The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy is a pre-cert UK VHS release by Thorn EMI Video on July 1984.
==Description==
The King of Comedy brings together what must be one of the most significant screen partnerships of all time, director Martin Scorcese and Robert De Niro, the demon duo already responsible for Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and Raging Bull, and comedy veteran Jerry Lewis. The plot is as unique as it is thrilling. Rupert Pupkin (De Niro) is an aspiring comic and obsessive fan of TV comedian Jerry Langford (Lewis). Fired with the ambition to score a spot on Jerry's show, Rupert insinuates himself into his hero's limo as another fan, Marsha, is being extricated from the back seat. Langford is as charming as he is dismissive. And when it finally dawns upon the ingenuous Rupert that being nice is not enough, he conspires with Marsha in a sensationally irresponsible scheme to beat defeat.
==Cast==
===Principal cast===
*Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, a struggling stand-up comedian with mental health issues, who longs to appear on Langford's show. Pupkin styles himself as "The King of Comedy".
*Jerry Lewis as Jerry Langford, a famous late-night TV host.
*Sandra Bernhard as Masha, another mentally unstable fan of Langford.
===Supporting cast===
*Diahnne Abbott as Rita Keene, a bartender who is Rupert's love interest.
*Shelley Hack as Cathy Long, Langford's main secretary.
*Margo Winkler as a receptionist of Langford's production company
*Kim Chan as Jonno, a house servant of Langford.
*Frederick De Cordova as Bert Thomas, a producer of Langford's show.
*Edgar Scherick as Wilson Crockett, a network television executive.
*Ed Herlihy as himself
*Tony Randall as himself
*Victor Borge as himself
*Joyce Brothers as herself
===Cameo appearances===
*Catherine Scorsese as Rupert's Mom (only voice)
*Cathy Scorsese as Dolores, a fan of Pupkin in one of his daydreams.
*Martin Scorsese as TV director
*Charles Scorsese as first Man at Bar
Category:VHS
Category:UK VHS Releases
Category:1984 VHS Releases
Category:Movies