I love how blind Rupert is to Jerry's loneliness and isolation. The tone in Rita's voice when she point's out the table is set for one. Jerry is a massive star, no wife, no girlfriend (how do you trust they truly love you?) sitting in a big lonely house eating by himself. There is a terrible loneliness to Jerry, but Rupert is so very convinced he wants in on Jerry's 'amazing' life. What Rupert does to this man is truly awful.
Another point tp how lonely he really is would be the fact he's not actually alone. He has people working in his home but that's because they have a job. Jerry pays them to be in the house to work, so there's no real connection. Even the little exchange he has with the Asian guy at the end is awkward and forced. Jerry's got a house full of people but is still severly alone
@@HomekittyL2when you are alone you are your own company. I would so rather be by myself enjoying my wealth than a gold digging wife. Is funny in real life jerry actor was told to be worse than rupert here or similar. He divorced his long married wife got a young wife and adopted daughter and he left all his will to them not a penny to biological sons or long x wife.
The butler is my favorite part of this scene. "He's a touching everything! You know, he's ruining the house! And, here I'm getting a heart attack already!"
Especially the scene when he’s trying to open the door for Jerry. That wasn’t scripted, he actually had trouble opening the door and Jerry’s reaction was priceless.
Not really because you shouldn't care about any of the characters. Rita is a thief, Jerry is somewhat ungrateful to everyone around him, and Pumpkin is egomaniac nuts. They all deserve it.
@Jessica Buttgereit #DINIZISTA you don’t think he’s an egomaniac? Lol. He barged himself into someone’s house uninvited and then made himself feel right at home. Even offering to fix jerry I drink like he was hosting him lol
I don't know if Narcissistic Personality Disorder was a psychological term back in the early 1980s, but Robert De Niro's character Rupert Pupkin unquestionably had it.
The word itself predates modern psychiatric jargon. It has been in use long before someone decided it was a "mental condition" or whatever fluid language they have decided fits this decade to describe the attributes of such a person.
Despite being embarrassed and humiliated, Rita steals a little trinket off the table as she's getting her purse. What do we learn from that moment, about her and about the entire exchange?
We learn that the cult of personality/celebrity worship has quite a pull on some people. If Rita were in the home of some "regular" person, she never would consider boosting their shit.
I would say that we learn that she sees this boost in a symbolic manner....she realizes that Rupert is deluded and thinks 'Why not f get something out of this?'....I didn't feel that she wants to sell it as a token...but everybody can get a little star struck...I see it as a personal memento.
This scene is such a nightmare, but impossible not to watch over and over again. THe embarrasment on the girl is amazing as is Jerry Lewis's stare. So well played. I'm getting a heart attack already....oy!
@@rao8559 this is essentially the only fantasy sequence in the film that isn't a fantasy, aside from the ending. This is the definition of fantasy crashing against reality in the most painful of ways. One of the greatest films ever made, so ahead of its time
@@patriceaqa288 I agree. I like Joker (2019) on which this is based but this is far superior. There is a scene in Taxi driver where Travis is on the phone with Betty after he destroys his chances after taking her to a pornno film. While he is begging her for a second chance, the camera pans away as if to spare the audience his pain and humiliation to leave him some dignity. Not here , nope . We are thrust right into it and it never lets up or backs away.
The reason is because De Niro is a method actor. He was saying Anti semitic things to Jerry Lewis and he got seriously mad at him. You notice he brings up Hitler. Totally improved
Jerry Lewis seems like a garbage human being. I can see he has not one ounce of talent in comedy and it is baffling how he was pushed so far in that area. It is telling that he is largely forgotten now.
Jerry pissed off is hilarious. I think that he would have this very same reaction if this were real life, and say the exact same things. Great scene and great movie.
Apparently Robert DeNiro made a lot of anti semitic remarks just prior to the scene to get him riled up. And yes I realize I am responding to a comment made in the first Obama administration.
Joker's Wikipedia page says point blank that the script drew inspiration from Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. Also, all three movies are clearly the same scenario, and KOC and Joker have especially similar plot lines.
