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Andy Warhol has predicted that by the
end of the century everyone will have
been famous for five minutes.

Rupert Pupkin wants 15 minutes. He
warns it on telvision's late night talk
show. And he wants it now.

Robert de Niro is Rupert Pupkin, an
aspiring comic - and already a legend
in his own mind - who'll do anything
for a laugh... and risk everything to
perform his monologue on “The Jerry
Langford Show”. Terry Lewis is Jerry
Langford, the man who attained in his
lifetime what Rupert wants overnight -
the crown that belongs to “The King of
Comedy”.