MOVIE COMPANY: Universal Pictures
CAST: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti
DIRECTED BY:Â Milos Forman
PRODUCED BY:Â Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0125664
TYPE OF MOVIE: Comedy and Drama
DURATION:Â 119 minutes
Based on a true story, Jim Carrey stunningly portrays the late Andy Kaufman-considered the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic comic of his time-in Man on the Moon. “Jim Carrey is extraordinary,” says the New York Post. “Jim Carrey may be a better Andy Kaufman than Andy Kaufman” writes Newsweek. Also starring Danny DeVito as Kaufman’s manager, Courtney Love as the woman Andy falls in love with and Paul Giamatti as his best friend. You’ll stand up and cheer for Carrey in one of the year’s most entertaining movies.
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Stereo, Widescreen, AC-3
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Documentary: Andy: The Andy Kaufman Story
• Spotlight on Location: Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Interviews
• Deleted Scenes
• Music Videos By R.E.M.: Man on the Moon and The Great Beyond
• Special DVD-ROM Features & Parental Lock
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â Extra clips:
Select the “Bonus Materials” option at the main menu. Select Andy Kaufman’s biography and advance through the screens. Press Up to highlight the small picture of Andy Kaufman that appears on the various screens. Press Enter to play short clips of him performing.
DVD REVIEW:
I grew up watching “Taxi” and my memories of Andy Kaufman is not so clear though. I recall a comedy special of his being heckled on one special on cable way back when and now I wonder if that was a true heckler or his partner? After watching this movie and getting to see how Andy Kaufman really is…all I can say is…whoah! The dude was intense! There is more about him on the spotlight section, so make sure you watch that after the movie. The comments from Danny DeVito is very interesting. Cheese and onions…gag!
Jim Carrey is absolutely stunning in this movie. My gosh, he could be Andy’s twin brother. Even Andy’s closest friends say that he acted exactly like Andy and that shows his talent as an actor.
The movie is very entertaining and the colors are very nice, so no problems with video and no artifact problems. Now as for the audio, I give “Man on the Moon” an A+ because Universal did fans a service by including the DTS version of the audio track with this movie. Most companies have a separate DTS version sold with hardly any extras and Universal continues what they did with “Bowfinger” and made this DVD with a DTS and Dolby Digital version on the same DVD.  Also, they put a number of good extras such as the spotlight on location, deleted scenes and the two R.E.M. music videos and more.
This movie is very entertaining and it’s one of the best Jim Carrey well-acted movies out there. This DVD is highly recommended.
THE MOVIE:Â A
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â A+
THE DVD OVERALL:Â A