Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth is a 1998 documentary film directed by Robert B. Weide about the comedian Lenny Bruce.[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2] The film was edited by Mr. Weide and Geof Bartz, A.C.E. who won a prime time Emmy for their work on this film.[3]

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Directed byRobert B. Weide
Produced bySheila Nevins
Anthony Radziwill
Robert B. Weide
Written byRobert B. Weide
StarringLenny Bruce (archival footage)
Steve Allen
Narrated byRobert De Niro
CinematographyBiff Bracht
Edited byGeof Bartz
Claire Scanlon
Robert B. Weide
Production
company
Whyaduck Productions
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • October 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Summary

The film was narrated by Robert De Niro.[4] It featured interviews include Lenny's ex-wife Honey, mother Sally Marr and former TV host Steve Allen, who had Bruce on his show a few times albeit clean unlike his nightclub stand-up jokes.[5]

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gollark: You all underestimated me. But I'm *actually* quite good occasionally.
gollark: 13 was baidicoot, yes.
gollark: Congratulations, please give me 86 kilobees for this.
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