

Call Me Lucky
2015-08-07 · 106 min · ★ 7.0
An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.
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- Bobcat Goldthwait
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- Type 55 Films
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- United States of America
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Barry CrimminsSelf
David CrossSelf
Patton OswaltSelf
Tom KennySelf
Margaret ChoSelf
Steven WrightSelf
Lenny ClarkeSelf
Kevin MeaneySelf
Bobcat GoldthwaitSelf
Marc MaronSelf
James FrancoSelf
Jack GallagherSelf
John EnnisSelf
Dana GouldSelf
Jonathan KatzSelf
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