Man on the Moon (1999)

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R | 1 hr 58 mins | Comedy, Drama, Biopic, Period | Released: 12/22/1999 |Box Office Total: $34.5M

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Andy Kaufman, who died in 1984 at the age of 35, was considered one of the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic performers of his time. A master at manipulating audiences, Kaufman could generate belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Whether inviting the audience out for milk and cookies or challenging women to inter-gender wrestling matches, he specialized in creating performances so real that even his close friends were never really sure where the real truth lay. Although described variously as "a nihilistic elf, a Zen guerilla, a dadaist comedian and the first true performance artist," Kaufman always preferred to think of himself as simply "a song and dance man." Kaufman grew from an Elvis impersonator to a performer who broke all the rules. By refusing to break character or let audiences in on the joke, he frequently pushed his art over the edge, leaving his audience alternately baffled and amused, but it was all part of the act.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/22/1999

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Milos Forman	Director
Cast	Credit
Jim Carrey	Andy Kaufman
Danny DeVito	George Shapiro
Courtney Love	Lynn Margulies
Gerry Becker	Stanley Kaufman
Greyson Pendry	Little Michael Kaufman
Brittany Colonna	Baby Carol Kaufman
Leslie Lyles	Janice Kaufman
Bobby Borriello	Little Andy Kaufman
George Shapiro	Mr Besserman
Budd Friedman	Himself
Tom Dreesen	Wiseass Comic
Thomas Armbruster	Improv Piano Player
Pamela Abdy	Diane Barnett
Wendy Polland	Little Wendy
Cash Oshman	Yogi
Matt Price	Meditation Student
Christina Cabot	Meditation Student
Richard Belzer	Himself
Melanie Vesey	Carol Kaufman
Michael Kelly	Michael Kaufman
Miles Chapin	SNL Assistant
Isadore Rosenfeld	ABC Executive
Vincent Schiavelli	Maynard Smith
Molly Schaffer	Maynard Smith's Assistant
Howard West	ABC Executive
Greg Travis	ABC Executive
Maureen Mueller	ABC Executive
Phil Perlman	Mama Rivoli's Angry Guy
Tony Clifton	Himself
Jessica Devlin	Mama Rivoli's Diner
Paul Giamatti	Bob Zmuda
Jeff Thomas	Andy's Stand-In
Randall Carver	Himself
Peter Bonerz	Ed Weinberger
Howard Keystone	Taxi Marching Man
Howdy Doody	Himself
Brent Briscoe	Heavyset Technician
Ray Bokhour	Blue Collar Guy
Patton Oswalt	Blue Collar Guy
Caroline Gibson	Sorority Girl
Conrad Roberts	College Promoter
Jeff Zabel	College Student
Marilyn Sokol	Madame
Angela Jones	Hooker
Krystina Carson	Hooker
Gerry Robert Byrne	Taxi AD/Stage Manager
Mark Davenport	Los Angeles Times Reporter
Bert F Balsam	Taxi Security Guard
Lonnie Hamilton	Taxi Security Guard
Ron Sanchez	Taxi Security Guard
Billy D Lucas	Taxi Security Guard
Patricia Scanlon	Ed Weinberger's Secretary
Max Alexander	Harrah's Booker
Ed Mitchell	Harrah's Conductor
Reiko Aylesworth	Mimi
Michael Villani	Merv Griffin
Maria Maglaris	Irate Merv Spector
Heath Hyche	Merv's Guest Coordinator
Robert Holeman	Boxing Trainer
James Ross	Wrestling Commentator
Jerry Lawler	Himself
Tamara Bossett	Foxy Jackson
Gene LeBell	Foxy Jackson Referee
Bob Zmuda	Jack Burns
Brian Peck	Friday's Announcer
Caroline Rhea	Friday's Melanie
Mary Lynn Rajskub	Friday's Mary
Philip Lenkowsky	Friday's Tech Director
Rob Steiner	Friday's Control Booth Tech
Claudia Jaffee	Friday's Floor Director
Mando Guerrero	Jerry Lawler Referee
