The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy

1982 | 1h 52m | Drama, Comedy | TV-14

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Brief Synopsis

Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) is a deranged comedian who will go to any length to gain the spotlight, including kidnapping his idol, jaded TV talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). The ransom? Pupkin gets one appearance on Langford's show.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Martin Scorsese

CAST

Robert De Niro

Jerry Lewis

Diahnne Abbott

Sandra Bernhard

Tony Randall

Shelley Hack

Fred De Cordova

Joyce Brothers

Ed Herlihy

Lou Brown

Victor Borge

PRODUCERS

Arnon Milchan

WRITERS

Paul D. Zimmerman

Related Videos

03:43
King Of Comedy (1983) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Expecting A Phone Call
Clip
Aspiring comic Rupert (Robert DeNiro) at home, his nuttiness amplified with cardboard cut-outs of Liza Minnelli and Jerry Lewis as late-night host Jerry Langford, then making a show of following-up Jerrys insincere instruction to call his office, in Martin Scorseses The King Of Comedy, 1983.
03:59
King Of Comedy (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Say Hello To Jerry!
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Director Martin Scorseses opening, with real NBC announcer Ed Herlihy introducing Jerry Lewis as the Johnny Carson-like TV host Jerry Langford, Robert DeNiro as oddball Rupert Pupkin in the stage door crowd and Sandra Bernhard lurking in the limo, in The King Of Comedy, 1983.
02:41
King Of Comedy (1983) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Give You The Six Weeks
Clip
Would-be comic Rupert (Robert DeNiro) saying good night after he finagled a ride and made his pitch to late-night host Jerry Langford (Lewis), the handkerchief he swiped and then a scene that reveals itself to be a fantasy, early in Martin Scorseses The King Of Comedy, 1983.
01:27
King of Comedy, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Robert De Niro plays a would-be comic who kidnaps a talk-show host (Jerry Lewis) to win a guest shot on his show in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy (1983).

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