The King of Comedy
It's No Laughing Matter.
Country
Production
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$2 536 242
Director
Actors
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Shelley Hack, Frederick de Cordova, Ed Herlihy, Lou Brown, Loretta Tupper, Peter Potulski
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Paul D. Zimmerman
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Robert Greenhut
Camera operator
Fred Schuler
Composer
Artist
Audition
Cis Corman
Short description
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
What's left behind the scenes
- Sandra Bernhard had no formal acting training. The role of Masha was her film debut. Considering all this and wanting her character to look as natural as possible, director Martin Scorsese allowed her to improvise lines.
- During the filming of the movie, Robert De Niro was married to Dianne Abbott, who played the role of Rita.
- The lawyer Jerry Langford was played by Martin Scorsese's lawyer.
- Almost all of Rupert's scenes performed by Robert De Niro in Jerry's house were improvised. During the phone call, Kim Chan's character made up his lines as he went along. The episode where this character just can't open the door was also not written in the script.
- When Rupert appeared at Langford's house, Robert De Niro deliberately made several antisemitic remarks in order to seriously anger Jerry Lewis (1926-2017). Lewis was shocked, and his genuine reaction to the insults pleased the director.
- In the scene where Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard's characters argue, some thugs begin to harass her. The roles of the latter were played by Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, and Paul Simonon from the British punk rock band The Clash (1976-1985).
- The character played by Jerry Lewis is also named Jerry. Initially, the script stated that Jerry Langford's name was Bobby. Lewis himself suggested calling him by his own name so the camera could capture the reaction of passersby on the street who recognized him. In this scene, only the taxi driver and the woman in the phone booth were professional actors; all the others were random passersby.
- Talia Shire had no formal acting training. The role of Ada was her film debut. Given this, and wanting her character to appear as natural as possible, director Martin Scorsese allowed her to improvise her lines.
- During the filming of the movie, Robert De Niro was married to Diane Abbott, who played the role of Rita.
- The lawyer Jerry Langford was played by Martin Scorsese's own lawyer.
- Almost all the scenes featuring Robert De Niro's character, Rupert, in Jerry's house were improvised. During the phone call to Jerry, Kim Chan's character improvised his lines on the fly. The episode in which this character struggles to open the door was also not in the script.
- When Rupert appeared at Langford's house, Robert De Niro deliberately made several antisemitic remarks to genuinely anger Jerry Lewis (1926-2017). Lewis was shocked, and his authentic reaction to the insults satisfied the director.
- In the scene featuring an argument between the characters played by Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard, some thugs begin to harass her. The latter were played by Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, and Paul Simonon from the British punk rock band The Clash (1976-1985).
- The character played by Jerry Lewis is also named Jerry. Initially, the script stated that Jerry Langford's name was Bobby. Lewis himself suggested naming the character after him so that the camera could capture the reactions of passersby on the street who recognized him. In this scene, only the taxi driver and the woman in the phone booth were professional actors; everyone else was a random pedestrian.
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