Film · Drama
The King of Comedy
“It's no laughing matter.”
19821h 49mDir Martin Scorsese7.8TMDB
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Top Cast
75 total
Robert De Niro
as Rupert Pupkin
Jerry Lewis
as Jerry Langford
Diahnne Abbott
as Rita
Sandra Bernhard
as Masha
Shelley Hack
as Cathy Long
Frederick de Cordova
as Bert Thomas
Ed Herlihy
as Ed Herlihy
Lou Brown
as Band Leader
The scene we cut
Rupert pupkin
Rupert Pupkin finally gets his set and opens with his parents.
It flopped in 1982. Scorsese has said it is the film of his he thinks about most.
All the scenes we have cutOn Film Fanatics
Where The King of Comedy shows up.
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I Walk Alone
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Tower Heist
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