Man on the Moon
- Original title
- Man on the Moon
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 118 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jim Carrey
- Danny DeVito
- Courtney Love
- Jim Ross
- Paul Giamatti
- Marilu Henner
- Judd Hirsch
- Christopher Lloyd
- Norm MacDonald
- George Shapiro
- Brent Briscoe
- Christina Cabot
- Michael Villani
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United States-Germany;
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Biography. Comedy-Drama
- Synopsis
- Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on "Taxi," was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, Jerry Lawler (who plays himself in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking a guy head-first into the mat. In one of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on "The Late Show with David Letterman," got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC.
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- Awards
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2000: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Director1999: Golden Globe: Best Actor of Comedy. Nominated for Best Movie Comedy1999: Critics' Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Film1999: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor (Jim Carrey)1999: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Actor (Jim Carrey)1999: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
- Critics' reviews
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"A movie of moments whose ultimate legacy may be to get Carrey out of formula comedies forever"
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"Though it suggests intriguing ideas about the nature of performance, humor, ambition, and the consumption of spectacle, the movie only superficially explores them"
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"Carrey's amazing transformation in Man on the Moon does justice to Kaufman's undefinable talents and his peculiar outlook on entertainment"
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"Jim Carrey's performance is an impersonation on the level of genius"
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