The People vs. Larry Flynt is a biopic.
A biographical film , or biopic ( [ ˈbaɪəʊpɪk ] abbreviation for biographical motion picture ) , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people . The People vs. Larry Flynt . It spans about 35 years of Flynt 's life from his impoverished upbringing in Kentucky to his court battle with Reverend Jerry Falwell , and is based in part on the U.S. Supreme Court case Hustler Magazine v. Falwell .