Mead Public Library (Sheboygan)

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

The king of comedy [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; Arnon Milchan presents ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; executive producer, Robert Greenhut ; written by Paul D. Zimmerman ; produced by Arnon Milchan ; directed by Martin Scorsese.

Edition:

Widescreen edition.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002]

Copyright Date

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

widescreen

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic who is short on talent but long on ambition. The ransom demand: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Contents

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen presented in a letterbox format -- "A shot at the top" making of featurette -- Still gallery -- Theatrical trailer and TV spot -- Language: English stereo. ; English mono. ; French mono. ; Spanish mono. -- Subtitles: English, Spanish.

Cast

Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Tony Randall.

Notes:

Originally released as motion picture in 1982.

Special features: "A shot at the top" making-of featurette; still gallery; theatrical trailer and TV spot.

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

Production designer, Boris Leven ; music, Robbie Robertson ; director of photography, Fred Schuler ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital.

Closed-captioned.

English, with optional French and Spanish audio; English and Spanish subtitles.

Subjects:

Celebrities -- Drama.