The King Of Comedy
108 minutes,
USA (1983), PG
Scorsese took a break from the gangster films to make this brilliantly executed piece about a stand-up, who will stop at nothing to get his big break on TV
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The King Of Comedy: Whenever Scorsese makes a comedy it has an edge to it (remember the nightmarish situation in After Hours?) and King of Comedy is no exception.
This is a movie which makes you shudder even as it is making you laugh. De Niro stars as Rupert Pupkin, the would-be stand-up whose ambition is far more impressive than his act...
Read the The King Of Comedy full reviewThis is a movie which makes you shudder even as it is making you laugh. De Niro stars as Rupert Pupkin, the would-be stand-up whose ambition is far more impressive than his act...
