Release Date
December 10, 1999
Director
Writer
Cast
Christopher Lloyd, Courtney Love, Norm Macdonald, Brian J. Mahoney, Lorne Michaels, Greyson Erik Pendry, Caroline Rhea, Jim Ross, Paul Shaffer, Michael Villani, Nicholas Wilde, David Letterman, Jerry Lawler, Carol Kane, J. Alan Thomas, Max Alexander, Peter Bonerz, Bobby Boriello, Randall Carver, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Tom Dreesen, Budd Friedman, Paul Giamatti, Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch, Angela Jones, Jim Carrey
Studio
Running Time
118 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and brief sexuality/nudity
Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey as the late Andy Kaufman, who was considered the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comic of his time. A master at provoking audiences, Kaufman could generate belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls.
Danny DeVito also stars in Man on the Moon as Kaufman's manager, George Shapiro, with Courtney Love co-starring as Lynne Margulies, the woman who befriends and eventually falls in love with the comic. Paul Giamatti... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Jim Carrey is Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon, a movie that isn't quite sure whether it wants to be a comedy with dramatic aspects or the other way around, but is still very entertaining. Full movie review »
