Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon


Starring:Jim Carrey, Courtney Love
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
In this entertaining comedy Jim Carrey hilariously portrays the late Andy Kaufman, considered to be one of the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comics of all time. Along for the ride to the top is Kaufman s manager, George Shapiro (Danny DeVito), his best friend and writer, Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti) and girlfriend Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love). You ll stand up and cheer for Carrey in "A comic wallop of a movie!"

System Requirements:
Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, and Courtney Love.
Directed By: Milos Forman.
Running Time: 1 Hr. 59 Mins., Color.
This film is presented in "Widescreen" format.
Copyright 2000 Universal Distribution Corp.

Format: DVD MOVIE
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"There is no real you," jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. "I forgot," he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon.

The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from Private Andy. True, we get to see something of his private interest in meditation and some of the flakier extremes of alternative medicine, but even these interludes suggest the presence of an ultimate con behind apparent miracles of transformation.

Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) allege that transformation was Kaufman's purpose--more than a shtick but less than a destiny. As we see him constantly up the ante on the credibility of his performance personae (the obnoxious nightclub comic Tony Clifton; the insulting, misogynistic professional wrestler), Forman makes it harder and harder to detect Kaufman's sleight of hand. But it's there, always there, always the transcendent Andy watching the havoc he creates and the emotions he stirs.

Carrey is magnificent as Kaufman, re-creating uncannily detailed comedy pieces etched in the memory of anyone who remembers the real Andy. But while Carrey's mimicry of Kaufman is flawless and funny, the actor probes much deeper into an enigmatic character who, in life, was often a moving target even for those closest to him. --Tom Keogh
Man on the Moon
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Probably a better rental
  • Spellbinding
  • Man On The Moon
  • Weird
  • Thank you very much...
 Man on the Moon
Starring: Gerry Becker , Jim Carrey , Danny DeVito , Paul Giamatti , and Marilu Henner
Director: Milos Forman
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B00003CWTL
Release Date: 2000-05-30

Product Description

In this entertaining comedy Jim Carrey hilariously portrays the late Andy Kaufman, considered to be one of the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comics of all time. Along for the ride to the top is Kaufman s manager, George Shapiro (Danny DeVito), his best friend and writer, Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti) and girlfriend Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love). You ll stand up and cheer for Carrey in "A comic wallop of a movie!"

System Requirements:
Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, and Courtney Love.
Directed By: Milos Forman.
Running Time: 1 Hr. 59 Mins., Color.
This film is presented in "Widescreen" format.
Copyright 2000 Universal Distribution Corp.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Amazon.com

"There is no real you," jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. "I forgot," he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon.

The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from Private Andy. True, we get to see something of his private interest in meditation and some of the flakier extremes of alternative medicine, but even these interludes suggest the presence of an ultimate con behind apparent miracles of transformation.

Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) allege that transformation was Kaufman's purpose--more than a shtick but less than a destiny. As we see him constantly up the ante on the credibility of his performance personae (the obnoxious nightclub comic Tony Clifton; the insulting, misogynistic professional wrestler), Forman makes it harder and harder to detect Kaufman's sleight of hand. But it's there, always there, always the transcendent Andy watching the havoc he creates and the emotions he stirs.

Carrey is magnificent as Kaufman, re-creating uncannily detailed comedy pieces etched in the memory of anyone who remembers the real Andy. But while Carrey's mimicry of Kaufman is flawless and funny, the actor probes much deeper into an enigmatic character who, in life, was often a moving target even for those closest to him. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Probably a better rental.......2007-05-14

I really enjoyed this movie, and it does a great job telling Andy's story. However, I can't say I would watch this movie more than once a year, so a rental would probably work for this movie. I recommend this movie highly, and enjoyed it, however the bonus DVD features are kind of disappointing.

5 out of 5 stars Spellbinding.......2007-02-01

Jim Carrey is absolutely spellbinding in his portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman. Lore has it that Carrey stayed in character even when he wasn't shooting a scene. I may be incorrect, but I don't believe he was even nominated for an Oscar for this role and that is an absolute joke. The movie does a good job of moving through the different periods of Kaufman's ever-changing comedy periods. The one thing that I didn't particularly like about the movie was the time devoted to crowd shots, but I suppose that was Forman's way of showing Kaufman's effect on an audience. Highly recommended both for Carrey's performance and to learn about Kaufman.

