2017
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Gravitas Ventures
1 h 29 m

2017
Not Rated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 29 m

Summary Featuring Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Steve Coogan and the late Garry Shandling, Dying Laughing is a candid look at the complicated and fascinating lives of some of the world’s greatest stand-up comedians. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director and the star ...

Directed By: Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood

2017
Not Rated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 29 m

2017
Not Rated
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 29 m

Dying Laughing

Name: Dying Laughing
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2017-02-24
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Rating: 73
Cast: Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Max Alexander, Stephen K. Amos

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times

Feb 22, 2017

Dying Laughing is a movie about stand-up with no performance footage. It’s like a documentary about baseball with no game footage — but 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.

By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Feb 23, 2017

An involving examination of and tribute to the art and agony of stand-up comedy, "Dying Laughing" will leave you convinced that a) comedians spend a lot of time thinking about their work and b) it's too difficult and even painful a vocation to take on unless you absolutely feel it as a calling.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Feb 24, 2017

Once the movie hits its true stride it’s really fascinating. At least it is if you have an interest in its subject, which I think maybe you should, since the compulsion to stand on a stage and seek approval by telling jokes is one of the most potentially masochistic in the entire human condition

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 23, 2017

Though the engaging documentary treads through unavoidably familiar territory — the loneliness of the road, the anguish of bombing — its chorus of testifiers often find sharp new angles of approach.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Feb 23, 2017

As one comic after another recalls triumphs, misadventures and painful lessons learned, the stories become redundant.

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Production Company 4045 Films

Release Date Feb 24, 2017

Duration 1 h 29 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline The agony and the ecstasy of being a Stand-up Comedian - and the boring life bits in between.

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Bill Bellamy

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Sandra Bernhard

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