Lance Russell	Ring Announcer
Ladi Von Jansky	Stadium Photographer
K P Palmer	Memphis Paramedics
Mark Majetti	Memphis Paramedics
Deana Ann Aburto	Memphis Paramedics
Mews Small	TM Administrator
David Elliott	TM Administrator
Fredd Wayne	Bland Doctor
Tracey Walter	National Enquirer Editor
David Koechner	National Enquirer Reporter
Jeanine Jackson	National Enquirer Reporter
Johnny Legend	Wild-Haired Guru
Doris Eaton Travis	Eleanor Gould
Greg Sutton	Carnegie Hall Conductor
Sydney Lassick	Crystal Healer
Yoshi Jenkins	Jun Roxas
Lance Alarcon	Comedy Store Patron
D J Johnson	Comedy Store Waiter
Melissa Carrey	Comedy Store Waitress
Danielle Burgio	New York City Rockettes
Karen Martin	New York City Rockettes
Linda Cevallos	New York City Rockettes
Tabatha Mays	New York City Rockettes
Betsy Chang	New York City Rockettes
Katie Miller	New York City Rockettes
Jennifer Chavarria	New York City Rockettes
Jessica Moore	New York City Rockettes
Shirry Dolgin	New York City Rockettes
Tara Nicole	New York City Rockettes
Lisa Eaton	New York City Rockettes
Mia Pitts	New York City Rockettes
Melanie Gage	New York City Rockettes
Kelly Sheerin	New York City Rockettes
Catherine Hader	New York City Rockettes
Alison Simpson	New York City Rockettes
Betsy Harris	New York City Rockettes
Melinda Songer	New York City Rockettes
Kelly Jones	New York City Rockettes
Michon Sukaya	New York City Rockettes
Tricia Lilly	New York City Rockettes
Michelle E Swanson	New York City Rockettes
Natalie Webb	New York City Rockettes
Jacqueline Case	Tony Clifton Dancer
Natalie Mills	Tony Clifton Dancer
Karen Blake Challman	Tony Clifton Dancer
April Nixon	Tony Clifton Dancer
Teresa Chapman	Tony Clifton Dancer
Tiffany Olson	Tony Clifton Dancer
Kelly Cooper	Tony Clifton Dancer
Kathryn Rossberg	Tony Clifton Dancer
Penny Fisher	Tony Clifton Dancer
Karissa Seaman	Tony Clifton Dancer
Eva Jenickova	Tony Clifton Dancer
Lea Sullivan	Tony Clifton Dancer
Lindsay Lopez	Tony Clifton Dancer
Amy Tinkham	Tony Clifton Dancer
Kristin K Willits	Tony Clifton Dancer
Doug Ford	Tony Clifton Biker
Bill Reid	Tony Clifton Biker
Chuck Zito	Tony Clifton Biker
Thomas Barney	Saturday Night Live Band
Cheryl Hardwick	Saturday Night Live Band
Lewis Del Gatto	Saturday Night Live Band
Valerie Naranjo	Saturday Night Live Band
Alex Foster	Saturday Night Live Band
Shawn Pelton	Saturday Night Live Band
Earl Gardner	Saturday Night Live Band
Leon Pendarvis	Saturday Night Live Band
Lukasz Gottwald	Saturday Night Live Band
Leonard Pickett	Saturday Night Live Band
Steve Turre	Saturday Night Live Band
Frank DeVito	Mama Rivoli's Band
Tony Galla	Mama Rivoli's Band
Frank Marocco	Mama Rivoli's Band
Pat Senatore	Mama Rivoli's Band
Hal Blaine	Harrah's Band
Norman Mamey	Harrah's Band
Charlie Brissette	Harrah's Band
John Mitchell	Harrah's Band
Evan Diner	Harrah's Band
Robert O'Donnell	Harrah's Band
Tim Divers	Harrah's Band
Greg Prechel	Harrah's Band
Phillip Feather	Harrah's Band
James Sawyer	Harrah's Band
Alex Iles	Harrah's Band
David Thomasson	Harrah's Band
David Thomasson	Comedy Store Band
James Lum	Harrah's Band
Steven Williams	Harrah's Band
John Yoakum	Harrah's Band
Anton Fig	Letterman Band
Will Lee	Letterman Band
Sid McGinnis	Letterman Band
Robert Emmet	Comedy Store Band
Michael Lufkin	Comedy Store Band
James McCarthy	Comedy Store Band
Thomas Verdonck	Comedy Store Band
Production Credits	Credit
Bob Zmuda	Co-Executive Producer
Scott Ferguson	Associate Producer
George Shapiro	Executive Producer
Danny DeVito	Producer
Pamela Abdy	Associate Producer
Michael Shamberg	Producer
