Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
An original, unexpectedly affecting tribute to two distinctive comic performers.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Director Chris Smith's fascinating deep dive into actor Jim Carrey's time spent portraying famed and complicated comedian Andy Kaufman. Using approximately 100 hours of footage shot on the set of Man on the Moon documenting Carrey's transformation into Kaufman for four months. Jim Carrey earned critical acclaim and a Golden Globe for the performance, but many of the production's most Kaufmanesque moments played out behind the scenes, thankfully captured on video by Andy's former girlfriend, Lynne Margulies and former writing partner, Bob Zmuda. In Jim & Andy, Carrey looks back at the resulting footage 18 years later, reflecting on how he and Andy came up in oddly parallel universes, his experience channeling Andy and Tony, and more broadly the spiritual journey of his career.
Genre
Documentary,
Comedy
Runtime
93
Language
English
Director
Chris Smith
Awards:
Nominee, Venezia Classici Award, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
When it was announced in the late ’90s that Jim Carrey had been chosen to play Andy Kaufman in a major Hollywood biopic, my gut reaction was skepticism. Carrey, then at the height of his star power, was a brilliant comedian who had more than proved his acting chops (in “The Truman Show”), yet both ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 11.17.17 - 11.23.17
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