The Waltz of the puppets

the Waltz of the puppets ( The King off Comedy ) is an American dramatic comedy, carried out by Martin Scorsese, left in 1983.

Synopsis

Rupert Pupkin has only one dream: to become large comic. One evening, to the exit of a recording of the television program The Jerry Langford Show , he manages to approach the organizer high-speed motorboat, Jerry Langford, and to accompany it (against its liking) in his limousine. Persuaded that it is the sign of the beginning of its great career, Rupert will not have of cease to badger Jerry to be invited in its show…

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Around film

  • Jerry Lewis finds in this film its first dramatic role.
  • the film was a commercial failure for the realizer Martin Scorsese, but criticisms were positive.
  • For the turning of the scene where Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) is introduced into the house of Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), Robert De Niro uttered remarks anti-semites to put in anger Jerry Lewis which, little accustomed to the " méthode" , seems with final really furious with the screen.
  • In the scene where Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard disputes in the street, people around them look at, amused. Among them, one can see Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon, members of the British group The Clash.

Rewards and Nominations

Rewards

  • 1984 : BAFTA of the best original screenplay (for Paul D. Zimmerman).

Nominations

See too

  • Card IMDB

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