| | | Hello. My name is Andy and this is my DVD.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound
Jim Carrey hilariously portrays the late Andy Kaufman in this entertaining comedy. One of the most innovative and enigmatic performers of his time, Andy Kaufman has been described variously as "a nihilistic elf, a Zen guerrilla and a dadaist comedian," but Andy always preferred to think of himself as simply a "song and dance man." Dismissed by many as an eccentric, he is better described as: a performance artist, a wrestler, a comic, Elvis Presley, an immigrant, a folk singer, or Tony Clifton, an obnoxious lounge singer from Las Vegas. A master at manipulating audiences, Kaufman could generate belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Whether inviting the audience out for milk and cookies or challenging women to inter-gender wrestling matches, he specialized in creating performances so real that even his closest friends were never sure where the truth lay.
"Hilarious..." Mademoiselle Magazine
"Best film of the year! Maniacally funny!" Entertainment Weekly
"Jim Carrey's performance is brilliant!" Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
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 TAXI.
| Features | French Dolby Surround | | Cast & Crew Bios | | Theatrical Trailer | | English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround | | Music Videos | | Documentary | | Production Notes | | Widescreen Version | | Featurette | | Deleted Scenes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 4/12/2005 |
| Running Time: 119 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 20720 | | UPC: 00025192072024 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (2000) |  | Jim Carrey, Winner, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical | |
MTV Award (2000) | | | Jim Carrey, Nominee, Best Male Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Carrey scores mightily in an eerily spectacular make-or-break performance that nails the public persona of [Andy Kaufman]..." 06/02/2000 p.10EVariety
"...[Carrey gives] a virtuoso turn that unerringly captures the behavioral quirkiness and disquieting vacantness of the man he's portraying..." 12/13-19/1999 p.109 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[Carrey gives] a dazzling performance that maintains its intensity throughout..." 02/??/2000 p.32 Premiere
"...[See] it for Carrey's creepy impersonation act..." -- 3 out of 5 stars 07/01/2000 p.99 Box Office
"...It is a fascinating, whirlwind tour through the life of a true Hollywood enigma....The film does offer an illuminating dissection of Kaufman's comedic style and philosophy..." 02/01/2000 p.58 Los Angeles Times
"...Carrey is a major fan and seems to have an intuitive understanding of his bizarre subject. His performance is a brilliant, almost terrifying impersonation..." 12/22/1999 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...What is most wonderful about MAN ON THE MOON, a very good film, is that it remains true to Kaufman's stubborn vision....The film has a heroic performance from Jim Carrey..." 12/22/1999 p.68 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
The film has a heroic performance from Jim Carrey, who successfully disappears inside the character of Andy Kaufman... Carrey is himself a compulsive entertainer who will do anything to get a laugh, who wants to please, whose public image is wacky and ingratiating. That he can evoke the complexities of Kaufman's comic agonies is a little astonishing. That he can suppress his own desire to please takes a kind of courage. - Roger Ebert
Boxoffice Magazine 7 of 10
That Carrey is able to capture such nuances and play Kaufman for what he was--alternately funny and despicable, a gifted comic with sadistic inclinations toward his audiences that too often got the best of him--is the film's great strength... the film does offer an illuminating dissection of Kaufman's comedic style and philosophy, if not an illumination of the man himself. - Wade Major
The New York Times 9 of 10
...Mr. Carrey delivers an electrifying homage in Man on the Moon... As it dutifully revisits the milestones of the Kaufman career, the film benefits enormously from Mr. Carrey's way of channeling his character. Artfully distilled, the Kaufman happenings (that's what they were) are rendered faithfully yet made tighter and funnier. Without losing Kaufman's penchant for letting an audience twist in the wind, Mr. Carrey adds his own stamp to the material by making it brighter. - Janet Maslin
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