It's the accumulation of small things that make this scene so brilliant. The setting, butler, cook and the main actors who play their part to perfection. So realistic, it hardly seems anyone was acting. One can only cringe at the scene, yet smile with slack-jawed admiration.
It’s the subtle things that make this scene so great. The loud hard sole shoes clanking and clicking around the hardwood floor making more uncomfortable noise. The sound of the glass drink clanking on the glass top. All of it adds up to make a really cringe scene. “Come on down don’t be ashamed.” Not “shy”. It was his Freudian Slip.
It’s actually heartbreaking when Rupert says to Jerry, “Now I know I can’t rely on anybody.” De Niro wholly captures the crestfallen rage of a fan who turns on his hero once he’s realized how worthless he is to him.
I love that line... Pupkin: "I'm gonna work 50X harder. And I'm gonna be 50X more famous than you." Langford: "Then you're gonna have idiots like you plaguing your life!"
There needs to be much more appreciation for this movie. I watched it for the first time a year ago, and it's been in the back of my mind ever since. Sneaks up on you in the best way possible.
It's an absolute masterpiece. I've watched it a million times and I literally never get sick of it. It's right up there with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver to me.
I saw KOC when it first came out in 1983. Watching this scene 25 plus years later-I realized how the tension slowly builds up into this scene. It's a very frightening scene! DeNiro, Lewis, Abbott and the rest are awesome in this scene as well as the whole film! . I remember alot of reviewers in 1983 all saying "this film is very cold regarding show business." Scorsese crafted a brillant film and didn't take any punches!
@@anonymousmobster2444 It’s okay. Not great but fine on its own. It essentially rolls this movie and Taxi Driver into one and makes it about the Joker. It certainly won’t have the lasting impact that those films had though.
Honestly this is probably Scorcese's best film. There's no violence to distract you from the character's inner mind and the embarrassment of the moment.
"Imagine coming home, finding someone you don't want in your house, calling the police, and then being told there's nothing they can do other than arrest you if you try to remove them. Crazy right?"
As uncomfortable as this is, and as pissed off (rightfully) as Jerry is, I do like 2 things he does. The first, when Rita comes down the stairs, Jerry motions an "after you" hand signal. Even if he's just trying to get them into the same room to talk to them, he is still polite about it. The second is when Rupert yells at the house workers for supposedly acting snobby, Jerry yells out "no, not them. Me" to get Rupert's attention off of them. He may be saying that to drill into their heads that HE is the homeowner, but he still defends them from Rupert's yelling at the same time.
Um, you have misunderstood the second bit. Rupert is not talking about the house workers, he says "That's how you guys are (when you're famous)", meaning celebrities in general. And to this Jerry says, "No, not them. Me!"
Thanks for posting. One of the best scenes of a fantastic film. Interesting to learn that it was captured so well partly due to de Niro, in his method mode as always, making anti-semitic remarks off camera on set, before this was filmed. Jerry took it seriously and kept the tension for maximum effect in the scene.
Apparently, to wind jerry Lewis up for this scene, de niro said to him, off camera, "if hitler hadda lived, he'd a got all you cocksuckers!" Holy moly!
If this is true, then it was an effective ploy on De Niro’s part. Jerry looks livid in this scene, so it whatever it took to put him in that frame of mind was worth it for the overall effect.
One of the most revealing shots is Rita stealing something off the table during the argument. This movie was so far ahead of its time, people are still catching up. Ha ha ha terrific 😢
Then you're going to have idiots like you plaguing in your life... what a great line... this may be the Dinero's best work... there is not one scene in this movie where you're comfortable with his character.. brilliant
One of the cringiest squirmiest scenes ever filmed. Great acting. It's the only time I really enjoyed Lewis on film. His comedy never my style, though I like his interviews when he talks about the craft of movie making.
It takes great actors, a great director and great writing to make a great movie like this one. Not like the shit today where someone hit someone in the balls with a baseball bat and that's supposed to be funny. This particular scene is, in my opinion, one of the best scenes in movie history, comedy or drama. I'd love to know if Jerry Lewis ad- libbed any lines. And how much input he had into "suggesting" to Martin Scorsese what would and would not be funny. Because this is one hilarious movie!
