The King Of Comedy (1983)
A joke writer who has never performed anywhere except his mothers basement, Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) dreams of appearing on the The Jerry Langford Show hosted by the king of late night talk shows, Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). After relentlessly hounding both Jerry and the shows talent bookers to no avail, he kidnaps the talk show host with the help of his accomplice Masha (Sandra Bernhard) who herself is infatuated with Jerry. Together they hold him hostage in exchange for Pupkin being given a guest spot on the show...
Classification: Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sandra Bernhard, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Ed Herlihy
Director: Martin Scorsese
The King Of Comedy
 
Genres:
Drama
Comedy

Run Time:
98 Minutes

Subtitles:
Danish
English Hard of Hearing
Finnish
Norwegian
Swedish

Languages:
English

Countries:
USA

BFI Classification:
Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children

Release Date:
19/04/2004

Production Year:
1983

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 16:9

Colour:
Colour

Special Features:
  • Deleted scenes
  • 'A Shot At The Top: The Making Of The King Of Comedy' featurette
  • Stills gallery
  • Canadian TV spot
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Interactive menu
  • Scene access
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