A profile of Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt, whose campaign to publish the pornographic publication transformed him into a folk hero of the First Amendment. Flynt discusses his monumental Supreme Court case, as well as the 1978 assassination attempt that left him a paraplegic. Interviewees include his wife Liz, brother Jimmy, daughter Theresa, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson (who portrayed Flynt on film), Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione and Rev. Jerry Falwell.