1972 · N.p.
by Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Nat Hentoff (starring); Fred Baker (director, screenwriter, narrator); Barbara Baker, John Parsons (screenwriters)
N.p.: Fred Baker Films, 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches, a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches..
The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show," audio-only clips, an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life, and the infamous video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the (truncated)
The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show," audio-only clips, an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life, and the infamous video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the (truncated)
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