1982 1h 49m Martin Scorsese

The King of Comedy

Name: The King of Comedy
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Released: 1982
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

★ 7.8 IMDb

Drama Comedy Crime Mystery & Thriller

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.

Writer Paul D. Zimmerman

Cast Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

DP Fred Schuler

Production Designer Boris Leven

Music Robbie Robertson

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" in One Shot by Duncan Gray, MUBI Notebook

On Martin Scorsese

Scorsese’s Men: Melancholia and the Mob by Chris Long, Cineaste Hollywood’s New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese by Michael Meneghetti, Screening the Past Martin Scorsese: ‘What is it about us as human beings that allows for… by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

A King in New York: Jerry Lewis and "The King of Comedy" by Michael Pattison, MUBI Notebook