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Summary: Finally The King Has Arrived
Review: The King Of Comedy is probably the best movie ever to deal with not only the world of comedy, but the media obssed world in which we all live in. The King Of Comedy should be giving the Oscar for best picture because these dumb as critics have there heads up there (). God bless The King Of Comedy, may it always be there for us in a media obsesed society
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Summary: "Rather be a King for a night than a Schmuck for life!"
Review: Rather be a King for a night than a Schmuck for life: Rupert Pupkin/Robert De Niro.
Have stopped reasoning as to why this movie not only flopped but did not attrack any kind of awards. Was it ahead of it's time? Is the name deceiving? It was after this movie I thought of De Niro as the most versatile actor I have ever known. If you are a Jerry Lewis fan, you ought to see this. If you are not, like me - I have turned to respect him as a brilliant actor here! Don't see this movie for your usual slapstick comedy or for the sake of finding a good laugh. Scorsese who's movies in general I am not a fan of, has not only shown great directing depth here but has stuck to reality. Why do I feel 'The King of Comedy' has a common ground with 'Shawshank Redemption & Ed Wood.' I guess cause the three characters in these three very different movies do have one common ground, "forget the world you live in, dream your dream into reality, cause when you do win - you don't turn around then, the world will...!"
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Summary: The King of Comedy (Robert DeNiro; Jerry Lewis 1983).
Review: Rupert Pumpkin is too funny... I can't stop laughing!
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Summary: "KING OF COMEDY"
Review: By far, De Niro's most underrated movie. A biting, brilliant satire on the public's almost pathological obsession with celebrity. The theme holds true today, perhaps even more so than when originally produced. Whoever cast this movie did a great job: Jerry Lewis' performance was a stunning surprise; Sarah Bernhardt couldn't have fit more perfectly into the scene, and De Niro was at his best. Especially appreciated by New Yorkers, this film would still attract the keen viewer of dark comedy anywhere.
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Summary: "KING OF COMEDY"
Review: By far, De Niro's most underrated movie. A brilliant, biting satire on the public's almost pathological obsession with celebrity. The story holds true today, perhaps even more so than when originally produced. Whoever cast this movie did a great job: Jerry Lewis' performance was a stunning surprise; Sarah Bernhardt couldn't have fit more perfectly into the scene, and De Niro was at his best. Especially appreciated by New Yorkers, this film would still attract the keen viewer of dark comedy anywhere.
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Summary: How good Di Niro can hustle
Review: KING OF COMEDY is a movie that demonstrates how good Di Niro can hustle dialogue. Unfortunately, the story didn't call for much of special effects, causing, I believe, it to miss at the box office. This is a movie worth seeing. The story is good, good, good--top of the writing line. The acting by Di Niro, Sandra Bernhard, and Jerry Lewis ranks up there in the superb range. The minor characters--including Tony Randall--contribute believability to this zwacky plot. I never cared for Jerry Lewis until he played a straight drama role in Funny Bones. Here in KING, though cast as a comedian, as in Funny Bones, his role is designed to perpetuate the image of a tycoon tyrant. AND HE PLAYS IT PERFECTLY WELL. Sandra Bernhard is DYNAMITE. Why have un-needed special effects when an actress like Berhard, with her invigorating style,is able to spread a little ACTION around the scenes. She is serendipithy, a nugget, a gem. I wish we could see her staged more often.
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Summary: The King of Comedy
Review: I found this film intriguing on several levels. Its depiction of the brutal realities of desperately trying to break into show business contrast with the unrelenting pressures on those few who have reached the top. Robert De Niro's performance as the aspiring comic framed perfectly the elements of charm, guile, delusion and dogged perserverance. Egged on by a similiarly deluded Marsha (Sandra Bernhard), his Rupert Pupkin is at once both pitiable and menacing. The object of his unwelcomed attention is the late night king of television, Jerry Langford, very believably portrayed by Jerry Lewis. In my opinion, Mr. Lewis' dramatic acting is the best he has ever done, not once slipping into easy slapstick. Perhaps some credit for this should go to Martin Scorsese's instincts as one of our finest directors. A host of cameos (including Scorsese) by famous personalities lend a certain believability to a community that is show business, a world that Pupkin desperately wants to be part of. This sometimes disturbing film was not a box office success but nonetheless is an interesting study of the glue that holds the glitz together.
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Summary: Who's Sandra Bernhard?
Review: So I should tell you that I can't stand Sandra Bernhard, but she plays DeNiro's foil to a tee. I remember seeing DeNiro doing his stand-up routine on Carson, thinking, "This guy's funny!" but had no idea he really wasn't a comedian. I watch this movie just because it is so quirky and hilarious. And nobody knows about it. I think that for this movie, Jerry Lewis did very little acting. He's too over-the-top on stage and on camera, so the character he plays in this movie is more true-to-life for him. So I really don't like him either, and with Bernhard being so irritating and annoying, it's only the brilliance of DeNiro that keeps me watching. Another example of why he is considered a master, among his many other hits like Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and The Godfather. But I mostly like it because it is almost uncomfortably neurotic, like I could be that guy, or that I know that guy, poor .... And in the end, he is transformed into the victor, despite all who were against him.
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Summary: Role Reversal
Review: In "The King Of Comedy," Robert DeNiro plays an aspiring stand-up comedian, who is really a borderline psychotic, obsessed with becoming famous. Jerry Lewis plays a jocular talk-show host, who is really a cold, cynical celebrity, tired of being famous. Basically, Lewis (Jerry Langford) plays it straight while DeNiro (Rupert Pupkin) plays it for laughs - not what the audience was expecting to see. That both actors were able to play their parts to perfection is a testament to their talent. Unfortunately, this movie was not a box office success upon its initial release. Hopefully, enough people will discover and come to appreciate this film for it to be issued on DVD.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: One of the funniest, edgiest and best-written dark comedies ever made.This movie should be a prerequisite for anyone thinking of breaking into acting, writing, producing or directing - not only for the way it is brilliantly constructed and produced, but because it'll ground you into reality and give you insight into what YOU may be looking like to others. Not a fan of Jerry Lewis? Who is? But the man is absolutely brilliant in this film. DeNiro? He's so brilliant that you forget it's DeNiro and feel as if you're eavesdropping on this guy Rupert. If you pick up the book "King of Comedy" (an incredible bio on the life of Jerry Lewis), Lewis actually offers some great stories about the making of "King," his role and how he was in utter awe of everything DeNiro did to prepare and play the role. Plus...how many times do you get to see Freddie DeCordova (Carson's "Tonight Show" producer) in a role tailor made for him? And, no...I'm not some old guy going on and on ("I remember when Hollywood used to be...!"). I'm 33, and have loved this movie from the first time I saw it about 8-9 years ago. You'll watch it over and over. It never gets old. It's an absolute classic.
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