Man on the Moon movie

A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Man on the Moon is a 1999 film based on the unusual life and career of Andy Kaufman.The movie, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Milo? Forman, begins at Kaufmans childhood, where he is seen performing imaginary television programs for stuffed animals. The story traces Kaufmans steps through the numerous comedy clubs, and television appearances that made him famous, including his memorable appearances on Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, Fridays, and his role as the lovable "Latka Gravas" on the television sitcom, Taxi. The film pays particular attention to the various inside jokes, scams, put-ons and happenings that Kaufman was famous for, most significantly his long-running "feud" with wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler and his portrayal of the bawdy lounge singer Tony Clifton.Carrey won a Golden Globe for his performance - his second win in a row after receiving an award for The Truman Show previously. He was nominated in the Musical/Comedy category for Man on the Moon, and remarked in his acceptance speech that he thought the film was a drama at heart.Jim Carreys Acceptance Speech.

57th Annual Golden Globe Awards. 23 January 2000.PlotAs is often true with biopics, the film makes a few changes to Kaufmans life story. As Kaufman explains in the prologue, "all the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes."Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey) is a struggling performer whose act fails in nightclubs because, while the audience wants comedy, he sings children?s songs and overuses his ?foreign man? character. Just as it becomes clear that Kaufman may have no real talent, he puts on a rhinestone jacket and does a dead-on Elvis impersonation and song. The audience bursts into applause, realizing Kaufman had tricked them ? making his big Elvis payoff all the more enjoyable.Man on the Moon. 1999.

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Man on the Moon Cast

• Bobby Boriello
• Brittany Colonna
• Budd Friedman
• Cash Oshman
• Danny DeVito
• George Shapiro
• Gerry Becker
• Gerry Robert Byrne
• Greyson Erik Pendry
• Leslie Lyles
• Pamela Abdy
• Thomas Armbruster
• Tom Dreesen
• Wendy Polland