Look again. They've had guys being hit in the nuts for over 100 years. In fact, you could probably find Egyptian heiroglyphics of guys getting hit in the nuts. Anyways, your comparison is completely fallacious and not an apples to apples scenario at all. They're both different types of humor.
Rupert may be delusional but he still have some manners. He tells Rita to stop doing the things that are impolite like getting the drinks, putting the record on, and going upstairs. He might even get mad at Rita if he knew she stole something. Rita is shameless, even if they were really invited, she shouldn't do that lol.
1:11. Mr Langford sir. Sorry to disturb you, what’s wrong? Everything’s wrong. He’s pumpkin. You know pumpkin. He knows everything like you play golf and everything You better come back, he’s touching everything. I’m a get a heart attack
@ANormalmanProduction I totally agree. I think this sequence is one of the best acted sequences in film history - it's one of my favorite scenes of all time, I think the acting from all involved is Grade A, but watching it materialize is one of the most uncomfortable, squirm-inducing moments of all time. This scene is ALWAYS difficult for me to watch. hehehehe
Rupert's tragicomic attempts at welcoming home Jerry sting so much because while he is bullheaded, he is negligent, and he is dishonest...he truly believes that acting as a personal friend cements himself with someone like Jerry who's mobbed or scheduled incessantly by people who see him as unattainable. If he blows past the gradual, meek, entreaties, then he sees the big picture coming up ahead, therefore it's no longer something for him to just stew over...so he thinks. If Masha acts like the turbulent coddled child that sits at the heart of Rupert's bluster, Rupert acts like the integrated, brash peer Masha wishes she could be...She keeps wishing and begging for acceptance, Rupert blindly believes he already has been. Even Jerry has demons he doesn't regularly have to confront...he plays apologetic and sincere when he's kidnapped, but the moment he has the gun, he tries to kill Masha for the indignity she's subjected him to...and then hits her when he finds out he was never in any real danger. You understand he's kept that rage in check for most of his career, but for a brief moment, he's allowed to be desperate, and he chooses to destroy...and then finds out that choice is meaningless. That scene where he faces Rupert on the store TVs speaks a thousand volumes. He's too late to stop this lonely sycophant from staining his career...and it's a chaotic thriller he helped create. He did everything he was expected to and wanted to to get where he longed to be...how could it have possibly come to this? "How did I wind up the setup for his punchline?" Because he came home and saw a man who may as well have been a pigeon, a mouse, or a spider to him. Or barring that, as invasive as Adolf Hitler. Rupert didn't have the grace to act as a surprise guest should...and Jerry didn't have the patience to ask what his significance was to Rupert. And then they hurt each other irreparably.
3:28 - None of this was scripted including Jerry's line. It's definitely Jerry Lewis making a joke because it's too aggressive for the character in that moment but it's funny! 🤣
I think that jerry was an AMAZING performer . He could do it all! Im in awe of him . Such a talented man and unique human being! Pauline Kael never liked Jerry! She never liked anyone really lol.. De Niro is also a giant!
Pauline Kael was another talent-less Jew who became famous criticizing others work. They made money with negative remarks when they themselves were devoid of any talent at all.
At around 5:19, that nervous tick of Rupert's, does it suggest that one some level, beneath his layers upon layers of delusion, he's aware of how badly he's fucking up?
I think it was wrong to have Rita steal in this scene, she was genuinely embarrassed and caught off guard by the situation and would honestly had to have been a nutcase kleptomaniac to do that in the moment. It serves no purpose to the story line as well…
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I love how blind Rupert is to Jerry's loneliness and isolation. The tone in Rita's voice when she point's out the table is set for one. Jerry is a massive star, no wife, no girlfriend (how do you trust they truly love you?) sitting in a big lonely house eating by himself. There is a terrible loneliness to Jerry, but Rupert is so very convinced he wants in on Jerry's 'amazing' life. What Rupert does to this man is truly awful.