Howard West	Executive Producer
Stacey Sher	Producer
Michael Hausman	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Jersey Films 2nd Avenue	Production Company
Cinehaus Inc	Production Company
Shapiro/West Productions	Production Company
Mutual Film Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Scott Alexander	Screenplay
Larry Karaszewski	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Lisa Cofini	Post-Production Accountant
Jackie Baugh	Production Accountant
Kaye McCall	Assistant Accountant - key assistant accountant
David C Romano	Accountant - payroll accountant
Carla Schorr Rose	Production Accountant
Katie Zaslaw	Assistant Accountant
Darryl A Smith	Accountant - payroll accountant
Nicole Gallardo	Assistant Accountant
Michele Kennedy	Assistant Accountant
Joanna Zorcik	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Tom Southwell	Storyboard Artist - conceptual storyboard artist
Karla Triska	Art Department Coordinator
Michael Truesdale	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Harvey Goldberg	Dresser
Don Goodman	Set Dresser - draper/set dresser
Liz Chiz	Assistant Set Decorator
John Berger	Assistant Art Director
Jason Bedig	Lead Person - leadman
Maria Nay	Set Decorator
James Truesdale	Art Director
Patrizia Von Brandenstein	Production Designer
Karin Wiesel	Set Decorator
Diane Lederman	Assistant Set Decorator
Ray Kluga	Art Director
Andrew Menzies	Assistant Art Director
Polly Walter	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Mara Massey	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Timothy Metzger	Lead Person - leadman
Dale E Anderson	Set Dresser
Kate Keady	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Brook Bacon	Set Dresser
Beth Dary	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Brent Blom	Set Dresser
Robert Brooke Sartorius	Set Dresser
Joe Taglairino	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Casting	Credit
Francine Maisler	Casting
Tony Hobbs	Extras Casting
Kathryn Eisenstein	Casting Associate - casting associates
Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler	Casting
Jon Strotheide	Casting Associate - casting associates
Craft Services	Credit
Frank Woodward	Catering - caterer
Charlie Scott	Craft Service
Michelle J Woodward	Catering - caterer
Joe Facey	Craft Service
Melina C Pavlides	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Willo Hausman	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Stan Harrison	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Mitch Dubin	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Francois Duhamel	Photography - still photographer
John Monsour	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Patrick McArdle	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jim Passon	Color Timer
Deborah Ricketts	Stock Footage - stock footage research
Steven Winslow	Camera Equipment - Westcam technician
Andrew Osborne	Camera - camera loader
Anastas Michos	Director of Photography
Howard Weiner	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Kim Marks	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Robin Melhuish	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Michelle Cisneros	Camera Equipment - Westcam provider
Bob Balzarini	Video Assist/Playback - video assist operator
Jim Belletier	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Braden Belmonte	Camera - camera loader
Peter G Hackman	Camera - camera scenic