5 out of 5 stars Man On The Moon.......2006-10-08

Andy Kaufman isn't as famous in Australia as he is in America. I remember the first time I saw "Man in the Moon". I thought it was a very interesting concept, a film about an unconventional comedian who liked to provoke not just laughter from his audience, but confusion, anger and relief. It wasn't until halfway through that someone told me that it was based on a true story. "You mean, someone actually did all this?" I said, impressed. Kaufman must have been quite a character in real life, a character in more ways than one!

Jim Carrey plays Andy Kaufman, and I think he does a pretty good job potraying Kaufman from his low-key beginnings in the comedy clubs, through his days in "Taxi" all the way to the Carnegie Hall concert just before his death. He plays him as a passionate, curious man with a vision, a man who likes to have things his own way, and has a few ways of getting it. He's a man who seemed spontaneous but seemed to plan things both on stage and in life very carefully.

There are a few special features on this DVD, and they're pretty interesting. There's a selection of deleted scenes, a featurette on the real Andy Kaufman, the original theatrical trailer, and two music videos from REM, who contributed to much of the soundtrack.

Overall, worth a look for fans of biopics.

3 out of 5 stars Weird.......2006-05-29

In this Andy Kaufman bio the viewer is left asking one question: Who is weirder, Jim Carey or Andy Kaufman. I don't know the answer, but both of them are fruitcakes.

The problem with this movie is that if it is accurate, Kaufman was really not a very nice man, so you really don't feel for him when he gets sick. Also, the movie never really gave much insight into Kaufman. It's like nobody knows him or understands him. Not uncommon amongst comedians, most of them are messed up people.

5 out of 5 stars Thank you very much..........2006-01-24

The greatest comedian who ever lived! Andy was very special, a rare breed! My hometown hero from Long Island, NY. Sorry that you had to go so quickly. God bless you Andy where ever you are? Here I come to save the day...
Jim Carrey Double Feature (Man on the Moon/Liar Liar)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Probably a better rental
  • Spellbinding
  • Man On The Moon
  • Weird
  • Thank you very much...
 Jim Carrey Double Feature (Man on the Moon/Liar Liar)
Starring: Jim Carrey , Maura Tierney , Justin Cooper , Cary Elwes , and Anne Haney
Director: Tom Shadyac , and Milos Forman
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ASIN: B00004YNUW
Release Date: 2000-10-31

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"There is no real you," jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. "I forgot," he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon.

The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from Private Andy. True, we get to see something of his private interest in meditation and some of the flakier extremes of alternative medicine, but even these interludes suggest the presence of an ultimate con behind apparent miracles of transformation.

Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) allege that transformation was Kaufman's purpose--more than a shtick but less than a destiny. As we see him constantly up the ante on the credibility of his performance personae (the obnoxious nightclub comic Tony Clifton; the insulting, misogynistic professional wrestler), Forman makes it harder and harder to detect Kaufman's sleight of hand. But it's there, always there, always the transcendent Andy watching the havoc he creates and the emotions he stirs.

Carrey is magnificent as Kaufman, re-creating uncannily detailed comedy pieces etched in the memory of anyone who remembers the real Andy. But while Carrey's mimicry of Kaufman is flawless and funny, the actor probes much deeper into an enigmatic character who, in life, was often a moving target even for those closest to him. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Probably a better rental.......2007-05-14

I really enjoyed this movie, and it does a great job telling Andy's story. However, I can't say I would watch this movie more than once a year, so a rental would probably work for this movie. I recommend this movie highly, and enjoyed it, however the bonus DVD features are kind of disappointing.

5 out of 5 stars Spellbinding.......2007-02-01

Jim Carrey is absolutely spellbinding in his portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman. Lore has it that Carrey stayed in character even when he wasn't shooting a scene. I may be incorrect, but I don't believe he was even nominated for an Oscar for this role and that is an absolute joke. The movie does a good job of moving through the different periods of Kaufman's ever-changing comedy periods. The one thing that I didn't particularly like about the movie was the time devoted to crowd shots, but I suppose that was Forman's way of showing Kaufman's effect on an audience. Highly recommended both for Carrey's performance and to learn about Kaufman.

