Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
Acting
Carrey's terrifying, unbroken Kaufman possession
Direction
Smith lets the discomfort breathe
Editing
2017 Jim vs 1999 Jim in haunting conversation
Director
Chris Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Universal buried this footage for two decades fearing Carrey looked 'like an asshole'—the director found it in a warehouse marked 'JIM ANDY FOOTAGE DO NOT USE.'
Carrey's 2017 present-day interviews were filmed with no crew—just him, a camera, and questions he asked himself, explaining their raw, unmoored quality.
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