The King of Comedy (Blu-ray) PG
It's No Laughing Matter.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 25, 2014
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert De Niro & Jerry Lewis | |
Performer: | Tony Randall, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott & Frederick De Cordova | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker | |
Screenwriting by | Paul D. Zimmerman | |
Composition by | Robbie Robertson | |
Cameo: | Joe Strummer, Ellen Foley, Pearl Harbour, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Victor Borge, Martin Scorsese & Mardik Martin | |
Produced by | Arnon Milchan | |
Director of Photography: | Fred Schuler | |
Executive Production by | Robert Greenhut & Robert F. Colesberry |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
Cringy, awkward, painful to watch -a masterpiece.
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Smash Cut Reviews
The King of Comedy fancies itself a scathing social satire about the lust for celebrity carried to extremes. But ultimately, director Martin Scorsese's movie is a severely misconceived and distasteful study of delusional behavior.
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Washington Post
Included in The New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1983
New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
It is frustrating to watch, unpleasant to remember, and, in its own way, quite effective.
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Chicago Sun-Times
...Ahead of its time....[Watching De Niro] is an entertainment in and of itself...
Premiere
[R]arely less than riveting....Scorsese never lets the tone topple into farce, refraining from stylistic fireworks to let the performances command the spotlight.
Sight and Sound
An early cautionary tale from Scorsese about the desperation amongst common people to achieve fame and the obsession with celebrity culture. Clearly, it's more relevant than ever right now.
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Film Companion
Product Description:
Martin Scorsese's THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom. Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comic who idolizes talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). Still living at home with his mother, Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting with his hero. When he isn't doing that, he's at home talking to cardboard cutouts in his makeshift television studio. After Rupert convinces Rita (Diahnne Abbot), a pretty bartender, that Langford has invited them to his house outside the city, the reality of the situation makes itself painfully apparent upon arriving at the star's front door. Trouble is, Rupert's too delusional to take the hint. He eventually hatches a plan with an equally obsessed fan, Masha (a scene-stealing Sandra Bernhard), to kidnap Langford in exchange for a chance to let him deliver his routine on the air. De Niro and Lewis deliver scorching performances that are at once tragic and hysterical, making for an unsettling yet highly stimulating viewing experience. Paul D. Zimmerman's script takes the time to truly crawl inside the mind of a lunatic, exposing celebrity worship as the ludicrous problem that it is. THE KING OF COMEDY stands firmly as one of Scorsese's most terrifying films.