King Of Comedy (1983) - (Movie Clip) I'll Give You The Six Weeks

King of Comedy, The - (Original Trailer)

Robert De Niro plays a would-be comic who kidnaps a talk-show host (Jerry Lewis) to win a guest shot on his show in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy (1983).

King Of Comedy (1983) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Expecting A Phone Call

Aspiring comic Rupert (Robert DeNiro) at home, his nuttiness amplified with cardboard cut-outs of Liza Minnelli and Jerry Lewis as late-night host Jerry Langford, then making a show of following-up Jerry’s insincere instruction to call his office, in Martin Scorsese’s The King Of Comedy, 1983.

King Of Comedy (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Say Hello To Jerry!

Director Martin Scorsese’s opening, with real NBC announcer Ed Herlihy introducing Jerry Lewis as the Johnny Carson-like TV host Jerry Langford, Robert DeNiro as oddball Rupert Pupkin in the stage door crowd and Sandra Bernhard lurking in the limo, in The King Of Comedy, 1983.