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The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy
by Martin Scorsese1h491982United States
The King of Comedy

Recommended byAkira Kurosawa, Patricia Mazuy, Olivier et Éric Nakache & Toledano, Thomas Arslan, Joanna Hogg, Dominik Moll, John Cameron Mitchell

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Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

Cast and crew

  • Credits

    • Production Compagny : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    • Sound Recorder : Frank E. Warner
    • Executive Producer : Robert Greenhut
    • Editing : Thelma Schoonmaker
    • Set Decoration : Boris Leven
    • Costume Design : Richard Bruno
    • Producer : Arnon Milchan
    • Photo Director : Fred Schuler
    • Original Music : Robbie Robertson
    • Scenario : Paul D. Zimmerman
    • Director : Martin Scorsese

  • Technical details

    • Printed format : 35 mm
    • Sound mix : Mono 1.0
    • Year of production : 1982
    • French release date : 17 mai 1983
    • Category : Feature film
    • Color : Colors
    • Language : English

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