P Scott Sakamoto	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Gary M Parker	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Kate O'Niell	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Stan McClain	Camera - aerial cameraman
Tom Weston	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Eric Amundsen	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Mark Leins	Assistant Camera Operator - aerial assistant cameraman
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Mutual Films International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Management	Credit
Joyce Leifertz	Manager - scenic/shop manager
Music	Credit
Richard Strauss	Song
Shari Schwartz Johanson	Music Editor
David Low	Music Contractor
Pat McCarthy	Music Producer - score producer
Bob James	Song Performer
Alexander Janko	Orchestrations
Leonard Bernstein	Music Conductor - conductor
Anita Camarata	Music Supervisor
David Kramer's Looping Group	Music - background vocals
The New York Philharmonic	Song Performer
Charlie Brissette	Song - song arranger
Missy Cohen	Music Editor - associate music editor
Eddie Horst	Orchestrations
Kaylin Frank	Music Supervisor - associate music supervisor
George Friedrich Handel	Music
Paul Williams	Music Conductor - conductor
Ed Mitchell	Music Producer - live & pre-recording producer
Charlie Brissette	Song
Bill Conti	Song Performer
Exile	Song Performer
Bob James	Song
Bedrich Smetana	Song
Jose Basso & His Orchestra	Song Performer
Carl Perkins	Song
The Bobs	Song Performer
The Sandpiper	Song Performer
Ed Mitchell	Song - songs
Luigi Denza	Song
Andy Kaufman	Song Performer - songs performer
Peter Buck	Song - songs
Boston Pops Orchestra	Song Performer
The Hues Corporation	Song Performer
Michael Mills	Song - songs
Tom Armbruster	Song Performer
Michael Stipe	Song - songs
Bill Conti	Song
Lenny Pickett & the House Band	Song Performer
Yang Terng Yow	Song - song arranger
Clara Cluck	Song Performer
Gene Autry	Song
Oakly Haldeman	Song
Buffalo Bob Smith	Song
Edward Kean	Song
Walter Marks	Song
Norman Mamey	Song - song arranger
Frederick Perren	Song
Dino Fekaris	Song
Jerry Leiber	Song
Mike Stoller	Song
Joseph Lilley	Song
Frank Loesser	Song
Mike Chapman	Song
Nicky Chinn	Song
G H Matos Rodriguez	Song
William Lava	Song
Bill Berry	Song
Scott Litt	Song - song mixer
Scott Litt	Song - song producer
Clif Norrell	Song - song mixer
Richard Bob Greene	Song
Marshall Barer	Song
Jimmy Carroll	Song
Philip Scheib	Song
Michael O'Martian	Song
Stormie O'Martian	Song
Miklos Rozsa	Song
Akbar Khan	Song - song arranger & performer
Wally Holmes	Song
Rudolf Friml	Song
Oscar Hammerstein II	Song
Otto Harbach	Song
Herbert Stothart	Song
Lenny Pickett	Song
Gaetano Donizetti	Song
Kenneth Darby	Song
Mitchell Parish	Song
Franco Migliacci	Song
Domenico Modugno	Song
Paramount Pictures Corp	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
George Aguilar	Stunts
Pat Banta	Stunt Man
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunt Coordinator
Doug Seymore	Puppeteer - Howdy Doody puppeteer
Helena Le Count	Stunts
Lesley Aletter	Stunts
Mimi Lesseos	Stunts
Elle Alexander	Stunts
Billy D Lucas	Stunts
Bobby Bass	Stunts
Kent Luttrell	Stunts
Tamara Bossett	Stunts
Francine Morris	Stunts
Janet Brady	Stunts
Michiko Nishiwaki	Stunts
Chaz Brewer	Stunts
Ralph Odum	Stunts
Troy Brown	Stunts
Shawn Odum	Stunts
Edita Brychta	Stunts
Cynthia Prouder	Stunts
Heather Burton	Stunts
Suzanne Rampe	Stunts
Jennifer Caputo	Stunts
Cheryl Rusa	Stunts
Steve Chambers	Stunts
Lynn Salvatori	Stunts
Alisa Christensen	Stunts
Diane Grant Schott	Stunts
Caron Colvett	Stunts
Sue Sexton	Stunts
Christy Cotton	Stunts
Gayle Sherman	Stunts