Another point tp how lonely he really is would be the fact he's not actually alone. He has people working in his home but that's because they have a job. Jerry pays them to be in the house to work, so there's no real connection. Even the little exchange he has with the Asian guy at the end is awkward and forced. Jerry's got a house full of people but is still severly alone
@@HomekittyL2when you are alone you are your own company. I would so rather be by myself enjoying my wealth than a gold digging wife. Is funny in real life jerry actor was told to be worse than rupert here or similar. He divorced his long married wife got a young wife and adopted daughter and he left all his will to them not a penny to biological sons or long x wife.
No,it isn’t
@@CTladiesman courtesy of the mind of Robert
So true! All the pictures on the mantle has him in it
The butler is my favorite part of this scene. "He's a touching everything! You know, he's ruining the house! And, here I'm getting a heart attack already!"
Especially the scene when he’s trying to open the door for Jerry. That wasn’t scripted, he actually had trouble opening the door and Jerry’s reaction was priceless.
The most discomforting scene ever.
Rupert has made an embarrassing fool of himself there and he doesn't even realize it.
Not really because you shouldn't care about any of the characters. Rita is a thief, Jerry is somewhat ungrateful to everyone around him, and Pumpkin is egomaniac nuts. They all deserve it.
@The devil's advocatte me too i dont think he's egomaniac at all 😕
Ruperts family history is enough to sympathise with him
@Jessica Buttgereit #DINIZISTA you don’t think he’s an egomaniac? Lol. He barged himself into someone’s house uninvited and then made himself feel right at home. Even offering to fix jerry I drink like he was hosting him lol
At 5:17 just when he says "terrific" Deniro had a nervous tick. He went from from laughing to discomfort. What an actor.
Actors are not the only one doing the acting part, its also the director. Martin Scorsese.
That’s crazy!(no pun). I didn’t pick up on this.
"I can take a hint Jerry."
I don't think he can.
No way.
Arrested Development Narrator: He did not take a hint.
I don't know if Narcissistic Personality Disorder was a psychological term back in the early 1980s, but Robert De Niro's character Rupert Pupkin unquestionably had it.
The word itself predates modern psychiatric jargon. It has been in use long before someone decided it was a "mental condition" or whatever fluid language they have decided fits this decade to describe the attributes of such a person.
You can cut the tension and emotion between the two of them. You could almost see the hatred in Jerry's eyes.
Joseph Calandrella
That shows comedians conceal many pains.
Yep but yet he handle the situation in a calm manner instead of calling the cops to get them out of his house.
he's touching everything! LOL that line always gets me.
I like how everybody mispronounces his name. The receptionist called him “Pumpkin” and the butler called him “Pumgin.”
@@lemko1968 The receptionist didn’t get his name right even once 😂
Rupert still considers Jerry his mentor and friend.
This film is chock full of great, memorable scenes but I think this one is the most discomforting and electrifying.
It is the turning point of the entire story.
Despite being embarrassed and humiliated, Rita steals a little trinket off the table as she's getting her purse. What do we learn from that moment, about her and about the entire exchange?
We learn that the cult of personality/celebrity worship has quite a pull on some people. If Rita were in the home of some "regular" person, she never would consider boosting their shit.
We learn that Rita is really no better than Rupert with her celebrity worship
@@JohnSmith-mx8wp naaah, she's a petty thief anyway.
She's the type of person that feels like I am going to get something out of this, if not a meal, a trinket item.
I would say that we learn that she sees this boost in a symbolic manner....she realizes that Rupert is deluded and thinks 'Why not f get something out of this?'....I didn't feel that she wants to sell it as a token...but everybody can get a little star struck...I see it as a personal memento.
5:50 "...ordinarily I wouldn't allow anyone to speak that way about Rita..." 🤣😜😉
Watch DeNiro here. Then watch him in any scene as Jimmy Conway in “Goodfellas.” The range is breathtaking.
The best actor ever
he did raging bull 2 years prior to this film, the difference in his characters and acting is insane
Top 5. But Jack and Pacino are better.
