“The King of Comedy,” a 1983 comedy-thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul D. Zimmerman, stars Jerry Lewis as the abrasive talk-show host Jerry Langford and Robert De Niro as his dangerously fixated fan Rupert Pupkin.
By DAVE ITZKOFF, New York Times: Movie
Thu, 03/28/2013 - 11:00am
“The King of Comedy,” a 1983 comedy-thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul D. Zimmerman, stars Jerry Lewis as the abrasive talk-show host Jerry Langford and Robert De Niro as his dangerously fixated fan Rupert Pupkin.