Richard Drown	Stunts
Ron Stein	Stunts
Annie Ellis	Stunts
Lisa Stover	Stunts
Mando Guerrero	Stunts
Cindy Thompson	Stunts
Ace Hatem	Stunts
David H Welch	Stunts
Joel Kramer	Stunts
Spice Williams	Stunts
Gene LeBell	Stunts
Dick Ziker	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Jim Maceo	Location Manager
Rebecca L Murray	Post-Production Coordinator
Marci L Rosenberg	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant production office coordinator
Randall Flosi	Assistant Location Manager
Wilma Gasrcadden-Gahret	Script Supervisor
Michael Hausman	Unit Production Manager
Lauren Keane	Location Scout
Stephen Carr ('Sparky')	Location Assistant
Gerry Robert Byrne	Post-Production Supervisor
Gerry Robert Byrne	Production Supervisor
David McGiffert	Assistant Director
Jacqui Popelka	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Charissie Davis	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Katherine M Cohn	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant production office coordinator
Jon Mark Johnson	Location Assistant
Stephen Hagen	Assistant Director
Tom Whelan	Location Manager
Frank H Woodward	Assistant Location Manager
Lynn Powers	Assistant Location Manager
Jimmy Price	Location Assistant
Timothy Grant Engle	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Julia Rydholm	Location Assistant
Michael Risoli	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Michael I Smith	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Spooky Stevens	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Wyatt Sprague	Assistant Sound Editor
Marc-Jon Sullivan	Boom Operator
Michael Barry	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Pat McCarthy	Sound Mixer - recorder & mixer
David Bolton	ADR Mixer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Kam Chan	Foley - foley supervisor
Terry Laudermilch	Rerecording Assistant - re-recording assistant
Lewis Goldstein	Sound Effects Editor
Jennifer Ralston	Foley Editor
Ron Bochar	Sound Editor
Ben Cheah	Sound Effects Editor
Chris Fielder	Assistant Sound Editor
George A Lara	Foley - foley engineer
Gregg Harris	Boom Operator
Alice Byrne	Sound Editor
Christopher Newman	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Tim O'Shea	Foley Editor
Igor Nikolic	Assistant Sound Editor
Jamie Candiloro	Sound Mixer - recorder & mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Steven Samanen	Graphic Artist
Virgil Sanchez	Special Effects
Randall Balsmeyer	Visual Effects Supervisor
Larry Fioritto	Special Effects Coordinator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Tricia Bercsi	Set Costumer - key set costumer
Corey C Bronson	Costumes - Danny DeVito's costumer
Ve Neill	Makeup - makeup department head
Elaine Maser	Costume Supervisor
Robert Wojewodski	Assistant Costume Designer
Kathe Swanson	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Yolanda Toussien	Hair - hair department head
Jeffrey Kurland	Costume Designer
Cindy Evans	Costumes - Jim Carrey's costumer
Benjamin Wilson	Costume Supervisor - men's costume supervisor
Shoshana Rubin	Set Costumer
Lee Ann Brittenham	Hair Stylist
Bill Corso	Makeup - key makeup
Patricia Grande	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Sheryl Leigh Ptak	Makeup - Jim Carrey's makeup
Janis Mekaelian	Costumes - costumer
Melissa Stanton	Costume Supervisor - women's costume supervisor
Karo Vartanian	Costumes - costumer
Bob Zmuda	Makeup - original Tony Clifton makeup designer
Marianne Skiba	Makeup - key makeup

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