@@kevinfinnerty8414nah. De Niro is better than them both
This scene is such a nightmare, but impossible not to watch over and over again.
THe embarrasment on the girl is amazing as is Jerry Lewis's stare. So well played.
I'm getting a heart attack already....oy!
Yeah as she steals a souvenir lol
Yep. This was plain painful.
@@rao8559 this is essentially the only fantasy sequence in the film that isn't a fantasy, aside from the ending. This is the definition of fantasy crashing against reality in the most painful of ways. One of the greatest films ever made, so ahead of its time
@@patriceaqa288 I agree. I like Joker (2019) on which this is based but this is far superior.
There is a scene in Taxi driver where Travis is on the phone with Betty after he destroys his chances after taking her to a pornno film. While he is begging her for a second chance, the camera pans away as if to spare the audience his pain and humiliation to leave him some dignity.
Not here , nope . We are thrust right into it and it never lets up or backs away.
@@harlemswingdancehotjazz1205 yeah what was all that about lol. Some backstory about her I guess was left out of the film
Pissed off Jerry scares me. He has the look of a stern father figure.
The reason is because De Niro is a method actor. He was saying Anti semitic things to Jerry Lewis and he got seriously mad at him. You notice he brings up Hitler. Totally improved
Jerry Lewis was known to be an asshole off-screen too
He was cruel to his children as well.
Just cause Lewis was a highly questionable human being does not make the anti-semitism okay.
Jerry Lewis seems like a garbage human being. I can see he has not one ounce of talent in comedy and it is baffling how he was pushed so far in that area. It is telling that he is largely forgotten now.
Jerry pissed off is hilarious. I think that he would have this very same reaction if this were real life, and say the exact same things. Great scene and great movie.
Apparently he really was like that in real life
Apparently Robert DeNiro made a lot of anti semitic remarks just prior to the scene to get him riled up. And yes I realize I am responding to a comment made in the first Obama administration.
someone else said the exchange between jerry and robert was largely unscripted, so he really was acting as himself for most of this.
@@rao8559 lol I just realized how old this comment is, you crack me up 😂
"Joker" 2019 would not exist without this film
And taxi driver
umm, you cant connect the dots to that theory. Actually, your wrong. Im pretty sure Joker wouldve made it to the screen. Easy with the guesses
@@chuckfan1 Joker is 70 % this movie
@@chuckfan1 joker is just this film but shit
Joker's Wikipedia page says point blank that the script drew inspiration from Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. Also, all three movies are clearly the same scenario, and KOC and Joker have especially similar plot lines.
Jerry Lewis said that the entire exchange between him and De Niro was improvised.
Lewis said was baffled why he won awards for this movie since he just played himself.
Which showed how both actors brought their A game with nothing being force to be believable
YA WELL SO DID HITLER!
Now that’s acting.
@@konami1979 he’s so good, every moment is just perfect. Love him in this
It's the accumulation of small things that make this scene so brilliant. The setting, butler, cook and the main actors who play their part to perfection. So realistic, it hardly seems anyone was acting. One can only cringe at the scene, yet smile with slack-jawed admiration.
It’s the subtle things that make this scene so great.
The loud hard sole shoes clanking and clicking around the hardwood floor making more uncomfortable noise.
The sound of the glass drink clanking on the glass top.
All of it adds up to make a really cringe scene.
“Come on down don’t be ashamed.”
Not “shy”. It was his Freudian Slip.
I know this scene is uncomfortable, but when Jerry and Rupert start arguing, it turns hilarious.
It’s actually heartbreaking when Rupert says to Jerry, “Now I know I can’t rely on anybody.” De Niro wholly captures the crestfallen rage of a fan who turns on his hero once he’s realized how worthless he is to him.
I love that line...
Pupkin: "I'm gonna work 50X harder. And I'm gonna be 50X more famous than you."
Langford: "Then you're gonna have idiots like you plaguing your life!"
That’s right. Yes.
And have schmucks like you stalking you!
