Movie: The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

Top 10 Billed Cast

Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler

Narrator (voice)

Budd Friedman
Budd Friedman

Self

Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow

Self

Richard Belzer
Richard Belzer

Self

Lewis Black
Lewis Black

Self

Russell Brand
Russell Brand

Self

George Carlin
George Carlin

Self (archive footage)

Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal

Self

Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield

Self (archive footage)

Larry David
Larry David

Self

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    Several comic greats pay tribute to the legendary stand-up stage founded by Budd Friedman in 1963.

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    2013-12-06

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