1571 01:44:20,589 --> 01:44:22,523 But didn't it occur to you... 1572 01:44:22,591 --> 01:44:26,391 that Rev. Falwell must have an integrity people can believe in... 1573 01:44:26,462 --> 01:44:28,896 if he is to practice his profession? 1574 01:44:31,133 --> 01:44:33,067 Yeah. 1575 01:44:33,135 --> 01:44:37,003 And it was your intent to destroy that integrity... 1576 01:44:37,073 --> 01:44:40,167 and his livelihood, if you could. 1577 01:44:40,242 --> 01:44:42,176 To assassinate it. 1578 01:44:51,887 --> 01:44:55,448 Hey, it's me! It's a weird decision. 1579 01:44:55,524 --> 01:44:57,958 No, he's not guilty of libel... 1580 01:44:58,027 --> 01:45:01,724 but he is guilty of inflicting emotional distress. 1581 01:45:01,797 --> 01:45:03,924 Flynt has to pay him 200 grand! 1582 01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:07,663 This ruling shows that nobody can prostitute the First Amendment. 1583 01:45:07,737 --> 01:45:12,674 Pornography has thrust its ugly head into our everyday lives. 1584 01:45:12,742 --> 01:45:15,438 In the billion-dollar sex industry... 1585 01:45:15,511 --> 01:45:19,106 of which Larry Flynt is a self-described leader... 1586 01:45:19,181 --> 01:45:23,447 lust and greed have replaced decency and morality. 1587 01:45:23,519 --> 01:45:26,716 We must make a solemn commitment... 1588 01:45:26,789 --> 01:45:28,279 to God Almighty... 1589 01:45:28,357 --> 01:45:30,951 to turn this nation around immediately. 1590 01:45:32,261 --> 01:45:34,195 Fuckin' AIDS junkie. 1591 01:45:35,865 --> 01:45:37,799 You crazy cripple. 1592 01:45:38,868 --> 01:45:41,234 It's just not that funny. 1593 01:45:41,303 --> 01:45:44,466 It wasn't funny the first time we printed it either. 1594 01:45:44,540 --> 01:45:47,771 Well, guys, I'm certainly open to suggestions. 1595 01:45:47,843 --> 01:45:52,906 I would suggest if we're going to recycle it that we replace the noun... 1596 01:46:01,190 --> 01:46:03,124 I thought I fired all of you. 1597 01:46:04,693 --> 01:46:06,490 Jimmy. 1598 01:46:09,031 --> 01:46:10,123 Come here. 1599 01:46:18,174 --> 01:46:21,610 Sorry if I tried to run things, but... 1600 01:46:22,912 --> 01:46:26,075 I was just trying to protect you. 1601 01:46:27,917 --> 01:46:29,350 Come here. 1602 01:46:30,586 --> 01:46:32,053 Come closer. 1603 01:46:34,824 --> 01:46:36,257 Come on. 1604 01:46:42,598 --> 01:46:45,533 Don't sweat it, bro. I love you. 1605 01:46:47,103 --> 01:46:49,037 I love you too, man. 1606 01:46:53,109 --> 01:46:54,838 You look great, man. 1607 01:46:54,910 --> 01:46:58,311 Chester. You remember Althea. Shake her hand. 1608 01:46:58,380 --> 01:47:00,439 Hey, Althea, you... 1609 01:47:00,516 --> 01:47:02,279 Hi, Chester. 1610 01:47:03,786 --> 01:47:05,720 Don't sneak up on us like that. 1611 01:47:05,788 --> 01:47:07,688 Ah, what the hell. 1612 01:47:07,756 --> 01:47:09,781 Shake Althea's hand. 1613 01:47:09,859 --> 01:47:12,225 - Good to see you. - Welcome back. 1614 01:47:13,896 --> 01:47:15,488 - Hi, Althea. - What do you do? 1615 01:47:15,564 --> 01:47:17,191 I'm a secretary. 