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Man on the Moon Widescreen DVD

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Release Date: 5/30/2000
Original Release: 1999
Format: DVD
Length: 119 minutes
Rating: R (MPAA)
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 025192072024
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video

Directed by:

Milos Forman, Tomas Jan, Milos Formanova

Featuring:

Norm MacDonald, Leslie Lyles, Peter Bonerz, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Vincent Schiavelli, Gerry Becker, Jim Carrey, Paul Giamatti

Categories:

Dramas, Biography, Theatrical Release, Standup Comedians, Comedians/Comediennes

	Description

	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. .

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	Awards

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	Technical Specifications

	Surround Sound DTS Stereo Noise Reduction - Dolby Recording Mode - Dolby Surround AC-3 Closed Captioned Color - Color Additional Information - Widescreen

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)

Posted on March 9, 2007

Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

I am a big fan of Andy Kaufman unique breed of comedy and I am also a fan of when Jim Carrey takes chances, thus this was the movie for me. Milos Forman is constantly getting you to question the...
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Posted on January 14, 2007

Reviewed by: Jesse

The beginning of this film was very annoying. After it picked up the pace and established Andy Kaufman not only as a huge loser, but a comedic genious, it got slightly better. It's not Jim Carrey...
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