Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

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Man on the Moon

Courtney Love, Danny DeVito, Jim Carrey, Paul Giamatti, Richard Belzer

Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey, as the late Andy Kaufman who was considered the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comic of his time. A master at provoking audiences, Kaufman could generat...( read more  read more... )e belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Danny DeVito also stars in Man on the Moon as Kaufman's manager, George Shapiro, with Courtney Love co-starring as Lynne Margulies, the woman who befriends and eventually falls in love with the comic. Paul Giamatti portrays Kaufman's best friend an d writer, Bob Zmuda. Well-known Vegas lounge singer Tony Clifton stars as himself.

Id: 8900949

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  • November 23, 2009
    Not having heard more about Andy Kaufman than the wonderful REM song of the same name this movie totally took me by surprise. What an insane but hilarious approach to humor this man had. Jim Carrey gives one of his best performances, bringing Kaufman back to life, together with s...( read more)ome of the actual actors and persons he dealt with. Funny, sad, sometimes wonderfully wrong and always entertaining. Wonderful film that makes me wish I would have known Kaufman, the comedian, in his heydays.
  • September 22, 2009
    Informative and fantastical, it?s very fitting because it?s very Kaufman.
  • January 11, 2009
    Andy Kaufman: You don't know the real me.
    Lynne Margulies: There isn't a real you.
    Andy Kaufman: Oh yeah, I forgot.

    A very good movie featuring an excellent performance by Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman.

    After acknowledging that some events have been changed for dramatic effect, t...( read more)he movie sets off to tell the story of Kaufman and it works wonderfully well. Its entertaining, well acted, and very good at recreating specific scenes and sets from Taxi, David Letterman, etc.

    And I can't say enough about how good Carrey is in this movie.

    Andy Kaufman: Since you've all been such good boys and girls, I would like to take everybody in this entire audience out for milk and cookies. There are buses outside. Everybody follow me.
  • June 1, 2008
    If you believe, they put a man on the moon...
  • May 16, 2008
    Carrey is Kaufman, he delivers an amazingly heartwarming performance
  • December 24, 2009
    I was never familiar with the back story on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. I remember watching him in the show Taxi when I was a kid. But other than that I was unaware of his life. Andy Kaufman was a very odd but funny man. Many did not seem to understand his humour or were not ...( read more)ready for it. Jim Carrey is excellent as Andy Kaufman. His potray of this man seemed to be to a tee. Plus the film has a great supporting cast. This movie is funny yet sad at the same time. Well worth a watch.
  • December 20, 2009
    Good, but not too memorable.
  • December 5, 2009
    I have a sinking suspicion that, had a "serious" actor played Kaufman, the Oscars would've swallowed him up. Jim Carrey, while perfect for the part, faces the very same problem, ie, of being perfect for the part. Worth a watch once.
  • November 30, 2009
    GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • November 30, 2009
    jim carrey in one of his best roles - a must see ...also courtney love is actually rather good as his wife! its a real tearjerker!

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