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Release Date: 1983

Cast: Peter Fain, Matt Russo, Whitey Ryan, Edgar J. Scherick, Michael F. Stodden, Kosmo Vynil, Katherine Wallach, Richard Baratz, Jerry Baxter-Worman, Richard Dioguardi, Loretta Clemens Tupper, Frederick de Cordova ...MORE

Cast: Peter Fain, Matt Russo, Whitey Ryan, Edgar J. Scherick, Michael F. Stodden, Kosmo Vynil, Katherine Wallach, Richard Baratz, Jerry Baxter-Worman, Richard Dioguardi, Loretta Clemens Tupper, Frederick de Cordova, Kim Chan, Jim Lyness, Vinnie Gonzales, Harry J. Ufland, Ramon Rodriguez, Scotty Bloch, Ralph Monaco, Don Letts, Dennis Mulligan, Rob-Jamere Wess, Ray Dittrich, Robert Colston, Charles Kaleina, Jimmy Raitt, Catherine Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Thomas M. Tolan, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Leeds, Cathy Scorsese, Tony Boschetti, Michael Kolba, Gerard Murphy, Marta Heflin, George Kapp, Sandra Bernhard, Doc Lawless, Lou Brown, Bill Minkin, Peter Potulski, Joyce Brothers, Chuck Low, Joe Strummer, Audrey Dummett, Sel Vitella, Tony Devon, Ed Herlihy, Leslie Levinson, Jay Julien, Ellen Foley, Chuck Cooper, June Prud'Homme, Pearl Harbour, Margo Winkler, Paul Simonon, Diahnne Abbott, Diane Rachell, Gary Salter, Shelley Hack, Alan Potashnick, Mick Jones, Victor Borge, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ...LESS

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The King of Comedy is a 1983 American dark comedy film starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The subject of the movie is celebrity worship and the American media culture. It was released on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring stand-up comic whose ambition far exceeds his paltry talent. After meeting Jerry Langford (Lewis), a famous comedian and talk show host, Rupert believes his "big break" has finally come. He attempts to get a place on the show, but is... MORE

The King of Comedy is a 1983 American dark comedy film starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The subject of the movie is celebrity worship and the American media culture. It was released on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring stand-up comic whose ambition far exceeds his paltry talent. After meeting Jerry Langford (Lewis), a famous comedian and talk show host, Rupert believes his "big break" has finally come. He attempts to get a place on the show, but is continually rebuffed by Langford's staff and, finally, by Langford himself. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies where he and Langford are colleagues and friends. He even takes a date, Rita, to Langford's home, uninvited, trying to impress her. When the straight approach does not work, Rupert hatches a kidnapping plot with the help of Masha (Sandra Bernhard), a stalker who is also obsessed with Langford. As ransom, Rupert demands that he be given the opening spot on that evening's Jerry Langford Show (guest hosted by Tony Randall), and that the show be broadcast in normal LESS