Release Date: May 26, 2026
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $39.96 (4k+Blu-ray), $31.96 (Blu-ray only)
OrbitDVD- $33.99 (4k+Blu-ray)
Amazon- $39.24 (4k+Blu-ray)
Director: Bob Fosse
Writer: Julian Barry
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man
Director Bob Fosse’s nervy, freewheeling showbiz drama tells the real-life story of taboo-shattering comedian Lenny Bruce, the counterculture prophet whose unfiltered style opened up new frontiers in self-expression. Dustin Hoffman brings a live-wire intensity to his portrayal of the motormouthed Bruce as he goes from small-time strip-club emcee to free-speech lightning rod, while Valerie Perrine lends the film its soul with her deeply affecting performance as his wife, Honey, an innocent lost on the dark side of bohemia. A complex portrayal of one iconoclast by another, Fosse’s film makes deft use of stark monochrome photography and kinetic editing to vividly capture Bruce’s smoky, seedy backstage world.
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $39.96 (4k+Blu-ray), $31.96 (Blu-ray only)
OrbitDVD- $33.99 (4k+Blu-ray)
Amazon- $39.24 (4k+Blu-ray)
Director: Bob Fosse
Writer: Julian Barry
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man
- United States
- 1974
- 111 minutes
- Black & White
- 1.85:1
- English
Director Bob Fosse’s nervy, freewheeling showbiz drama tells the real-life story of taboo-shattering comedian Lenny Bruce, the counterculture prophet whose unfiltered style opened up new frontiers in self-expression. Dustin Hoffman brings a live-wire intensity to his portrayal of the motormouthed Bruce as he goes from small-time strip-club emcee to free-speech lightning rod, while Valerie Perrine lends the film its soul with her deeply affecting performance as his wife, Honey, an innocent lost on the dark side of bohemia. A complex portrayal of one iconoclast by another, Fosse’s film makes deft use of stark monochrome photography and kinetic editing to vividly capture Bruce’s smoky, seedy backstage world.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary from 2015 featuring film historians Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo
- Archival interview with actors Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
- Interview with editor Alan Heim
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris and a 1975 interview with director Bob Fosse
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