Man on the Moon

AKA:
Andy Kaufman (USA) (working title)
Mondmann, Der (Germany)

Written by:
Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski

Directed by:
Milos Forman

Made in:
UK, Germany, Japan, & USA in 1999

Actors:
Jim Carrey .... Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton (also as Tony Clifton)
Gerry Becker .... Stanley Kaufman
Greyson Erik Pendry .... Little Michael Kaufman (as Greyson Pendry)
Brittany Colonna .... Baby Carol Kaufman
Leslie Lyles .... Janice Kaufman
Bobby Boriello .... Little Andy Kaufman
George Shapiro .... Mr. Besserman
Danny DeVito .... George Shapiro
Budd Friedman .... Himself
Tom Dreesen .... Wiseass Comic
Thomas Armbruster .... Improv Piano Player
Pamela Abdy .... Diane Barnett
Wendy Polland .... Little Wendy
Gerry Robert Byrne .... 'Taxi' AD/Stage Manager
Cash Oshman .... Yogi

Plot:
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. IMDB

Review:
This is really a special movie.

I was an Andy Kaufman fan way before this movie, and it was a great tribute to him.
Jim Carrey did such a good job of portraying his character.

The movie is hilarious and it really catches the essance of Andy Kaufman.
A very simple but very fulfilling movie.

I definately recommend it!