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Department Of Psychological Services & Research
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Nithbank Hospital/Nithbank
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01387 244495
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 Dustin Hoffman Biography
run-of-the-mill egomaniac. When the producers ran short of money during filming, they decided to pay only McQueenproject would boost it further. This was Lenny, a biopic of the renegade comedian Lenny Bruce, who’d died of an overdose in 1966 after years of harassment by the police and judiciary. A film of his life had been in the works since 1968, and he’d been the subject of a hit play that had won a Tony for Cliff Gorman in 1971. Now Bob Fosse, hot after the success of Cabaret, had signed as director. Fosse wanted Hoffman ashim into accepting the role was the possible involvement of Al Pacino. At the time, Hoffman and Pacino were seen asoff-Broadway then exploded into cinema. Both were followers of Stanislavsky, intense in their working practices. Indeedtogether. Ever competitive, Hoffman would have been aware of their rivalry, particularly as Pacino had scored such hitsLenny, Hoffman took the role immediately. For research, Hoffman would listen to Bruce’s LPs, watch footage andPerrine, and on into fame, infamy and paranoia as the weight of the law rumbled down upon him. At first, Hoffman is fresh-fac
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