Movie

When Stand Up Stood Out

★ 6/10 · 8 votes 2003 1h 27m Released

ComedyDocumentary

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 Self Colin Quinn Self Janeane Garofalo Self Bobcat Goldthwait Self Lenny Clarke Self