5 out of 5 stars Man On The Moon.......2006-10-08

Andy Kaufman isn't as famous in Australia as he is in America. I remember the first time I saw "Man in the Moon". I thought it was a very interesting concept, a film about an unconventional comedian who liked to provoke not just laughter from his audience, but confusion, anger and relief. It wasn't until halfway through that someone told me that it was based on a true story. "You mean, someone actually did all this?" I said, impressed. Kaufman must have been quite a character in real life, a character in more ways than one!

Jim Carrey plays Andy Kaufman, and I think he does a pretty good job potraying Kaufman from his low-key beginnings in the comedy clubs, through his days in "Taxi" all the way to the Carnegie Hall concert just before his death. He plays him as a passionate, curious man with a vision, a man who likes to have things his own way, and has a few ways of getting it. He's a man who seemed spontaneous but seemed to plan things both on stage and in life very carefully.

There are a few special features on this DVD, and they're pretty interesting. There's a selection of deleted scenes, a featurette on the real Andy Kaufman, the original theatrical trailer, and two music videos from REM, who contributed to much of the soundtrack.

Overall, worth a look for fans of biopics.

3 out of 5 stars Weird.......2006-05-29

In this Andy Kaufman bio the viewer is left asking one question: Who is weirder, Jim Carey or Andy Kaufman. I don't know the answer, but both of them are fruitcakes.

The problem with this movie is that if it is accurate, Kaufman was really not a very nice man, so you really don't feel for him when he gets sick. Also, the movie never really gave much insight into Kaufman. It's like nobody knows him or understands him. Not uncommon amongst comedians, most of them are messed up people.

5 out of 5 stars Thank you very much..........2006-01-24

The greatest comedian who ever lived! Andy was very special, a rare breed! My hometown hero from Long Island, NY. Sorry that you had to go so quickly. God bless you Andy where ever you are? Here I come to save the day...
Man on the Moon Lunar Landing Films on DVD Apollo 11 Outer Space
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Films on this DVD
 Man on the Moon Lunar Landing Films on DVD Apollo 11 Outer Space

Manufacturer: www.yumheart.com
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Product Features:
  • Classic films related to man's greatest adventure
  • Good Quality transfers to Digital DVD Format
  • DVD Menu system to navigate the films
  • DVD will play in ALL regions - it is region free.

ASIN: B000LJFV86

Product Description

This is a collection of public domain movies about mankind's trips to the moon. Total running time of the DVD is nearly 2 hours. *** The following titles are on this DVD: Movie Of The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing 1994*** Apollo 11: For All Mankind Part 1 20:01Apollo 11: For All Mankind Part 2 14:16This video follows the launch of the Apollo 11 through its landing on the moon and its return to earth. It contains footage and commentatary of the activities and exploration that took place throughout the entire voyage. *** Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 01 16:10 *** Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 02 14:23 *** Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 03 14:42 *** Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 04 17:51 *** Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 05 17:35 *** These videos consists of the Apollo 11 space crew reporting various facts about the the ship and the moon back to the control crew on earth. Golfing on the Moon 03:16 *** Shot of the lunar lander and three astronauts on the surface of the moon. Alan Shepard uses a six iron to hit three golf balls while on the moon.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Films on this DVD.......2006-12-02

This is a collection of public domain movies about mankind's trips to the moon. Total running time of the DVD is nearly 2 hours.

The following titles are on this DVD:

Movie Of The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing 1994

Apollo 11: For All Mankind Part 1 20:01
Apollo 11: For All Mankind Part 2 14:16
This video follows the launch of the Apollo 11 through its landing on the moon and its return to earth. It contains footage and commentatary of the activities and exploration that took place throughout the entire voyage.

Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 01 16:10
Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 02 14:23
Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 03 14:42
Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 04 17:51
Apollo 11 Facts VJSC-1425L, Part 05 17:35
These videos consists of the Apollo 11 space crew reporting various facts about the the ship and the moon back to the control crew on earth.

