Dying Laughing
The agony and the ecstasy of being a Stand-up Comedian - and the boring life bits in between.
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Gravitas Ventures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Foxx, Billy Connolly, Sarah Silverman, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Cedric the Entertainer, Jerry Lewis, Kevin Hart & Amy Schumer | |
Directed by | Paul Toogood & Lloyd Stanton | |
Composition by | Ed Shearmur |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
The movie kicks off poorly, with a battery of familiar conceits from big stars.
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Chicago Reader
3 stars out of 4 -- Once the movie hits its true stride it’s really fascinating....What keeps the movie percolating is the fact that for as many horror and war stories as the comedians tell, there aren’t any lapses into tedious self-pity.
RogerEbert.com
Rating: 7.5/10 --
Dying Laughing masterfully weaves in a humanity to the art of stand-up no film has ever approached in terms of clarity.
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The Hollywood Outsider
Pared down, this overcrowded movie could be a teaching tool in a comedy school. But as one comic after another recalls triumphs, misadventures and painful lessons learned, the stories become redundant.
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New York Times
Rating: 1/5 --
Subject after subject - joke-crafting, set-building, room-running, dying on stage, living on the road, etc. - gets treated with bloodless abstraction by people who tell funny, engaging stories about their experiences for a living. Weird.
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San Diego Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
Dying Laughing does a great job in highlighting the highs and the lows of the profession, but where the film doesn't get it 100% right is by offering very little background on each of their interviewees.
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HeyUGuys
Rating: 3.5/4 --
It's great and it's valuable and it's wonderful, because we love seeing and hearing these all-time greats talk about what they do with such passion and candor.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Standup comics discuss the agony and ecstasy of their profession, and what it takes to make it in the sometimes unfunny, but deeply rewarding business of making people laugh. Interviewees include Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Garry Shandling, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Connolly. Directed by Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood.
Product Info
- UPC: 191091367780
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