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.
Genre: Comedy, Documentary Actors: Barry Crimmins, Billy Bragg, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dana Gould, David Cross, Jack Gallagher, James Franco, John Ennis, Jonathan Katz, Kevin Meaney, Lenny Clarke, Marc Maron, Margaret Cho, Patton Oswalt, Steven Wright, Tom Kenny Directors: Bobcat Goldthwait