Golfing on the Moon 03:16
Shot of the lunar lander and three astronauts on the surface of the moon. Alan Shepard uses a six iron to hit three golf balls while on the moon.
Man on the Moon
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    		Man on the Moon
    Starring: Man on the Moon
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    Release Date: 2004-02-03
    Charlie Rose with Dustin Hoffman (May 3, 1999)
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      		Charlie Rose with Dustin Hoffman (May 3, 1999)

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      Release Date: 2006-09-18

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      Academy Award winning actor Dustin Hoffman discusses his evolution in the movie business, his influences as an artist, the ripple effect of the school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, and A Walk on the Moon, which is the first film he has produced and not appeared in as an actor.
      Man on the Moon [Region 2]
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        		Man on the Moon [Region 2]
        Starring: Jim Carrey , Gerry Becker , Greyson Erik Pendry , Brittany Colonna , and Leslie Lyles
        Director: Milos Forman
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        Charlie Rose with Danny DeVito; Michael Stipe, Mike Mills & Peter Buck (December 21, 1999)
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          		Charlie Rose with Danny DeVito; Michael Stipe, Mike Mills & Peter Buck (December 21, 1999)

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          Release Date: 2006-09-18

          Description

          Danny DeVito, actor and producer, discusses his work on the film Man on the Moon, about the life of humorist Andy Kaufman. Also, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck, members of the band R.E.M., discuss their work on the song Man on the Moon, the inspiration for the movie and soundtrack.
          Charlie Rose with Jim Cramer; Tom Hanks & Andrew Chaikin; Yo-Yo Ma (April 3, 1998)
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            		Charlie Rose with Jim Cramer; Tom Hanks & Andrew Chaikin; Yo-Yo Ma (April 3, 1998)

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            ASIN: B000J3EYEG
            Release Date: 2006-09-28

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            First, Jim Cramer, president of Cramer, Berkowitz & Co. , discusses the good news that the Dow-Jones Industrial broke through the 9,000 point mark for the first time in three years. Then, Tom Hanks and Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon, discuss the history of manned spaceflight, the Apollo missions, the film Apollo 13, and Hanks' new 12-part series, From the Earth to the Moon, which uses Chaikin's book to chronicle the missions. Finally, cellist Yo-Yo Ma discusses his new PBS series in which various performers, like ice-dancers and filmmakers, examine Bach's Six Suites to Yo-Yo Ma's accompaniment.
            The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • I love this movie!
            • "My heart is full."
            • This film did reconfirm Newman's stature as a director...
            • Powerful drama - PLEASE put this on DVD, somebody!
            • The best of Joanne Woodward
            		The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
            Starring: Joanne Woodward , Nell Potts , Roberta Wallach , Judith Lowry , and David Spielberg
            Director: Paul Newman
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            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars I love this movie!.......2007-03-11

            This feature was filmed in Bridgeport CT....a few exits north of director Newman's and leading lady Woodward's family home in Westport. Newman created quite the stir when during the filming he described the city as "the armpit of New England". (HL Menkin refered to Pittsburgh PA as such- Newman only reapplied the quip.) Poor Bridgeport! There was a local film opening (I think it was in Westport) that I attended and later I saw this film a few times on TV. But it needs to be available on DVD already- who owns the rights?

            5 out of 5 stars "My heart is full.".......2007-03-03

            I have not seen this movie since the early 80's and would love to own it on dvd. The before mentioned quote has stuck with me all these years!!!

            3 out of 5 stars This film did reconfirm Newman's stature as a director..........2006-12-28

            Joanne Woodward starred as Beatrice Hunsdorfer ("Betty the Loon"), a loud, vulgar, gum-chewing, beer-drinking, unattractive middle-aged woman...

            Living in a dilapidated house in a rundown town, abandoned by her husband, unable to face the responsibility of raising her two teenaged daughters' she is disgusted with life... She covers her despair with sarcasm, outrageous jokes and a tough, insensitive treatment of the girls... But she's also pathetic, as she checks the classified ads for business opportunities, and dreams of opening dignified teashops, even though her house is filled with garbage and she's a frightful mess...

