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The King of Comedy is a 1982[3] American satirical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro (in his fifth collaboration with Scorsese), Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard.[4] Written by Paul D. Zimmerman, the film focuses on themes such as celebrity worship and American media culture. 20th Century-Fox released the film on February 18, 1983, in the United States,[5] although the film was released two months earlier in Iceland.[6] In the film, an aspiring stand-up comedian is increasingly obsessed with a successful comedian whom he met by chance.