1616 01:47:26,775 --> 01:47:29,972 Who's young and healthy Cross your heart and confess 1617 01:47:30,045 --> 01:47:34,038 Happy you and merry me 1618 01:47:34,116 --> 01:47:37,643 Oh, who bought the ticket for the Joytown Express 1619 01:47:37,720 --> 01:47:41,588 Happy you and merry me 1620 01:47:42,658 --> 01:47:46,651 Though Mr. Gloom may chase us 1621 01:47:46,729 --> 01:47:49,425 We'll dodge him every day 1622 01:47:49,498 --> 01:47:52,194 Say, who is the finest 1623 01:47:52,268 --> 01:47:53,963 Any sane man can see 1624 01:47:54,036 --> 01:47:57,597 Happy you and merry me 1625 01:48:01,243 --> 01:48:02,540 I got it. 1626 01:48:02,611 --> 01:48:04,545 I wanna take my bath. 1627 01:48:10,686 --> 01:48:13,849 Okay, why don't you hop on. 1628 01:48:13,923 --> 01:48:15,857 I'll give you a ride. 1629 01:48:17,226 --> 01:48:19,023 Go ahead. 1630 01:48:19,094 --> 01:48:20,789 Buckle up. 1631 01:48:20,863 --> 01:48:22,296 Daddy. 1632 01:48:25,367 --> 01:48:27,801 Ohh! You're crushing my legs! 1633 01:48:31,674 --> 01:48:33,403 You're shivering, baby. 1634 01:48:37,379 --> 01:48:38,812 Shivering. 1635 01:48:42,251 --> 01:48:43,411 Detour. 1636 01:48:44,386 --> 01:48:46,820 - Oh, no. - What are you doing? 1637 01:48:46,889 --> 01:48:48,823 You're gonna kill us. 1638 01:48:48,891 --> 01:48:49,983 It's okay. 1639 01:48:51,060 --> 01:48:52,823 They'll freeze us... 1640 01:48:52,895 --> 01:48:55,295 and thaw us out in the year 3000. 1641 01:48:58,634 --> 01:49:00,124 Curbside service. 1642 01:49:00,202 --> 01:49:02,136 That'll be $8.50, lady. 1643 01:49:39,742 --> 01:49:41,676 Dr. Kipper, please. 1644 01:49:43,078 --> 01:49:44,568 Larry Flynt. 1645 01:49:48,717 --> 01:49:50,150 Dr. Kipper? 1646 01:49:51,954 --> 01:49:53,387 She doesn't look good. 1647 01:49:55,291 --> 01:49:59,022 I know, but there's gotta be something more we can do. 1648 01:50:00,095 --> 01:50:03,030 Some new technology or drug. 1649 01:50:03,098 --> 01:50:05,589 What are they doing in Europe? 1650 01:50:05,668 --> 01:50:07,363 Money is no object. 1651 01:50:12,608 --> 01:50:14,041 Althea? 1652 01:50:15,644 --> 01:50:17,077 Althea! 1653 01:50:27,423 --> 01:50:28,856 Baby. 1654 01:50:32,294 --> 01:50:33,886 Honey! 1655 01:50:47,743 --> 01:50:49,176 Help! 1656 01:50:52,114 --> 01:50:53,877 Baby! 1657 01:50:56,251 --> 01:50:58,082 Can you hear me? 1658 01:51:08,864 --> 01:51:13,597 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. 1659 01:51:13,669 --> 01:51:15,603 No man comes to the Father... 1660 01:51:15,671 --> 01:51:17,434 but by Me. 1661 01:51:17,506 --> 01:51:20,805 He that liveth and believeth in Me... 1662 01:51:20,876 --> 01:51:23,106 shall never die. 1663 01:51:23,178 --> 01:51:25,942 In My Father's house are many rooms... 1664 01:51:26,014 --> 01:51:29,074 and if I go and prepare a place for you... 1665 01:51:29,885 --> 01:51:31,512 I will come again... 1666 01:51:31,587 --> 01:51:34,021 and receive you unto Myself... 1667 01:51:34,089 --> 01:51:38,150 that where I am there you may be also. 1668 01:51:38,227 --> 01:51:42,027 And you will live with Me forever... 1669 01:51:42,097 --> 01:51:44,031 and ever. " 1670 01:51:49,171 --> 01:51:51,435 you cannot mock God. 1671 01:51:51,507 --> 01:51:53,338 You cannot fool God. 1672 01:51:54,410 --> 01:51:56,901 If you violate His laws... 1673 01:51:56,979 --> 01:51:59,004 God Almighty will judge you. 1674 01:52:00,516 --> 01:52:02,950 AIDS is a plague. 1675 01:52:04,019 --> 01:52:05,884 These perverted lifestyles... 1676 01:52:05,954 --> 01:52:08,218 have to stop. 1677 01:52:08,290 --> 01:52:11,782 If you break moral laws... 1678 01:52:11,860 --> 01:52:13,623 you'll reap the whirlwind. 1679 01:52:13,695 --> 01:52:16,186 Alan. It's Larry. 1680 01:52:17,833 --> 01:52:20,768 I want to appeal the Falwell case. 1681 01:52:20,836 --> 01:52:22,463 This is over. 1682 01:52:22,538 --> 01:52:24,699 No, it's not. We can go higher. 