The King of Comedy (1982)

Cast

Robert De Niro
as Rupert Pupkin
Martin Scorsese
as TV Director
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
as Extra in crowd scene
Liza Minnelli
as Liza Minnelli

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Crime Drama Thriller

7.8 / 10

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 Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

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Comments on this trailer
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Matthew Malone

JOKER brought Me Here - @Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:17 AM

Mister Jdvik

Misleading trailer, wasn’t that humourous - @Tuesday, September 4, 2018 5:56 AM

John42ification

One of my favorite De Niro performances, and favorite Jerry Lewis performance of the last 40 years of his career! - @Saturday, September 1, 2018 9:19 PM

United States Navy 75

Robert Deniro is a goo actor but an anti-American. - @Sunday, August 5, 2018 7:57 PM

Harry Carrey

I watched this entire movie amazed that Mick Jagger was in this film and then I realized at the end that it was actually Sandra Bernhard. - @Monday, April 23, 2018 12:11 AM

Magnus Nihil

This movie is like a Coen Brothers film. - @Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:19 AM

The Fabsisters

nice work - @Friday, March 2, 2018 1:23 AM

Richard W

Loved it! - @Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:14 PM

Mike Carter

Saw this with my mom at the theater when I was about 11-12. Wasn't very funny. - @Sunday, August 20, 2017 8:48 PM

Cinephile 98

RIP Jerry Lewis. - @Sunday, August 20, 2017 6:11 PM

markorevan

DeNiro should if been nominated for this performance! - @Thursday, June 8, 2017 12:53 AM

faffaflunkie

Best _Jerry Lewis_ movie since _The Day the Clown Cried._ - @Sunday, August 14, 2016 2:01 AM

StoneCole

Caught the end of this and it was awesome. Now I gotta watch it all - @Monday, March 21, 2016 1:13 AM

Sir Nigel Gaunt

I love old movies, it looks like I need to see this. - @Wednesday, March 9, 2016 5:01 AM

TheSMLIFfilms

I've yet to see this one, but I can't believe Scorcese and De Niro came out with this a year after doing Raging Bull! - @Thursday, January 7, 2016 4:06 AM

Vasilijan Nikolovski

Yep, a trailer for a movie that DOESN'T spoil anything, sure miss them. - @Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:59 AM

Auto-Bahn Kenobi

Heard about this from the Howard Stern show--he evidently had a nut named Sal working for him who reminded him of the nut in this movie - @Monday, September 14, 2015 7:18 PM

Bob .Grant

Jerry Lewis gives a great performance. - @Friday, January 16, 2015 11:07 PM

eroupopper

I think this film is the best example of comedy/ drama. It funny with the jokes, but it's behind the laughter, that is the bleak drama that is realness. - @Sunday, January 11, 2015 3:55 PM

Scott Fine

I've seriously never seen this! Def going to watch now!!!! - @Saturday, August 23, 2014 4:31 AM

Roberto Diego

This is such a brilliant movie. Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese are legends. - @Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:44 AM

Christie Lindstrom

I need to watch more Robert De Niro movies, especially his older films. And also moe of Martin Scorsese! - @Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:17 PM

Anas Alfakeer

Can trailers be worse ? - @Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:00 PM

dtjdoutney

I love the main jazz interlude, sums up Eighties late night shows in a few bars of music - @Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:33 PM

nakedspaniard

It was great made me laugh at the beginning. - @Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:37 AM

Andy Freeman

Just saw it for the first time yesterday, the scene where Masha chases Jerry Lewis into the building is one of the funniest things i've ever seen. Dude is definitely one of the funniest human beings that ever lived. - @Wednesday, September 25, 2013 1:33 PM

Barrett Bray

Was the ending real or his imagination? - @Friday, August 2, 2013 10:16 AM

Andreas Moss

Watched this for the first time yesterday. It was fantastic. In my opinion probably Scorseses best movie. - @Monday, June 10, 2013 1:32 PM

cordes stracci

Scorsese's most misunderstood film, which is ironic in contrast to the film itself. It's nothing comical, it really does dig deep in the depths of the isolated desperate minds we so often walk past by, and even find ourselves in. - @Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:35 PM

melancholy grl

This movie was actually pretty dark. - @Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:51 PM

Bailey Lizotte

I'm guessing that means 16. - @Sunday, March 24, 2013 2:46 PM

Bick Benedict

I love this move so much. - @Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:09 AM

RagingUtai

yes - @Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:53 PM

MrHieronymusBosch

waite waite... no german subtitles? Wtf?!?!?! ADOOOOLF... Something went wrooooong!!!.... - @Monday, February 11, 2013 7:01 PM

bart18ndakota

You're about 17 years old? Little hard to remember your exact age?:P - @Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:38 AM

Kiren

Ever since I saw A Bronx Tale, I decided to watch every great movie Robert De Niro's been in and it always coincides with Martin Scorsese having directed the film :P - @Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:47 AM

John Loring

A hard film to like and a hard film to hate. It proves on thing, comedy is hard!! - @Friday, January 4, 2013 1:27 AM

zxcvbnm .asdfghjkl

really underrated - @Monday, September 17, 2012 8:12 PM

Jamaica Sugar

Wish trailers were still like this; not showing the whole movie in two minutes. - @Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:56 AM

Edu Camargo

By the way, this is one of the film's charms; not having a happy ending. Briliant picture with so much lessons about the whole entertainment industry, celeb stalking, the ideas of a world we paint inside our minds where everything is positive and always at our favor, in total shock with reality. Amazing. And bottom line: Love the girls who play Marsha and Rita. - @Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:45 AM

Jessica

yes very - @Thursday, September 6, 2012 12:28 PM

darrenarms

great movie but sup with the titanic not sinking??? - @Friday, August 10, 2012 10:08 PM

Edwina Sheridan

This film, I think is a satire about people like the already established comedian played by Gerry Lewis who won't give another person a chance. It turns out that De Niro character in the film is a good comedian after all. It reminds me of people in my own life experience that have made it, become coveted and unwilling to let you get a foot in the door ... - @Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:32 PM

Sakor998

No. The ending was very surreal - it was most likely his imagination. It was far from happy. - @Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:11 AM

Slasher In Suits

Spoiler alert. Does anybody believe the ending? Is it in his head? Or some things like a book deal? It was so hard to watch him get kicked out of jerry's country house, that level of embarrassment you wanted to like his character but then he totally bombs. - @Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:59 AM

Destroyman

yes - @Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:57 PM

Kiri Kiske

is this movie with happy ending? - @Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:18 PM

Kenneth Sutton

Very underrated - probably DeNiro's best performance and that's saying a lot. - @Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:25 PM

VanityConcubine

That's because you live in a world of flowers and farts, which is a completely different reality from normal people. - @Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:31 AM

pith191

It came out in theaters in 82 and VHS in 83 :P - @Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:03 PM