Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1982-12-18) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 8 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $2,536,242 |
| Screen: | Paul D. Zimmerman |
| Productions: | Embassy International Pictures, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 380: Robert De Niro - Rupert Pupkin
- 3663: Jerry Lewis - Jerry Langford
- 3664: Sandra Bernhard - Masha
- 1041: Diahnne Abbott - Rita Keane
- 3665: Shelley Hack - Cathy Long
- 43816: Frederick de Cordova - Bert Thomas
- 8400: Kim Chan - Jonno
Crews
- 3661: Thelma Schoonmaker - Editor - Editing
- 3662: Cis Corman - Casting - Production
- 376: Arnon Milchan - Producer - Production
- 3659: Fred Schuler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 72861: Robbie Robertson - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 874: Boris Leven - Production Design - Art
- 11476: Richard Bruno - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
Ian Beale
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**De Niro as yet another deluded psycho** De Niro is Rupert Pitkin, a comedian who seeks to be as famous as his hero, Jerry Lewis. Pupkin could be Travis Bickle's equally disturbed brother - both of them living in New York and both of them losing their minds in unison. After mu ....
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Martin Scorsese's THE KING OF COMEDY was the lowest-grossing major studio film of 1982. It isn't difficult to see why: It's loaded with uncomfortable situations; there is no obvious protagonist; no sympathetic characters (the one that could potentially get our sympathy turns out to b ....
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Robert De Niro is great in this enjoyable comedy about the aspiring comedian "Pupkin" who is prepared to go to great lengths to get his moment in the sun. To that end he doorsteps acclaimed chat-show host "Jerry" (the entirely convincing Jerry Lewis) and, not exactly lacking in self- ....
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