*"You wanna hear another joke, Murray?"*
"So I made a mistake"
"So did Hitler"
It's a bit extreme to compare Hitler's mistakes with his. Hilarious!
@@gjk2012 I lost it at that part.
I love that line, “come on down. Don’t be ashamed.”
There needs to be much more appreciation for this movie. I watched it for the first time a year ago, and it's been in the back of my mind ever since. Sneaks up on you in the best way possible.
It's an absolute masterpiece. I've watched it a million times and I literally never get sick of it. It's right up there with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver to me.
I saw KOC when it first came out in 1983. Watching this scene 25 plus years later-I realized how the tension slowly builds up into this scene. It's a very frightening scene! DeNiro, Lewis, Abbott and the rest are awesome in this scene as well as the whole film! . I remember alot of reviewers in 1983 all saying "this film is very cold regarding show business." Scorsese crafted a brillant film and didn't take any punches!
This movie is giant. "No.....I was that way before".
Jerry was his idol. he probably read all the fan magazines and everything he could on the guy.
This is the only film that actually kept me on my toes trying to figure out what's real and what's a created by Rupert
Joker 2019
@@worlddj1364 Joker sucks compared to this lol
@@FeebleBird903 But it's great on its own
@@anonymousmobster2444 It’s okay. Not great but fine on its own. It essentially rolls this movie and Taxi Driver into one and makes it about the Joker. It certainly won’t have the lasting impact that those films had though.
I think the movie is actually pretty clear which scenes are real and imagined. This is a great but it’s no David Lynch movie.
De Niro plays the kind of guy you would want to punch in the face. An outstanding performance.
Not me I felt bad for him 😟
Now, I want see The Fan where De Niro plays an obsessed baseball fan.
@@tareklegrand7747how the fuck could you feel bad for him he’s a bag of scum the entire movie that pretends to be nice lmao watch the movie again
Funniest bit is when she walks down the stairs, as if she belongs there, making her self at home fantastic stuff.
This is one of the best scenes in film history !!!
It's even more creepy that he knew the butler's name.
That was a great exchange............one of the more memorable scenes in cimema history.
Honestly this is probably Scorcese's best film. There's no violence to distract you from the character's inner mind and the embarrassment of the moment.
The asian guy just nailed it
🤣
"Don't be ashamed..." very interesting projection.
Everybody in this scene was stellar but Jerry's whole demeanor...and how he just, lets it all go, but still kept it cool. Genius.
"go ahead Rita"
Rita stole something? Didn't notice that first time
The butler not being able to get the door open kills me everytime! 🤣🤣🤣
It really is a great scene....the performances from all of them, and the tension !
You can just feel it all over !
THIS is class 1 acting. Un-ease zone.
"Imagine coming home, finding someone you don't want in your house, calling the police, and then being told there's nothing they can do other than arrest you if you try to remove them. Crazy right?"
The Asian man did one the best scenes in the movie. "He's touching everything.....ruining everything..." HAHA
*"Imma habbing a HEART ATTACK already!"*
@@maximusprime3459 YES! The man was halarious! :)
As uncomfortable as this is, and as pissed off (rightfully) as Jerry is, I do like 2 things he does. The first, when Rita comes down the stairs, Jerry motions an "after you" hand signal. Even if he's just trying to get them into the same room to talk to them, he is still polite about it. The second is when Rupert yells at the house workers for supposedly acting snobby, Jerry yells out "no, not them. Me" to get Rupert's attention off of them. He may be saying that to drill into their heads that HE is the homeowner, but he still defends them from Rupert's yelling at the same time.
Um, you have misunderstood the second bit. Rupert is not talking about the house workers, he says "That's how you guys are (when you're famous)", meaning celebrities in general. And to this Jerry says, "No, not them. Me!"
"And I'm getting a heart attack already".
One of the best displays of acting in any movie. Oscar worthy.
'I'm getting heart attack already.'
Funny thing, how comedians are usually good at serious roles
“Let’s weekend with Jerry in the Hamptons.” Rupe
I might be the only one here who thinks the entire scene was hilarious af!
Especially this part [1:47] lmao 😭
Kim Chan killing it as usual
Thanks for posting. One of the best scenes of a fantastic film. Interesting to learn that it was captured so well partly due to de Niro, in his method mode as always, making anti-semitic remarks off camera on set, before this was filmed. Jerry took it seriously and kept the tension for maximum effect in the scene.
HeavyArtillery6 hahaha
Well he was a taxi driver and when you mix it up as a wannabe comedian you get grade A performance 👍
Apparently, to wind jerry Lewis up for this scene, de niro said to him, off camera, "if hitler hadda lived, he'd a got all you cocksuckers!" Holy moly!
If this is true, then it was an effective ploy on De Niro’s part. Jerry looks livid in this scene, so it whatever it took to put him in that frame of mind was worth it for the overall effect.
8:07
Columbo: Oh, just one more thing.
When Bob says, come on down don’t be ashamed. Brilliance…
The way Jerry throws the golf club at the end is everything.
Took me about 5 minutes to figure out if this was real or not, amazing writing!
I know at first I thought it was one of his fantasy moments
7:21
This was not a stretch for Jerry Lewis. He was actually like this...😂😂😂😂
One of the most revealing shots is Rita stealing something off the table during the argument. This movie was so far ahead of its time, people are still catching up. Ha ha ha terrific 😢
Then you're going to have idiots like you plaguing in your life... what a great line... this may be the Dinero's best
work... there is not one scene in this movie where you're comfortable with his character.. brilliant
Butler: "I'm getting a heart attack already."
One of the cringiest squirmiest scenes ever filmed. Great acting. It's the only time I really enjoyed Lewis on film. His comedy never my style, though I like his interviews when he talks about the craft of movie making.
No I was like this before! - fucking kills me every time
It takes great actors, a great director and great writing to make a great movie like this one. Not like the shit today where someone hit someone in the balls with a baseball bat and that's supposed to be funny.
This particular scene is, in my opinion, one of the best scenes in movie history, comedy or drama.
I'd love to know if Jerry Lewis ad- libbed any lines. And how much input he had into "suggesting" to Martin Scorsese what would and would not be funny. Because this is one hilarious movie!
Chris Cross if you wanna see something like that in baseball, I suggest you watch naked gun 😂😂
To you are a fucking idiot
Chris Cross dude people were being hit in the balls in 1930s
Violent humor has always been a thing with the Three Stooges lmaoo
Look again. They've had guys being hit in the nuts for over 100 years. In fact, you could probably find Egyptian heiroglyphics of guys getting hit in the nuts.
Anyways, your comparison is completely fallacious and not an apples to apples scenario at all. They're both different types of humor.
This is like a scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm that is shown from the receiving end of the miserly old comic's misanthropic antics.
"I'm getting a heart attack already" 😅
What a great movie
Great scene. I love Jerry's rage: it gives me a vicarious thrill.
Rupert may be delusional but he still have some manners. He tells Rita to stop doing the things that are impolite like getting the drinks, putting the record on, and going upstairs. He might even get mad at Rita if he knew she stole something.
Rita is shameless, even if they were really invited, she shouldn't do that lol.
1:11. Mr Langford sir. Sorry to disturb you, what’s wrong? Everything’s wrong. He’s pumpkin. You know pumpkin. He knows everything like you play golf and everything You better come back, he’s touching everything. I’m a get a heart attack
Gobsmacked Incredible talent.. !!!
@ANormalmanProduction
I totally agree. I think this sequence is one of the best acted sequences in film history - it's one of my favorite scenes of all time, I think the acting from all involved is Grade A, but watching it materialize is one of the most uncomfortable, squirm-inducing moments of all time. This scene is ALWAYS difficult for me to watch. hehehehe
That's why it's so brilliant.
Technically this is not a home invasion
6:19 - I never noticed that she stole that. 😄
She was gonna make the trip worth her while 😂
@@mylink.orb17 yeah I said the same thing to myself when I saw that
"the table's only set for one"
"X, what's the matter with you?" and "So that's how it is, huh?" Are Robert Deniro's catch phrases.
