Cracking Up

Cracking Up

1994 · 92 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

Danny Gold is a Lenny Bruce-style performance artist whose brilliance is only exceeded by his urge to self-destruct. Cad, shark, comic, addict, Danny Gold rockets and ricochets through Manhattan's seedy Lower East Side, leaving in his wake a mass of mutilated relationships and burnt bridges. Comedy...it's no laughing matter.

Directed by Matt Mitler · Written by Matt Mitler

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