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The King of Comedy

Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

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Info about The King of Comedy

Studio(s): Embassy International Pictures, 20th Century Fox

Originally Released: United States, Dec 18, 1982

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $2,536,000.00

Budget: $20,000,000.00

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller