''Pauly Shore Stands Alone'' is a 2014 comedy

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directed by

Pauly Shore Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his roles in 1990s comedy films. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 17, before becoming an MTV VJ in 1989. This led to a sta ...

. It premiered at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival and was later released on

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in December 2014. The film follows Shore on a cold midwestern

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tour of small venues in Wisconsin and Minnesota as he interacts with fans and deals with health issues and the realities of mortality.

Synopsis

The documentary opens with a brief clip from Shore's 1993

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special ''Pauly Does Dallas'', followed by a title card reading "22 years later." Pauly, now age 45, prepares for his standup comedy tour and speaks about his life and about his ailing mother, Mitzi Shore. Pauly then leaves on his trip for Wisconsin and Minnesota and meets several colorful characters along the way. It is an unscripted and true-life documentary, notably different in tone and style from Shore's previous films ''Adopted'' or ''

Pauly Shore is Dead ''Pauly Shore Is Dead'' is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film directed, produced, co-written by, and starring Pauly Shore. The film is a fake Documentary film, documentary that begins as a semi-autobiographical retelling of Shore's early s ...

'', which are in the

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style.

Reception

The documentary won Best Documentary at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival and the editing by Troy Takaki and Joey Vigour was nominated for an

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for Best Television Documentary in January 2015.

References

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