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The King of Comedy (1983) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 17, 2002
• R2: 19 Apr 2004
Budget $20,000,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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Other Titles
• The King of Comedy
• King of Comedy (1983)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy, Kidnapping, Black Comedy, Psychos, Showbiz, Disturbing, Satire
Plot: Martin Scorsese’s THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom. Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comic who idolizes talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). Still living at home with his mother, Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting with his hero. When he isn’t doing that, he’s at home talking to cardboard cutouts in his makeshift television studio. After Rupert convinces Rita (Diahnne Abbot), a pretty bartender, that Langford has invited them to his house outside the city, the reality of the situation makes itself painfully apparent upon arriving at the star's front door. Trouble is, Rupert’s too delusional to take the hint. He eventually hatches a plan with an equally obsessed fan, Masha (a scene-stealing Sandra Bernhard), to kidnap Langford in exchange for a chance to let him deliver his routine on the air. De Niro and Lewis deliver scorching performances that are at once tragic and hysterical, making for an unsettling yet highly stimulating viewing experience. Paul D. Zimmerman’s script takes the time to truly crawl inside the mind of a lunatic, exposing celebrity worship as the ludicrous problem that it is. THE KING OF COMEDY stands firmly as one of Scorsese’s most terrifying films.
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