Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

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This documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), hip comedian and bête noire to the establishment. The film makes the case that Bruce was impoverished and broken by a series of unjust arrests and prosecutions in the 1960s. Clips of Bruce performances, "bits" as he calls them, dominate the film, from Steve Allen's TV show to night-club appearances late in life when he would mine his arrests for material. Malcolm Muggeridge calls Bruce a morali... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Lenny Bruce: Without Tears:

Fred Baker
Lenny Bruce
Steve Allen
Martin Garbus
William Glenesk
Nat Hentoff

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This documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), hip comedian and bête noire to the establishment. The film makes the case that Bruce was impoverished and broken by a series of unjust arrests and prosecutions in the 1960s. Clips of Bruce performances, "bits" as he calls them, dominate the film, from Steve Allen's TV show to night-club appearances late in life when he would mine his arrests for material. Malcolm Muggeridge calls Bruce a moralist. A former assistant district attorney from New York in effect apologizes for his part in persecuting Bruce. The bounce and snap of Bruce in the 50s transform into ironic social commentary.

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User Review - 10/10 by Nathan S Decent documentary about Lenny Bruce where the highlights tend to be footage of Lenny himself in his earlier days when he was at the top of his game. If you already know anything about the comedian, this isn't going to shed any new light on him. Meanwhile, if you don't know anything about Lenny Bruce, this will give you an idea of who he is but doesn't really touch on how he impacted modern comedy
User Review - 8/10 by Kevin RThe original shock comedian who was cencored and busted everytime he played...and just because he had the balls to tell the truth in the 60s. He was ahead of his time and his honesty eventually killed his career and him. This is a great film full of some fantastic live clips.
User Review - 6/10 by David BGreat documentary, even for Bruce initiates like myself, although very little of the footage is as funny or sharp as in the brilliant Bob Fosse flim with Dustin Hoffman...
User Review - 6/10 by Walter CDecent documentary about Lenny Bruce where the highlights tend to be footage of Lenny himself in his earlier days when he was at the top of his game. If you already know anything about the comedian, this isn't going to shed any new light on him. Meanwhile, if you don't know anything about Lenny Bruce, this will give you an idea of who he is but doesn't really touch on how he impacted modern comedy.
User Review - 4/10 by Eric TOld documentary about America's first shock comic, who basically wrote the book for everyone else, is sinisterly sparse and slow. Bruce was such a revolutionary but this low-budget documentary does little justice to such an influential man.
User Review - 2/10 by Jason SThis documentary tells the story of Lenny Bruce with all the filmmaking passion of a PBS nature documentary from the 50s. It is a dull film edited sloppily and with a narrator who is laughably droll. Lenny Bruce was an important comedian, but his humor doesn?t really stand up well today, one can see the boldness in the craft, but I?d be lying if I said any of this makes me laugh. Furthermore, most of Bruce?s best material was never recorded, the video footage here is pretty tame. There is better material in the audio recordings which for some reason is accompanied here b strange, often irrelevant stock footage. For a better chronicle of the life of Lenny Bruce check out the 1974 Bob Fosse directed biopic Lenny, which featured Dustin Hoffman recreating much better material that was never recorded.

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