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A not-so-funny thing happens to talk show host Jerry Langford on his way to the studio one morning--he is kidnapped by an aspiring stand-up comic. The ransom: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine. Robert De Niro stars as the obsessive comic, Rupert Pupkin, and Jerry Lewis, as Langford, co-stars in a rare dramatic performance in this compelling film by director Martin Scorsese. Pupkin, whose only audience has been a tape recorder and large cardboard cutouts of his idols, is already a legend in his own mind and will risk everything to get a break on Langford's late night talk show. Unable to land an appearance on Langford's show, Pupkin joins in a bizarre scheme to kidnap the talk-show host with a wacky, romantically obsessed Langford fan (Sandra Bernhard). The results are incredibly funny and ironically true-to-life. ARNON MILCHAN Presents a MARTIN SCORSESE picture. ROBERT DeNIRO. "THE KING OF COMEDY" JERRY LEWIS, TONY RANDALL, DIAHNNE ABBOTT, SANDRA BERNHARD. Production Designer BORIS LEVEN, Music Production by ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Executive Producer ROBERT GREENHUT, Written by PAUL D. ZIMMERMAN, Produced by ARNON MILCHAN, Directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.