1683 01:52:24,773 --> 01:52:26,934 - Higher? - The Supreme Court. 1684 01:52:28,677 --> 01:52:32,135 - Give 'em a call. - It's not that simple, Larry. 1685 01:52:33,549 --> 01:52:36,518 Thousands of people every year petition the Supreme Court. 1686 01:52:36,585 --> 01:52:38,450 Our case is as good as any. 1687 01:52:39,555 --> 01:52:42,888 Our case is better than most. You're missing my point. 1688 01:52:42,958 --> 01:52:44,892 They will never pick you... 1689 01:52:46,195 --> 01:52:48,129 because you're a nightmare. 1690 01:52:48,197 --> 01:52:52,065 They're afraid if they let you in you'll wear a diaper or throw oranges... 1691 01:52:52,134 --> 01:52:53,658 and they should be. 1692 01:52:53,735 --> 01:52:56,363 In all the times you've asked the court for help... 1693 01:52:56,438 --> 01:53:00,306 you've never demonstrated any respect for its institutions and procedures. 1694 01:53:00,375 --> 01:53:02,309 They consider you a pig. 1695 01:53:02,377 --> 01:53:04,743 Well, you always said... 1696 01:53:04,813 --> 01:53:08,340 It's the principle. A pig has the same rights as the President. 1697 01:53:08,417 --> 01:53:09,816 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1698 01:53:09,885 --> 01:53:11,819 People get tired of a pig. 1699 01:53:11,887 --> 01:53:14,822 Bullshit. You're scared, Alan. You're scared. 1700 01:53:14,890 --> 01:53:17,222 You're letting these guys steamroll you. 1701 01:53:17,292 --> 01:53:20,523 It's not just them, Larry. Okay? It's me. 1702 01:53:21,730 --> 01:53:24,028 It's me. I am not taking you. 1703 01:53:27,402 --> 01:53:31,361 Lawyers dream about a case like this in front of the Supreme Court. 1704 01:53:32,574 --> 01:53:35,099 And they would probably hear us. 1705 01:53:35,177 --> 01:53:37,611 But I am not going with you. 1706 01:53:40,849 --> 01:53:45,252 I have been giving you my best since back when people were laughing at you... 1707 01:53:45,320 --> 01:53:49,689 and every time I come in you fuck me with this bullshit circus act. 1708 01:53:52,628 --> 01:53:55,096 I won't do it again. I can't. 1709 01:53:55,163 --> 01:53:58,132 I'm not gonna do it in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. 1710 01:53:59,768 --> 01:54:02,134 Your sentimental speeches and cornball patriotism... 1711 01:54:02,204 --> 01:54:04,604 don't work on me anymore... 1712 01:54:04,673 --> 01:54:07,141 because I don't believe you. 1713 01:54:12,648 --> 01:54:14,138 I don't believe you. 1714 01:54:22,357 --> 01:54:23,790 You... You're my... 1715 01:54:25,394 --> 01:54:27,328 You're my friend, Alan. 1716 01:54:29,665 --> 01:54:30,757 We're friends. 1717 01:54:35,837 --> 01:54:38,067 I would love to be... 1718 01:54:38,140 --> 01:54:40,506 remembered for something... 1719 01:54:41,710 --> 01:54:42,938 meaningful. 1720 01:54:47,182 --> 01:54:49,946 Any research problems, use my archives. 1721 01:54:53,455 --> 01:54:55,286 Tell the Reverend... 1722 01:54:55,357 --> 01:54:58,417 that I've dealt with this filth monger myself... 1723 01:54:58,493 --> 01:55:00,518 and I wish to offer my support. 1724 01:55:00,596 --> 01:55:02,530 Is that the Tin Man? 1725 01:55:03,932 --> 01:55:06,423 Yes, that's the Tin Man. 1726 01:55:08,370 --> 01:55:09,735 God vs. the Devil. 1727 01:55:09,805 --> 01:55:12,535 America's minister vs. America's pimp. 1728 01:55:12,608 --> 01:55:14,701 Today is the showdown. 