The true story of the
legendary comedian, Andy Kaufman
with the help of
Milos Forman
(Amadeus, Hair, One Flew Over The Cuckoo''s Nest, etc.) and
Jim Carrey
.
The real
man on the moon
!
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 an opponent head-first into the mat. 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.
