Man on the Moon
starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry, Brittany Colonna
directed by: Milos Forman
directed by: Milos Forman
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783240312
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783240317
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 30, 2000
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 3181
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Jim carrey hilariously portrays the late andy kaufman in this entertaining comedy. Kaufman is considered one of the most innovative eccentric and enigmatic comics of all time. Along for the ride to the top is kaufmans manager george shapiro his best friend and writer bob zmuda and his girlfriend. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/12/2005 Starring: Jim Carrey Courtney Love Run time: 119 minutes Rating: R Director: Milos Forman
Amazon.com:
'There is no real you,' jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. 'I forgot,' he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon.
The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from Private Andy. True, we get to see something of his private interest in meditation and some of the flakier extremes of alternative medicine, but even these interludes suggest the presence of an ultimate con behind apparent miracles of transformation.
Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) allege that transformation was Kaufman's purpose--more than a shtick but less than a destiny. As we see him constantly up the ante on the credibility of his performance personae (the obnoxious nightclub comic Tony Clifton; the insulting, misogynistic professional wrestler), Forman makes it harder and harder to detect Kaufman's sleight of hand. But it's there, always there, always the transcendent Andy watching the havoc he creates and the emotions he stirs.
Carrey is magnificent as Kaufman, re-creating uncannily detailed comedy pieces etched in the memory of anyone who remembers the real Andy. But while Carrey's mimicry of Kaufman is flawless and funny, the actor probes much deeper into an enigmatic character who, in life, was often a moving target even for those closest to him. --Tom Keogh
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- There is no real you. Oh yeah, I forgot.Man on the Moon is Jim Carrey's homage to comedian/non-comedian Andy Kaufman. A complex man, Kaufman ... Read More
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- one of the most underrated comedies i've ever encounteredJim Carrey is amazing through this whole film - I didn't know a thing about Andy Kaufman, but Jim Carrey's ... Read More
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- Child of the 70's Middle Aged by 2007....I grew up watching alot of tv in the 70's, I first noticed Andy Kauffman on Saturday Night Live and later in ... Read More
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- Excellent MovieVery good movie about Andy Kaufman. Shows us a little bit about the eccentric side of the person we knew as Latka ... Read More
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- Probably a better rentalI really enjoyed this movie, and it does a great job telling Andy's story. However, I can't say I would watch this ... Read More
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