Movie · Comedy · Drama

Oscar® Winner Robert De Niro gives a mesmerizing performance in Martin Scorsese’s timeless, darkly funny satire as Rupert Pupkin, a deranged comedian who will go to any length to gain the spotlight. Teaming with an equally imbalanced woman (Sandra Bernhard), Pupkin kidnaps his idol, jaded TV talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). The ransom? Pupkin gets one appearance on Langford’s show.

1983 · 1h 49m
  • 89%
  • 13+
Director Martin Scorsese

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Oscar® Winner Robert De Niro gives a mesmerizing performance in Martin Scorsese’s timeless, darkly funny satire as Rupert Pupkin, a deranged comedian who will go to any length to gain the spotlight. Teaming with an equally imbalanced woman (Sandra Bernhard), Pupkin kidnaps his idol, jaded TV talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). The ransom? Pupkin gets one appearance on Langford’s show.

COMMON SENSE

Scorsese movie about the perils of fame has mature themes.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.5
Reviews 73
Fresh 65
Rotten 8

Information

Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
1983
Run Time
1 hr 49 min
Rated
PG for parental guidance.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1982 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German , Italian , Norwegian , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.