The Shooting Script: Man on the Moon

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Man on the Moon, the heralded biopic of the late comic genius Andy Kaufman, reunites director Milos Forman and screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who created the award-winning The People vs. Larry Flynt. Known as a "comic's comic," Andy Kaufman built his career on guest appearances on Saturday Night Live and David Letterman, transformed his "foreign man" character into the enormously successful Latka Gravas on the popular television sitcom Taxi, and then made headline news wrestling any woman who challenged him. His career ended tragically when he died of lung cancer at the age of 35. Today, Andy Kaufman's work is seen constantly on reruns of Taxi and on Comedy Central. He is a cult figure for an entire generation of comics, from Michael Richards (Seinfeld) to Sinbad. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, and especially, Jim Carrey, have lauded Kaufman as the originator of modern comic sketches. In a remarkable performance, Carrey brings Andy Kaufman back to life, transforming himself into Latka Gravas, Tony Clifton, and many of Kaufman's other personas. Man on the Moon not only captures the genius and madness of Andy Kaufman (and Jim Carrey) for their fans but introduces Kaufman's work to an entire new generation. By any measure, Man on the Moon is an extraordinary film, unique in how it was written, cast, and filmed.