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Mood:
- CleverCynicalHumorousOffbeatBiting
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Plot:
- Desire for FameObsessionAmbitionArtists and ShowbizConfinedCrimesDangerMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- New YorkUSA
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssentialPrestigious Awards
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Humor:
- SatireDark HumorIrreverent Humor
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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The King of Comedy, 1982
English
USA
Profile of The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy can be described as cynical, clever, and biting. The plot revolves around the desire for fame, obsession, and imprisonment or confinement. Its comic aspect comes from dark humor and satire. The King of Comedy's main genres are comedy and drama. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in New York. The King of Comedy takes place in the 1980s. The movie has received attention for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves mild violent content.
Summary of The King of Comedy
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 18 February 1983 |
| Runtime: | 109 min |
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- 23.September.2009
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- by: nanikves
- nanikves rated this movie
8/10Great