            The film focuses on the way Beatrice's savage, cynical, often self-deprecating humor and her embittered outlook have affected her daughters. Ruth, the older girl, is a typical adolescent boy-chaser and baton-twirler, who, like Beatrice, employs a tough, sarcastic manner to hide her fears and frustration... Shattered by nightmares and epileptic fits, she sinks hopelessly into defeat...

            Matilda is shy, sensitive and introverted... Although it seems that she should succumb, she overcomes her environment and emerges strongest... An extremely intelligent science student, Matilda wins a prize for her experiment on mutated flowers that gives the drama its symbolic title; and she becomes a mutant herself--a delicate flower growing out of arid waste...

            The play is transformed from a lyrical mood-piece into a naturalistic slice-of-life in the tradition of the fifties television drama Newman admires... This makes the symbolism somewhat obtrusive, and the emphasis on external squalor--the filthy house, for example--is overdone and superficial...

            Newman's attempts to open up the play are largely successful--scenes of Matilda's science teacher explaining the mysteries of the universe, Ruth's accurate imitation of Beatrice in a school skit, and a teenaged mad scientist explaining with sadistic relish how she skinned a cat, are especially memorable...

            As in "Sometimes a Great Notion," there's a real feeling for family life, although the emphasis is reversed: here it's a world of women in which men play a marginal role... Newman expertly handles the shifts from vigorous burlesque to black humor to terror to pathos... And as before, he uses the camera functionally, bringing it close to his actresses to achieve intimacy and character revelation...

            Woodward again displays remarkable range... As the shrewish, noisy woman, she's at once horrifying and humorous, but her suggestion of underlying vulnerability arouses our compassion... There's even the familiar inner radiance, indicating a beautiful woman beneath the flamboyance... As Ruth, Roberta Wallach is a perfect amalgam of the tough, shallow teenager and the pathetic, defenseless baby...

            The standout performance is by Nell Potts, the Newmans' thirteen-year-old, who played Rachel as a child, and here plays a Rachel-like character... As Matilda, she's a model of understatement, with her soft, fragile voice, subtle expressions of nervousness, and luminous blue eyes that, like her father's, seem to be quietly assimilating everything--sometimes disapproving but more often understanding...

            The film did reconfirm Newman's stature as a director... In his three features he has shown an ability to work with a wide range of material, and if he lacks an original style, he does have a feeling for constructing powerful images and scenes... Above all, he was one of today's finest directors of performers, which has become almost a lost art...

            5 out of 5 stars Powerful drama - PLEASE put this on DVD, somebody!.......2006-08-05

            Let me add my plea for someone to release this quiet, powerful, wonderfully acted film on DVD. Like more recent films such as The Ice Storm, Affliction, and Brokeback Mountain, Marigolds shows ordinary people struggling against problems that are beyond their ability to solve, sometimes winning a little, sometimes losing a little - or a lot. The film is all the more heartbreaking because those who struggle and, perhaps, lose are young people as well as adults. But even in their defeat, they endure, and that in itself is a kind of victory.

            My VHS copy, taped 20 years ago off cable TV, is about at the end of its useful life. Some studio with a heart, PLEASE obtain the rights to this and give us a DVD. Forget the cost of interactive menus, forget the cost of special features, forget the filmographies and the bios and the previews of upcoming attractions. Just get the best copy you can find, clean up the video and sound to a reasonable degree, and give us this powerful film on DVD.

            5 out of 5 stars The best of Joanne Woodward .......2006-07-28

            I just saw this movie on television. I was just blown away by Joanne Woodward's portrayal of the mother. Her character is so believeable and real. The two girls in the film are just stand-outs. It's a complicated plot with complicated characters, a real actor's movie. I want to purchase the DVD just as soon as it's released. If anyone is a Joanne Woodward fan or likes a good story with good acting, this is it.
            Man on the Moon [Region 2]
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Probably a better rental
            • Spellbinding
            • Man On The Moon
            • Weird
            • Thank you very much...
            		 Man on the Moon [Region 2]
            Starring: Jim Carrey , Gerry Becker , Greyson Erik Pendry , Brittany Colonna , and Leslie Lyles
            Director: Milos Forman
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            "There is no real you," jokes Lynn Margulies (Courtney Love) to her boyfriend, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), as he grows more contemplative during a battle with cancer. "I forgot," he says, playing along, though the question of Kaufman's reality is always at issue in Milos Forman's underappreciated Man on the Moon.

