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Release Date
• USA: Dec 22, 1999
• UK: 5 May 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 30, 2000
Budget $52,000,000
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MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Studio Cinehaus, Jersey Films, Mutual Film Company, Universal
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Other Titles
• Man on the Moon
• Andy Kaufman (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Biography, True Story, Prostitution, Hollywood, Showbiz
Tagline: "Hello, my name is Andy and this is my poster."
Plot: In a remarkable and touching performance, Jim Carrey tones down his usual idiosyncrasies to play late avant garde comedian Andy Kaufman in MAN ON THE MOON. In life, Kaufman was a complex, controversial, and, at times, insane performer, and Carrey captures this, as well as the subtle nuances of his more toned-down private life. Director Milos Forman stages faithful recreations of Kaufman’s pranks, method-like immersion in characters, and even scenes from TAXI, the hit TV show that made him a star, but also follows the comedian through his tragic diagnosis with cancer and his loving relationship with his girlfriend Lynne Margulies (Courtney Love). Danny DeVito, Kaufman's real-life TAXI co-star, plays George Shapiro, the manager who discovers him and is willing to put up with all his antics, acknowledging Andy’s wry genius. Along the way on his self-made rocky road of stardom, Kaufman reinvents himself as a foreign man who mangles jokes, and as Elvis; lip-syncs the MIGHTY MOUSE cartoon theme after a full minute of dead air time on Saturday Night Live; becomes a "professional" wrestler, and subsequently manages to sabotage his TV career. The supporting cast in MAN ON THE MOON is excellent, including Paul Giamatti has his comedic partner-in-crime, and many members of the real cast of
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| Directed by |
Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
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Jim Carrey
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Dumb & Dumber |
 | Danny DeVito
L.A. Confidential, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Fish |
 | Courtney Love
The People vs. Larry Flynt, 200 Cigarettes, Trapped |
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I'm From Hollywood, The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior, Summerslam | |
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