Call Me Lucky

APPROPIATE

2015 / 106min.

Rating6.9

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

James Franco

David Cross

Tom Kenny

Bobcat Goldthwait

Patton Oswalt

Margaret Cho

John Ennis

Marc Maron

Lenny Clarke

Dana Gould

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