1729 01:55:14,776 --> 01:55:18,212 Many were surprised by the High Court's decision to hear Flynt's case... 1730 01:55:18,280 --> 01:55:21,306 but he had some unlikely supporters filing briefs on his behalf... 1731 01:55:21,383 --> 01:55:25,046 like The New York Times, the American Newspaper Publishers Association... 1732 01:55:25,120 --> 01:55:27,054 and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. 1733 01:55:27,122 --> 01:55:28,054 All rise. 1734 01:55:28,757 --> 01:55:30,315 The Honorable Chief Justice... 1735 01:55:30,392 --> 01:55:34,123 and the Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court. 1736 01:55:34,196 --> 01:55:36,391 Oyez, oyez, oyez. 1737 01:55:36,465 --> 01:55:38,797 All persons having business before the Honorables... 1738 01:55:38,867 --> 01:55:41,461 of the United States Supreme Court... 1739 01:55:41,536 --> 01:55:45,165 are admonished to draw near and give their attention... 1740 01:55:45,240 --> 01:55:47,174 for this Court is now sitting. 1741 01:55:47,242 --> 01:55:51,144 God save the United States and this Supreme Court. 1742 01:55:57,653 --> 01:56:02,886 We'll hear the argument first this morning in number 86-1278... 1743 01:56:02,958 --> 01:56:05,449 Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt... 1744 01:56:05,527 --> 01:56:07,927 vs. Jerry Falwell. 1745 01:56:07,996 --> 01:56:10,931 Mr. Isaacman, you may proceed whenever you're ready. 1746 01:56:19,107 --> 01:56:21,541 Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court... 1747 01:56:22,844 --> 01:56:26,746 one of the most cherished ideas that we hold in this country... 1748 01:56:26,815 --> 01:56:30,410 is that there should be uninhibited public debate... 1749 01:56:30,485 --> 01:56:31,747 and freedom of speech. 1750 01:56:33,055 --> 01:56:35,888 The question you have before you today... 1751 01:56:35,957 --> 01:56:39,393 is whether a public figure's right to protection from emotional distress... 1752 01:56:40,462 --> 01:56:43,295 should outweigh the public interest... 1753 01:56:43,365 --> 01:56:47,734 in allowing every United States citizen to freely express his views. 1754 01:56:48,970 --> 01:56:54,033 But what was the view expressed in Exhibit "A"? 1755 01:56:55,911 --> 01:56:59,711 Well, to begin with, this is a parody of a known Campari ad. 1756 01:56:59,781 --> 01:57:02,113 I understand. Go ahead. 1757 01:57:02,184 --> 01:57:05,119 Also, and importantly, it was a satire of a public figure... 1758 01:57:05,187 --> 01:57:07,121 of Jerry Falwell... 1759 01:57:07,189 --> 01:57:11,751 who, in this case, was a prime candidate for such a satire... 1760 01:57:11,827 --> 01:57:15,092 because he's such an unlikely person to appear in a liquor ad. 1761 01:57:15,163 --> 01:57:19,964 This is a person we are used to seeing at the pulpit, Bible in hand... 1762 01:57:20,035 --> 01:57:24,096 preaching with a famously beatific smile on his face. 1763 01:57:24,172 --> 01:57:27,505 But what is the public interest you're describing? 1764 01:57:27,576 --> 01:57:31,239 That there is some interest in making him look ludicrous? 1765 01:57:34,149 --> 01:57:38,313 Yes, there is a public interest in making Jerry Falwell look ludicrous... 1766 01:57:38,386 --> 01:57:42,482 insofar as there is a public interest in having Hustler magazine... 1767 01:57:42,557 --> 01:57:46,084 express the point of view that Jerry Falwell is full of B.S. 1768 01:57:47,496 --> 01:57:51,660 Hustler magazine has every right to express this view. 1769 01:57:51,733 --> 01:57:53,792 They have the right to say... 1770 01:57:53,869 --> 01:57:57,270 that somebody who has campaigned actively against their magazine... 