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 "Late Night with David Letterman," got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC.
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Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 Best Pictures of 2000 (at #3).
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Goofs
Anachronisms:
The model of Sony broadcast monitor used in the "vertical hold" scene dates from the 1990s, not the 1970s.
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Quotes
Tony Clifton:
So... ya wanna see Andy? Anybody gotta flashlight and a couple of shovels? See more »
Crazy Credits
Because the main cast credits appear at the beginning of the film, the only cast members listed in the end credits are the featured cast members.
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