            The story of Kaufman's quick rise to fame through early appearances on Saturday Night Live and the conceptual stunts that made his club and concert appearances an instant legend in the irony-fueled 1970s and early '80s, Man on the Moon never makes the mistake of artificially delineating Comic Andy from Private Andy. True, we get to see something of his private interest in meditation and some of the flakier extremes of alternative medicine, but even these interludes suggest the presence of an ultimate con behind apparent miracles of transformation.

            Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) allege that transformation was Kaufman's purpose--more than a shtick but less than a destiny. As we see him constantly up the ante on the credibility of his performance personae (the obnoxious nightclub comic Tony Clifton; the insulting, misogynistic professional wrestler), Forman makes it harder and harder to detect Kaufman's sleight of hand. But it's there, always there, always the transcendent Andy watching the havoc he creates and the emotions he stirs.

            Carrey is magnificent as Kaufman, re-creating uncannily detailed comedy pieces etched in the memory of anyone who remembers the real Andy. But while Carrey's mimicry of Kaufman is flawless and funny, the actor probes much deeper into an enigmatic character who, in life, was often a moving target even for those closest to him. --Tom Keogh

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Probably a better rental.......2007-05-14

            I really enjoyed this movie, and it does a great job telling Andy's story. However, I can't say I would watch this movie more than once a year, so a rental would probably work for this movie. I recommend this movie highly, and enjoyed it, however the bonus DVD features are kind of disappointing.

            5 out of 5 stars Spellbinding.......2007-02-01

            Jim Carrey is absolutely spellbinding in his portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman. Lore has it that Carrey stayed in character even when he wasn't shooting a scene. I may be incorrect, but I don't believe he was even nominated for an Oscar for this role and that is an absolute joke. The movie does a good job of moving through the different periods of Kaufman's ever-changing comedy periods. The one thing that I didn't particularly like about the movie was the time devoted to crowd shots, but I suppose that was Forman's way of showing Kaufman's effect on an audience. Highly recommended both for Carrey's performance and to learn about Kaufman.

            5 out of 5 stars Man On The Moon.......2006-10-08

            Andy Kaufman isn't as famous in Australia as he is in America. I remember the first time I saw "Man in the Moon". I thought it was a very interesting concept, a film about an unconventional comedian who liked to provoke not just laughter from his audience, but confusion, anger and relief. It wasn't until halfway through that someone told me that it was based on a true story. "You mean, someone actually did all this?" I said, impressed. Kaufman must have been quite a character in real life, a character in more ways than one!

            Jim Carrey plays Andy Kaufman, and I think he does a pretty good job potraying Kaufman from his low-key beginnings in the comedy clubs, through his days in "Taxi" all the way to the Carnegie Hall concert just before his death. He plays him as a passionate, curious man with a vision, a man who likes to have things his own way, and has a few ways of getting it. He's a man who seemed spontaneous but seemed to plan things both on stage and in life very carefully.

            There are a few special features on this DVD, and they're pretty interesting. There's a selection of deleted scenes, a featurette on the real Andy Kaufman, the original theatrical trailer, and two music videos from REM, who contributed to much of the soundtrack.

            Overall, worth a look for fans of biopics.

            3 out of 5 stars Weird.......2006-05-29

            In this Andy Kaufman bio the viewer is left asking one question: Who is weirder, Jim Carey or Andy Kaufman. I don't know the answer, but both of them are fruitcakes.

            The problem with this movie is that if it is accurate, Kaufman was really not a very nice man, so you really don't feel for him when he gets sick. Also, the movie never really gave much insight into Kaufman. It's like nobody knows him or understands him. Not uncommon amongst comedians, most of them are messed up people.

            5 out of 5 stars Thank you very much..........2006-01-24

            The greatest comedian who ever lived! Andy was very special, a rare breed! My hometown hero from Long Island, NY. Sorry that you had to go so quickly. God bless you Andy where ever you are? Here I come to save the day...

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