Авангардный юмор с первой же минуты, ахах.
И хоть к такому юмору прониклась не сразу, но фильм оставляет после себя очень приятное ощущение.
Энди Кауфман. Человек-противоречие, но гений же, комедии! Его обсуждали тогда, и будут вечно, в этом весь феномен!
Хочется теперь узнать про него и посмотреть оригинальные выступления.

Милош Форман открылся для меня с новой стороны. Я привыкла к его темным, таким более арт-драма фильмам.
А здесь такая, чисто, американская история, и культурное наследие можно сказать. I am, again, impressed!





Jim Carrey refused to be called by his real name during the entire production - to get into the part, he insisted on being dealt with as Andy Kaufman at all times, on and off the set.

Andy Kaufman's congas were sold at auction and bought by Jim Carrey who is a major fan of Kaufman.
Carrey used the congas as part of his audition tape for Milos Forman and they appear in the film.

The role of young Carol Kaufman (Andy's sister) was played by Andy Kaufman's granddaughter, Brittany Colonna.

Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman were both born on January 17th.

John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, and Hank Azaria all auditioned for Andy Kaufman.

The set for David Letterman's current show, Late Show with David Letterman (1993),
was used to recreate the appearance by Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler on Letterman's old show, Late Night with David Letterman (1982).

The opening credits sequence mentioning that certain facts were changed and some events were in a different order,
was written in by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski in anticipation of fickle audience members pointing out historical inaccuracies used for dramatic effect.
They received numerous letters from Andy Kaufman fans regarding "mistakes" nonetheless.

George Shapiro: the club owner who fired Andy Kaufman after singing "The Cow Goes Moo".

Bob Zmuda: plays Fridays (1980) producer Jack Burns (the man whom Andy Kaufman gets into a fight with on the show).

Milos Forman: [cast] Vincent Schiavelli (a regular in Forman's films), Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick, and Mews Small return from Forman's Пролетая над гнездом кукушки (1975).
DeVito and Schiavelli also co-starred with the real Andy Kaufman in Taxi (1978):
DeVito was station boss Louie DiPalma and Schiavelli was recurring guest Reverend Gorky who immigrated from the same foreign land as Kaufman's Latka.