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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...
Rupert Pupkin is an aspiring yet delusional stand-up comedian trying to launch his career. After meeting Jerry Langford, a successful comedian and talk-show host, Rupert believes his "big break" has finally come.
Dec 18, 1982 · The King of Comedy. 1982. PG. 1h 49m. IMDb RATING. 7.8 /10. 120K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 4,080. 661. Play trailer 1:25. 3 2. 6 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Crime Drama. A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself. Director. Martin Scorsese. Writer. Paul D. Zimmerman. Stars.
Sep 10, 2019 · 'The King of Comedy' is Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro’s meditation on the often hostile lines that form between private and public life, and one of the most eerily prescient films of the...
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.
The movie stars Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, a nerdish man in his 30s who fantasizes himself as a television star. He practices down in his basement, holding condescending conversations with life-size cardboard cutouts of Liza Minnelli and Jerry Lewis.
