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Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Tony Randall, Sandra Bernhard. Music by Robbie Robertson. Approx. 109 mins. DCP. “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.”. Robert De Niro’s terminally unfunny Rupert Pupkin, consumed by his dream of TV stardom, rehearses nightly in his basement studio ...
Apr 3, 2019 · Released around the same time that “Joker” takes place, “The King of Comedy” stars De Niro as psychopathic comic Rupert Pupkin, a man obsessed with a popular TV host (Jerry Lewis). The ...
Oct 8, 2019 · In the film’s final moments, Pupkin is apparently in the big house when a newscast reports, “Rupert Pupkin, kidnapping king of comedy was sentenced to six years imprisonment at the government ...
Synopsis. Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic ...
Jan 6, 2012 · Whereas the film itself is all unexpected dimensions and unsettling excesses, with the ambiguous fulfilment of Pupkin's dream frighteningly echoing the news-headline coda of Taxi Driver. Creepiest ...
Feb 21, 2023 · The King of Comedy was written by Newsweek film critic Paul D. Zimmerman, and De Niro had been trying to get the movie made for nearly a decade. His interest in the subject was so intense that ...
The King of Comedy. Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) is a failure in life but a celebrity in his own mind, hosting an imaginary talk show in his mother's basement. When he meets actual talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), he's convinced it will provide his big break, but Langford isn't interested in the would-be comedian.
