NCMA Cinema Winter 2019 - The King of Comedy
January 18, 2019
8:00 PM
The King of Comedy
(1982) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bergman. (109 min.) PG. DCP.
An aspiring comic living in his mother’s New Jersey basement is convinced he deserves a shot with the king of late night. An everyday schlub, hungry for fame, he stalks his idol, a career plan that takes increasingly desperate turns in this film foreshadowing the longing for celebrity in the reality TV era.
Introduced by Laura Boyes
(1982) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bergman. (109 min.) PG. DCP.
An aspiring comic living in his mother’s New Jersey basement is convinced he deserves a shot with the king of late night. An everyday schlub, hungry for fame, he stalks his idol, a career plan that takes increasingly desperate turns in this film foreshadowing the longing for celebrity in the reality TV era.
Introduced by Laura Boyes
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