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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Milos Forman |
| Stars: |
Courtney Love |
| Actors: |
Paul Giamatti |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Biography · Comedians/Comediennes · Standup Comedians |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
096898444033 |
| Release Date: |
1999 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 58min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 59min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 30, 2000)
UPC: 025192072024 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 58min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 30, 2000)
UPC: 096898444033 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Larry Karaszewski |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/??/2000, p.32, Stephen Farber): "[Carrey gives] a dazzling performance that maintains its intensity throughout..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 mi... |
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