A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Chuck Low
- Man in Chinese Restaurant
- (as Chuck L. Low)
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Did you know
- TriviaMartin Scorsese has said that he thought Robert De Niro's best performance under his direction was in this film.
- GoofsThe TV sets in the store display window near the end, where Jerry Langford angrily watches the end of Rupert Pupkin's TV appearance, are all tuned to channel 3. There is no TV station in New York City on channel 3 (two major stations, WCBS and WNBC, are on channels 2 and 4 respectively). However, channel 3 was (and is) commonly used for connecting video devices such as home computers and videotape recorders to TV sets. The film crew most likely rigged a videotape player to the TVs to mimic a network broadcast, thus requiring them to be tuned to channel 3--a small detail that most audience members wouldn't have noticed.
- Quotes
Rupert Pupkin: Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Saturday Night Live: Jerry Lewis/Loverboy (1983)
- SoundtracksJerry Langford Theme
Written, arranged and performed by Bob James
Featured review
The TV Mad World
I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like this movie. It is hugely funny in places yet has a dark menacing strand running through it. Jerry Lewis and his TV-show world are totally believeable and De Niro as Pupkin plays the part like an exercise in total embarrassment.Also, much as you realise Pupkin is derranged,you can't help being on his side. One of the highlights is Pupkin's monologue. This is really well written and will remind most people of every bad comedian they have ever heard.The jokes are terrible but Pupkin's delivery seems just able to carry it off. When this movie was made the studio sat on it for two years before it was released.They probably did not know how to sell a movie like this.Sure it is an intelligent piece of work etc. but it is a most unusual film ,really quite unique.In the UK,it was barely released in cinemas and for years it was not even available on tape.Strange, because it really is a most excellent movie.
- paul sloan
- Aug 27, 2000
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- King of Comedy
- Filming locations
- Paramount Building - 1501 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Jerry Langford's offices)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,536,242
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $137,624
- Feb 21, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $2,537,298
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