1771 01:57:57,339 --> 01:58:00,536 who has told people not to buy it... 1772 01:58:00,609 --> 01:58:04,045 who has publicly said that it poisons the minds of Americans... 1773 01:58:04,112 --> 01:58:09,379 who, in addition, has told people sex out of wedlock is immoral... 1774 01:58:09,451 --> 01:58:10,941 that they shouldn't drink... 1775 01:58:11,019 --> 01:58:14,682 Hustler magazine has a First Amendment right... 1776 01:58:14,756 --> 01:58:17,486 to publicly respond to these comments... 1777 01:58:17,559 --> 01:58:21,017 by saying that Jerry Falwell is full of B.S. 1778 01:58:21,096 --> 01:58:24,725 It says, "Let's deflate this stuffed shirt and bring him down to our level. " 1779 01:58:24,800 --> 01:58:27,735 Our level, in this case, being, admittedly, a lower level... 1780 01:58:27,803 --> 01:58:30,203 than most people would like to be brought to. 1781 01:58:32,474 --> 01:58:35,739 I know I'm not supposed to joke, but that's sort of the point. 1782 01:58:35,811 --> 01:58:38,075 Mr. Isaacman, the First Amendment is not everything. 1783 01:58:38,146 --> 01:58:42,583 It's of very important value, but it's not the only value in our society. 1784 01:58:43,318 --> 01:58:45,252 What about another value which says... 1785 01:58:45,320 --> 01:58:49,188 that good people should be able to enter public life and public service? 1786 01:58:49,257 --> 01:58:52,283 The rule you give us says if you stand for public office... 1787 01:58:52,360 --> 01:58:55,056 or become a public figure in any way... 1788 01:58:55,130 --> 01:58:58,065 you cannot protect yourself or, indeed, your mother... 1789 01:58:58,133 --> 01:59:01,068 against a parody of your committing incest with her. 1790 01:59:01,136 --> 01:59:05,596 Do you think that George Washington would've stood for public office... 1791 01:59:05,674 --> 01:59:07,665 if that was the consequence? 1792 01:59:07,742 --> 01:59:10,677 It's interesting that you mention George Washington, Justice Scalia... 1793 01:59:10,745 --> 01:59:15,512 because very recently I saw a 200-year-old political cartoon. 1794 01:59:15,584 --> 01:59:19,076 It depicts George Washington riding on a donkey being led by a man... 1795 01:59:19,154 --> 01:59:21,247 and the caption suggests... 1796 01:59:21,323 --> 01:59:24,258 that this man is leading an ass to Washington. 1797 01:59:24,326 --> 01:59:26,624 I can handle that. 1798 01:59:26,695 --> 01:59:28,128 I think George can too. 1799 01:59:30,031 --> 01:59:33,523 But that's a far cry from committing incest with your mother in an outhouse. 1800 01:59:37,105 --> 01:59:39,266 There's no line between the two? 1801 01:59:41,776 --> 01:59:44,438 No, Justice Scalia, I would say there isn't... 1802 01:59:44,512 --> 01:59:47,538 because you're talking about a matter of taste, not law. 1803 01:59:47,616 --> 01:59:50,210 As you yourself said, I believe... 1804 01:59:50,285 --> 01:59:52,719 in Pope vs. Illinois... 1805 01:59:52,787 --> 01:59:56,382 "It's useless to argue about taste and even more useless to litigate it"... 1806 01:59:56,458 --> 01:59:58,983 and that is the case here. 1807 01:59:59,060 --> 02:00:03,520 The jury has already determined that this is a matter of taste, not of law... 1808 02:00:03,598 --> 02:00:05,623 because they've said there's no libelous speech... 