5:15 😂 i remember that from the old Opie and Anthony sound board 😂😂😂
That girl is pretty I like her
De Niro: Can we cast my girlfriend in the movie?
Scorsese: Can she act?
De Niro: She can memorize her lines.
Rupert's tragicomic attempts at welcoming home Jerry sting so much because while he is bullheaded, he is negligent, and he is dishonest...he truly believes that acting as a personal friend cements himself with someone like Jerry who's mobbed or scheduled incessantly by people who see him as unattainable. If he blows past the gradual, meek, entreaties, then he sees the big picture coming up ahead, therefore it's no longer something for him to just stew over...so he thinks.
If Masha acts like the turbulent coddled child that sits at the heart of Rupert's bluster, Rupert acts like the integrated, brash peer Masha wishes she could be...She keeps wishing and begging for acceptance, Rupert blindly believes he already has been.
Even Jerry has demons he doesn't regularly have to confront...he plays apologetic and sincere when he's kidnapped, but the moment he has the gun, he tries to kill Masha for the indignity she's subjected him to...and then hits her when he finds out he was never in any real danger. You understand he's kept that rage in check for most of his career, but for a brief moment, he's allowed to be desperate, and he chooses to destroy...and then finds out that choice is meaningless.
That scene where he faces Rupert on the store TVs speaks a thousand volumes. He's too late to stop this lonely sycophant from staining his career...and it's a chaotic thriller he helped create. He did everything he was expected to and wanted to to get where he longed to be...how could it have possibly come to this?
"How did I wind up the setup for his punchline?"
Because he came home and saw a man who may as well have been a pigeon, a mouse, or a spider to him. Or barring that, as invasive as Adolf Hitler. Rupert didn't have the grace to act as a surprise guest should...and Jerry didn't have the patience to ask what his significance was to Rupert. And then they hurt each other irreparably.
I agree with Rupert’s attitude. Rupert’s right and Jerry is wrong!
I love this movie
The Joker bought me here.
At least that infantile, derivative POS was good for something.
@@vittoriostoraro :(
somebody help me,,,I'm dying laughing, it's too much
This movie is much better than Taxi Driver in my own personal opinion. I found myself rooting for Pupkin at the end when he makes it, or does he…
Pupkin is so legendary.
Ah, the real Jerry Lewis!
3:28 - None of this was scripted including Jerry's line.
It's definitely Jerry Lewis making a joke because it's too aggressive for the character in that moment but it's funny! 🤣
Probably the butler/valet is probably the only true friend Mr. Langford has.
Pauline Kael wrote: "[Jerry] appears to have reserves of rage in his solid slab of a body".
I think that jerry was an AMAZING performer . He could do it all! Im in awe of him . Such a talented man and unique human being! Pauline Kael never liked Jerry! She never liked anyone really lol.. De Niro is also a giant!
Pauline Kael was another talent-less Jew who became famous criticizing others work. They made money with negative remarks when they themselves were devoid of any talent at all.
@@Valkonnen dude why the anti antisemitism
At around 5:19, that nervous tick of Rupert's, does it suggest that one some level, beneath his layers upon layers of delusion, he's aware of how badly he's fucking up?
According to Jerry's son, his dad was literally playing himself. That's how awful Lewis was in real life.
In many ways, Scorsese's most disturbing film.
Notice how Jerry never lets go of that golf club...
I think it was wrong to have Rita steal in this scene, she was genuinely embarrassed and caught off guard by the situation and would honestly had to have been a nutcase kleptomaniac to do that in the moment. It serves no purpose to the story line as well…
Yes, the scene works much better if Rita is an innocent dupe of the manipulative Rupert.
Ha!Ha! So fucking funny, every time!!🤣🖤🤣🖤🤣🖤🤣
This is how I imagine the people who run stan accounts are like
This one is tough to watch. but addicting!
"you did good mr langford" , "thank you" wtf was that lol
Just a little brownnosing.
Ass kissing
This movie is so cringe and i love it lmaooo 😂😂