In the new Spike Jonze-produced Netflix documentary "Jim & Andy," director Chris Smith explores how actor Jim Carrey lost himself in the role of gonzo comedian Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film "Man ...

Jim Carrey strode the Lido this week for Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - The Story Of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention Of Tony Clifton.

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 ...

Jim Carrey went all-in with his portrayal of Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman’s 1999 biopic Man on the Moon.According to Carrey, the groundbreaking comedian not only had his hooks in Carrey during ...

“Andy Kaufman showed up, tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Sit down. ... “All we really yearn for is our own absence, after all,” Carrey notes at one point in Jim & Andy.

So Carrey did what he did best. He became Andy Kaufman, all the Andy Kaufmans, from the cartoon-voiced Foreign Man who lip-synced Mighty Mouse, to the misogynist wrestler who wound up in a neck ...

Chris Smith's documentary, “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond,” debuting Friday on Netflix, tells the story of two unique and extreme comic talents: Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman.

Jim Carrey stars in the 1999 movie “Man on the Moon.” | Universal Studios/Getty Images In Man on the Moon , Jim Carrey traces Andy Kaufman’s steps from his childhood to his time at comedy ...

Jim Carrey starred as Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film “Man on the Moon.” The film was named after the R.E.M. song, and R.E.M. was also featured on the soundtrack.

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond,” a documentary which offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of comedian Andy Kaufman on ...