‘larry Flynt For President’ Review: Yes, This Really Happened

Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 8:14pm

On March 6, 1978, during a legal battle in Georgia over obscenity charges, Larry Flynt, the owner and publisher of Hustler magazine, was shot on the sidewalk, an assassination attempt that left him partially paralyzed. It didn’t take long for him to become an iconic figure in his gold wheelchair, but the shooting devastated him.

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