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When Stand Up Stood Out

Jan 1, 2003 · 1h 27m
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Comedy
Documentary

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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.

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Denis Leary
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Colin Quinn
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Janeane Garofalo
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Bobcat Goldthwait
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Lenny Clarke
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Directed by Fran Solomita

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EN
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US
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