Product Information
The story of the life of Andy Kaufman, the eccentric comedian who was best known as the mechanic Latka in the sitcom 'Taxi'.Product Identifiers
EAN5050582336986
eBay Product ID (ePID)44092343
Product Key Features
ActorJim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love
Film/TV TitleMan on the Moon
DirectorMilos Forman
Release Year2005
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time113 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationIn 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 TAXI.
Movie/TV TitleMan On The Moon