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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
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Wikipedia article
'Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth' is a 1998 documentary film directed by Robert B. Weide about the comedian Lenny Bruce.[https://www.tvguide.com/movies/lenny-bruce-swear-tell-truth/133789/ TV Guide][https://ew.com/article/1999/08/13/tv-movie-review-lenny-bruce-swear-tell-truth/ Entertainment Weekly][https://www.sfweekly.com/film/the-full-lenny/ SF Weekly]
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7yw33iENc Documentary Winners: 1999 Oscars][https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999 1999|Oscars.org] The film was edited by Mr. Weide and Geof Bartz, A.C.E. who won a Primetime Emmy Award for their work on this film.[https://www.emmys.com/shows/lenny-bruce-swear-tell-truth Television Academy]
Summary
The film was narrated by Robert De Niro.[http://www.duckprods.com/projects/lennybruce/lb-latimesfeature.html Whyaduck Productions Inc. -- LATimes feature on "Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth"][https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81be459c BFI] It featured interviews include Lenny's ex-wife Honey, mother Sally Marr and former TV host Steve Allen,[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/524594/lenny-bruce-swear-to-tell-the-truth Turner Classic Movies] who had Bruce on his show a few times albeit clean unlike his nightclub stand-up jokes.[https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/lenny-bruce-swear-to-tell-the-truth-2-1200456069/ Variety]
See also
* Robert De Niro filmography
*'Lenny'-the 1974 Oscar-nominated fictional docudrama by Bob Fosse
*Richard Pryor
*George Carlin
*Chris Rock
References
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