1809 02:00:05,700 --> 02:00:08,828 that nobody could reasonably believe that Hustler was actually suggesting... 1810 02:00:08,904 --> 02:00:10,337 Falwell had sex with his mother. 1811 02:00:10,405 --> 02:00:13,806 So why did Hustler have him and his mother together? 1812 02:00:13,875 --> 02:00:16,844 Hustler puts him and his mother together in a... 1813 02:00:17,979 --> 02:00:21,745 example of literary travesty, if you will. 1814 02:00:21,816 --> 02:00:24,614 And what public purpose does this serve? 1815 02:00:25,453 --> 02:00:26,977 The same public purpose... 1816 02:00:27,055 --> 02:00:31,253 as Garry Trudeau saying Reagan has no brain or that George Bush is a wimp. 1817 02:00:31,326 --> 02:00:34,625 It lets us look at public figures a little bit differently. 1818 02:00:34,696 --> 02:00:38,496 We have a long tradition in this country of satiric commentary. 1819 02:00:38,566 --> 02:00:42,832 If Jerry Falwell can sue when there has been no libelous speech... 1820 02:00:42,904 --> 02:00:44,838 purely on the grounds of emotional distress... 1821 02:00:44,906 --> 02:00:47,340 then so can other public figures. 1822 02:00:47,409 --> 02:00:50,105 Imagine, if you will, suits against people like Garry Trudeau... 1823 02:00:50,178 --> 02:00:53,875 and Johnny Carson, for what he says on The Tonight Show. 1824 02:00:53,949 --> 02:00:57,407 Obviously, when people criticize public figures... 1825 02:00:57,485 --> 02:00:59,419 they're going to experience emotional distress. 1826 02:00:59,487 --> 02:01:00,749 We all know that. 1827 02:01:00,822 --> 02:01:03,416 It's easy to claim and impossible to refute. 1828 02:01:03,491 --> 02:01:05,618 That's what makes it a meaningless standard. 1829 02:01:05,694 --> 02:01:09,357 Really, all it does is allow us to punish unpopular speech. 1830 02:01:11,466 --> 02:01:14,958 This country is founded, at least in part... 1831 02:01:15,036 --> 02:01:19,530 on the firm belief that unpopular speech is vital to the health of our nation. 1832 02:01:21,977 --> 02:01:23,569 Thank you, Mr. Isaacman. 1833 02:01:25,280 --> 02:01:27,942 Reverend, are you confident you'll win this case? 1834 02:01:28,016 --> 02:01:29,176 Absolutely. 1835 02:01:29,250 --> 02:01:31,184 There's no way the Supreme Court... 1836 02:01:31,252 --> 02:01:35,018 will come down on the side of a sleaze merchant like Larry Flynt. 1837 02:01:35,090 --> 02:01:37,752 Mr. Keating, why are you here today? 1838 02:01:37,826 --> 02:01:41,193 To show support for those who believe pornography should be outlawed. 1839 02:01:41,262 --> 02:01:44,629 Because if the First Amendment will protect a... 1840 02:01:45,767 --> 02:01:47,701 - What did Grutman call me? - A scumbag. 1841 02:01:47,769 --> 02:01:49,066 A scumbag like me... 1842 02:01:49,137 --> 02:01:51,002 then it'll protect all of you. 1843 02:01:52,073 --> 02:01:53,335 'Cause I'm the worst. 1844 02:01:54,509 --> 02:01:56,534 Larry, do you have any regrets? 1845 02:02:02,384 --> 02:02:03,715 Only one. 1846 02:02:19,534 --> 02:02:20,967 Larry. 1847 02:02:36,384 --> 02:02:37,817 Larry. 1848 02:03:10,051 --> 02:03:11,484 Larry. 1849 02:03:40,014 --> 02:03:41,709 It's Alan. 1850 02:03:41,783 --> 02:03:43,478 They just brought the decision in. 1851 02:03:43,551 --> 02:03:45,610 Well, is it good or bad? 1852 02:03:46,454 --> 02:03:48,979 It's a unanimous decision. 1853 02:03:49,057 --> 02:03:50,547 Rehnquist wrote it himself. 