Martin Scorsese's THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom. Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comic who idolises talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). Still living at home with his mother, Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Tony Randall |
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| Director | Martin Scorsese |
| Genres | Drama |
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Director Martin Scorsese struggled to complete his new thriller Shutter Island because the plot was so traumatising, he had to halt filming to gather his emotions. In the film, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a tormented cop stuck in a hospital for the criminally insane. The actor recently admitted he had been left exhausted by the gruelling shoot and had been so emotionally drained, he had started to lose his sense of reality. DiCaprio said, "My character was going through extreme emotional trauma Read more
Robert De Niro has refuted suggestions that he is difficult to work with, claiming that the process of filmmaking is tricky enough without adding to it with such behaviour. The legendary star of classics such as Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Godfather II and Goodfellas, says he is easy to work with compared to some working inside the industry. "Difficult? Me? I don't think I am difficult compared to other people. It is hard to make a movie at the best of times, so you don't want to give... Read more
Call it “’Shut Out Island’. Originally scheduled to open in the US at the end of last year, the release of Martin Scorsese’s gothic thriller was pushed back to February by Paramount Pictures, taking the movie out of Oscar consideration. (Technically it’s eligible for next year, but that’s about as likely as Paris Hilton winning best actress.) What were they thinking? Granted, Shutter Island is not conventional Oscar-bait – horror rarely appeals to the... Read more
Twenty-one years ago, the three most celebrated American filmmakers of their generation got together to make the anthology film New York Stories. Woody Allen, Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese were born within seven years of each other (at 74, Allen is the oldest of the trio), and all New Yorkers. They’re also all still with us: this week Coppola is back with Tetro, his first solo original screenplay credit since The Conversation in 1974, and Allen returns with Whatever Works, a... Read more
Seth Rogen is a man on top of his chosen profession right now. Not only does 24th April see the release of his new movie Observe and Report (imagine Taxi Driver if it was a comedy and called Mall Security), but Seth is also involved in some of the most eagerly awaited funny films on the horizon, including The Green Hornet and a rumoured role in Ghostbusters III. We caught up with Seth in LA to talk all of the above, and Ray Liotta impersonations too… LF: So I was really looking forward... Read more
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