When Stand Up Stood Out

Release Date: 2003-01-01

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.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Denis Leary

as Self

Colin Quinn

as Self

Janeane Garofalo

as Self

Bobcat Goldthwait

as Self

Lenny Clarke

as Self