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Release year: 1999

Storyline

The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Top credits

Directors

Miloš Forman

Writers

Cast

Jim Carrey — Andy Kaufman, Tony Clifton
Danny DeVito — George Shapiro
Gerry Becker — Stanley Kaufman
Greyson Erik Pendry — Little Michael Kaufman

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Did you know

• At one point, the studio wanted to fire director Miloš Forman. However, Jim Carrey said that if Forman was fired, he would depart the film as well.

• A man impersonating Gary Oldman discussed the project with an unsuspecting Danny DeVito for months and even submitted an audition tape to Miloš Forman. The real Gary Oldman had passed on the role of Andy Kaufman months earlier, and became aware of the scam after he found his name listed as one of the actors auditioning for the part.

• The primary cast members of Taxi (1978) play themselves. The only exceptions are, of course, a deceased Andy Kaufman who is portrayed by Jim Carrey, Tony Danza, who was performing in "A View from the Bridge" on Broadway at the time of filming, and Danny DeVito, who was already playing another role in this movie, that of George Shapiro. When DeVito was asked who would play him if he was playing Shapiro, he suggested that the simplest option was to scratch himself from the cast shown in the movie. Of this Taxi alumni, only Randall Carver receives an onscreen credit in this "self" role.