Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

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biographical film documentary film

"Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth" is a documentary film that chronicles the life, controversial comedy career, and legal battles of groundbreaking stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical film ⓘ documentary film ⓘ
awardReceived	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program ⓘ
basedOn	the life of Lenny Bruce ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depictsTimePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
director	Robert B. Weide ⓘ
distributor	HBO ⓘ
editor	Geoffrey O'Brien ⓘ
featuresArchiveFootageOf	Lenny Bruce ⓘ
featuresInterviewWith	Kitty Bruce ⓘ Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ Mort Sahl ⓘ Paul Krassner ⓘ Steve Allen ⓘ
focusesOn	Lenny Bruce's comedy career ⓘ Lenny Bruce's influence on stand-up comedy ⓘ Lenny Bruce's legal battles ⓘ
genre	biographical documentary ⓘ documentary ⓘ
hasProductionCompany	Whyaduck Productions ⓘ
hasTitle	Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth self-link ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Lenny Bruce ⓘ
musicBy	Gary Lionelli ⓘ
narrator	Robert De Niro ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
originalNetwork	HBO ⓘ
portrays	Lenny Bruce's conflicts with authorities ⓘ Lenny Bruce's impact on free speech in comedy ⓘ Lenny Bruce's obscenity trials ⓘ
producer	Robert B. Weide ⓘ
publicationDate	1998 ⓘ
releaseFormat	television film ⓘ
runtime	approximately 100 minutes ⓘ
subject	censorship in the United States ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ obscenity law ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ

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