Talk:The People vs. Larry Flynt
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[edit] POV attack on underlying Court decision
I've reverted the addition of a reference to an essay attacking the Supreme Court decision at issue in the movie because 1) it is only tangentially related to the movie, because it addresses the decision instead (and is already mentioned in the article on the case); 2) it is being included by 142.103.168.15 to push his POV that, as he put it, the "vicious and malicious libel" by Flynt had an "extremely dubious" claim to free speech. This is irrelevant to the article on the film and inappropriate POV. Postdlf 14:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Irrelevant to the article on the film?!!! Excuse me, comments on the *central semantic content* of the film are irrelevant in an article on the film itself? (What is the title of the movie?) I am mildly flabbergasted. 142.103.168.15 03:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's POW regardless. If your going to discuss the real court case as apposed how the movie depicts it then it would be better to discuss it in the Larry Flynt article or even the Jerry Falwell article (or both). --Cab88 00:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Or better yet, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, the actual article on the real court case. Postdlf 02:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Censored movie poster?
Shouldn't this be added? The original movie poster was censored (the one on this page is the alternative one). Ironic, because this film is about free speach. I was looking for an image of the original movie poster on wiki, and was surprised to see this wasn't even mentioned. (an image can be found on imdb) 213.219.142.15 15:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Feel free to add that information, though be careful about calling it "censorship" if it was pulled by the studio in response to complaints, and make sure you find a reliable source explaining why the poster was switched. If I remember correctly, the original poster had Harrelson in Jesus-on-crucifix pose in an American flag loincloth, right? Postdlf 15:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, the French movieposter (featuring the original image) can be found here: http://perso.orange.fr/universdejjs/Films/larry_flynt.jpg . I won't be adding this information though because I haven't got a source, it's just something I remember vaguely from when this movie came out. Just trying to find out if there are people that do have objective information about this. 213.219.152.113 13:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Golden Globe?
Shouldnt there be some mention of courtney love being nominated for a golden globe award? and that she was going through drug withdrawals during filming....and that they had a very hard time trying to find a company to insure the production because nobody wanted to since courtney had the main role so Milos Forman,Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and others had to put together 1 million dollars just to insure her.
