When Stand Up Stood Out backdrop
When Stand Up Stood Out poster
Trailer
When Stand Up Stood Out
6.0
|
1h 27m
|
2003
|
Released
Overview
Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city.

Cast
Denis Leary poster
Denis Leary
Self
Colin Quinn poster
Colin Quinn
Self
Janeane Garofalo poster
Janeane Garofalo
Self
Bobcat Goldthwait poster
Bobcat Goldthwait
Self
Lenny Clarke poster
Lenny Clarke
Self

Recommendations