FILM 1106: THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY
FLYNT
TRIVIA: Tom Hanks and Bill Murray were
considered for the role of Larry Flynt.
Larry Flynt and his
brother Jimmy Flynt are played by
real-life brothers Woody
Harrelson and Brett
Harrelson.
The real Larry Flynt appears as a
judge.
One scene involves Hustler's offer
of a $1 million reward for bringing JFK's killers to justice. The father of
actors Woody Harrelson and Brett Harrelson has long
been suspected by conspiracy theorists of involvement in the assassination.
Milos Forman claims Courtney Love showed up to
their first meeting while under the influence of drugs. Just when he was going
to dismiss her, he realized that Love was perfect for the role of Althea.
Forman offered her the role on one condition: that Love would stay clean and
undergo regular drug testing during filming. She complied. To this day, Love
credits Forman with getting her off drugs which led to a career renaissance.
Courtney Love plays
stripper Althea Flynt in this film. Before she was famous, Love was a stripper
in real life too.
Courtney Love was arrested
several times in Mississippi and Tennessee during filming for wearing her
outrageous and revealing costumes in public. While filming a particular scene
in a jail, one of the female officers working mistook Love for being a criminal
on her way in for booking and handcuffed her.
Despite being portrayed in an Oscar
nominated movie Larry Flynt
was refused an invitation to the 1997 Academy Awards, so Woody Harrelson brought
Flynt to the award shows as his "+1".
The Hollywood mansion shown in the
movie was the mansion where the real Larry Flynt lived in the
early 1980s.
The real Larry Flynt, when asked
who he would like to play him in the movie, picked Michael Douglas.
The character of Doug, one of Larry Flynt's bodyguards
in the movie, was bodyguard for the real Flynt at the time the movie was
filmed.
The closing argument by Edward Norton was taken
verbatim from Alan L.
Isaacman's actual closing arguments. Isaacman revealed this in a
documentary of the film.
The insurance fees for Courtney Love were so
high, the studio would not pay them. Woody Harrelson, the
producers (Oliver Stone
and Michael Hausman), the
director (Milos Forman)
and Love paid the fees out-of-pocket.
Patricia Arquette and Mira Sorvino were
considered for the role of Althea Leasure.
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