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Release Date: 1983 Cast: Tony Boschetti, Jerry Lewis, Sel Vitella, Martin Scorsese, Ed Herlihy, Joe Strummer, Loretta Clemens Tupper, Robert Colston, Alan Potashnick, Michael Kolba, Scotty Bloch, Doc Lawless ...MORE
Cast: Tony Boschetti, Jerry Lewis, Sel Vitella, Martin Scorsese, Ed Herlihy, Joe Strummer, Loretta Clemens Tupper, Robert Colston, Alan Potashnick, Michael Kolba, Scotty Bloch, Doc Lawless, George Kapp, Bill Minkin, Katherine Wallach, Cathy Scorsese, June Prud'Homme, Audrey Dummett, Charles Kaleina, Jim Lyness, Victor Borge, Mick Jones, Frederick de Cordova, Vinnie Gonzales, Shelley Hack, Chuck Cooper, Catherine Scorsese, Gerard Murphy, Kim Chan, Matt Russo, Jay Julien, Leslie Levinson, Robert De Niro, Gary Salter, Chuck Low, Pearl Harbour, Harry J. Ufland, Kosmo Vynil, Jerry Baxter-Worman, Margo Winkler, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Thelma Leeds, Richard Baratz, Peter Potulski, Edgar J. Scherick, Ralph Monaco, Rob-Jamere Wess, Jimmy Raitt, Tony Devon, Lou Brown, Peter Fain, Michael F. Stodden, Diane Rachell, Whitey Ryan, Marta Heflin, Ramon Rodriguez, Thomas M. Tolan, Dennis Mulligan, Ellen Foley, Sandra Bernhard, Ray Dittrich, Joyce Brothers, Diahnne Abbott, Richard Dioguardi, Don Letts, Paul Simonon ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Documentary, Comedy, Black comedy The King of Comedy is a 1983 American black 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 black 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
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