1854 02:03:50,625 --> 02:03:52,286 Is it good or bad? 1855 02:03:52,360 --> 02:03:54,294 I want you to hear this. 1856 02:03:56,464 --> 02:03:59,399 "At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition... 1857 02:03:59,467 --> 02:04:02,994 of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas. 1858 02:04:03,071 --> 02:04:06,837 Freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty... 1859 02:04:06,908 --> 02:04:09,570 but essential to the quest for truth... 1860 02:04:09,644 --> 02:04:12,579 and the vitality of society as a whole. 1861 02:04:12,647 --> 02:04:14,740 In the world of debate about public affairs... 1862 02:04:14,816 --> 02:04:17,250 many things done with motives that are less than admirable... 1863 02:04:17,318 --> 02:04:19,616 are nonetheless protected by the First Amendment. " 1864 02:04:19,687 --> 02:04:21,348 So we won. 1865 02:04:22,423 --> 02:04:23,890 Yes. We won. 1866 02:04:24,626 --> 02:04:27,060 Thank you, Alan. 1867 02:04:27,128 --> 02:04:29,062 - Thank you. - Don't mention it. 1868 02:04:35,136 --> 02:04:36,728 We won, baby. 1869 02:04:42,210 --> 02:04:44,303 Strip for me, baby. 1870 02:04:46,614 --> 02:04:48,343 Why? 1871 02:04:48,416 --> 02:04:51,715 So when you're old and ugly, you can look back at this. 1872 02:04:53,655 --> 02:04:56,988 I'm never gonna be old and ugly, Larry. 1873 02:04:57,058 --> 02:04:59,993 You're gonna be old and ugly. 1874 02:06:21,676 --> 02:06:26,704 I've just closed my eyes again 1875 02:06:28,283 --> 02:06:32,720 Climbed aboard the Dream Weaver train 1876 02:06:36,624 --> 02:06:41,891 Driver, take away my worries of today 1877 02:06:44,165 --> 02:06:48,397 And leave tomorrow behind 1878 02:06:49,470 --> 02:06:52,928 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1879 02:06:54,008 --> 02:06:56,340 I believe you can get me 1880 02:06:56,411 --> 02:06:59,869 Through the night 1881 02:07:03,551 --> 02:07:06,748 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1882 02:07:07,822 --> 02:07:09,756 I believe we can reach 1883 02:07:09,824 --> 02:07:13,351 The morning light 1884 02:07:16,064 --> 02:07:21,366 Fly me high through the starry skies 1885 02:07:22,670 --> 02:07:26,606 Maybe to an astral plane 1886 02:07:29,877 --> 02:07:34,507 'Cross the highways of fantasy 1887 02:07:36,818 --> 02:07:40,584 Help me to forget today's pain 1888 02:07:41,789 --> 02:07:45,020 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1889 02:07:46,094 --> 02:07:48,460 I believe you can get me 1890 02:07:48,529 --> 02:07:51,464 Through the night 1891 02:07:55,370 --> 02:07:58,601 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1892 02:07:59,674 --> 02:08:01,505 I believe we can reach 1893 02:08:01,576 --> 02:08:05,342 The morning light 1894 02:08:07,949 --> 02:08:12,511 Though the dawn may be coming soon 1895 02:08:14,655 --> 02:08:18,648 There still may be some time 1896 02:08:21,596 --> 02:08:23,257 Fly me away 1897 02:08:23,331 --> 02:08:26,892 To the bright side of the moon 1898 02:08:28,636 --> 02:08:32,834 Meet me on the other side 1899 02:08:37,044 --> 02:08:40,377 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1900 02:08:41,449 --> 02:08:43,713 I believe you can get me 1901 02:08:43,785 --> 02:08:46,982 Through the night 1902 02:08:50,658 --> 02:08:53,821 Ooh, Dream Weaver 1903 02:08:54,896 --> 02:08:56,830 I believe we can reach 1904 02:08:56,898 --> 02:09:00,299 The morning light 1905 02:09:04,272 --> 02:09:07,639 Dream Weaver 1906 02:09:17,618 --> 02:09:21,213 Dream Weaver 1907 02:09:30,898 --> 02:09:35,232 Dream Weaver