Largely misunderstood upon its release, The King of Comedy today looks eerily prescient, and features a fine performance by Robert DeNiro as a strangely sympathetic psychopath.
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Martin Scorsese
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Robert De Niro
Rupert Pupkin
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Langford
Sandra Bernhard
Masha
Diahnne Abbott
Rita Keane
Shelley Hack
Cathy Long
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Director -
Martin Scorsese -
Screenwriter -
Paul Zimmerman -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Embassy International Pictures -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Comedy , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Feb 18, 1983, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 8, 2015 -
Sound Mix -
Mono -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)