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Man on the Moon (1999) 7.4
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Metascore: 58/100
Reviews: 548 user | 139 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com The life and career of a legendary comedian, Andy Kaufman. Director:Milos Forman |
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Cast
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Andy Kaufman
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| Greyson Erik Pendry | ... |
Little Michael Kaufman
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Leslie Lyles | ... |
Janice Kaufman - Andy's Mother
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Bobby Boriello | ... | |
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Mr. Besserman
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| Budd Friedman | ... |
Budd Friedman
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Wiseass Comic
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Thomas Armbruster | ... |
Improv Piano Player
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Pamela Abdy | ... |
Diane Barnett
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Wendy Polland | ... |
Little Wendy
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Cash Oshman | ... |
Yogi
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Meditation Student
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Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on Taxi (1978), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, Jerry Lawler (who plays himself in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on Late Night with David Letterman (1982), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC. Written by Eli Boorstein <uahp@rocketmail.com>
Taglines:
Hello, my name is Andy and this is my video." [video release] See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language and brief sexuality/nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 December 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Andy Kaufman See more »Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$52,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,515,585 (USA) (24 December 1999)Gross:
£501,786 (UK) (12 May 2000)Company Credits
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Andy Kaufman: Hello. I am Andy and I would like to thank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was *better*, you know, but... it is so stupid! It's terrible! I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney! Now the movie is much *shorter*.
[pause]
Andy Kaufman: In fact, this is the end of the movie. Thank you very much.
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(1999)
Written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Produced by Pat McCarthy
Mixed by Pat McCarthy and Jamie Candiloro
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The opening credits sequence mentioning that certain facts were changed and some events were in a different order, was written in by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski in anticipation of fickle audience members pointing out historical inaccuracies used for dramatic effect. They received numerous letters from Andy Kaufman fans regarding "mistakes" nonetheless. See more »Goofs
After Andy gives his Elvis Presley impersonation, the same guy (long hair in a pony-tail) can be seen rising from his seat several different times to give a standing ovation. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Andy Kaufman: Hello. I am Andy and I would like to thank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was *better*, you know, but... it is so stupid! It's terrible! I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney! Now the movie is much *shorter*.
[pause]
Andy Kaufman: In fact, this is the end of the movie. Thank you very much.
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Crazy Credits
At the beginning of the movie, Andy appears, criticizing the movie as "so stupid" and "terrible," and complains about the movie's events being changed for dramatic purposes. He then says that he has "cut out all the baloney," making the movie "much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie." To get the audience to leave, he cues up a record, and the end credits begin to roll, through the cast list, stunt performers, unit production manager, first assistant director, and second assistant director. See more »Soundtracks
The Great Beyond(1999)
Written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Produced by Pat McCarthy
Mixed by Pat McCarthy and Jamie Candiloro
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
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Biographies of strange people have always fascinated me, and this is no exception. And "strange" doesn't really seem to adequately describe real-life comedian Andy Kauffman. He was REALLY different, many times very offensive, sometimes very unfunny....but always extremely interesting and certainly unique.
Jim Carrey shows us once again how comedians can be such good dramatic actors. Carrey is outstanding in this role, and perfect for it. The rest of the cast is good, too, from Danny DeVito to Paul Giamatti to Courtney Love.
Right from the beginning of this movie one sees how original it is, and how original Kaufman was as a comedian. His routines, antics and put-ons are so realistically done that no thinks they are just that. Unfortunately, his "jokes" don't always go over so well, aren't appreciated by most audiences and he is not always the most likable entertainer you will ever see. That means - be forewarned - that there are a number of unpleasant scenes in this film. You have to really appreciate Kauffman's absurd humor and to appreciate Carrey's great portrait of this man.
On multiple viewings (I've seen it four times) I liked this film even more than the first time, even though I knew the surprises. I don't know of any comedian - to this day - who deliberately tried to annoy his audience or truly liked it when his audience hated him. I cannot believe he had the nerve to do the things he did. In summary, this is a fascinating biography, to say the least.