Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon Man on the Moon (1999) by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. FADE IN: INT. VOID - DAY Standing in a nonexistent set is ANDY KAUFMAN, looking a bit nervous.Wide-eyed, tentative, he stares at us with a needy, unsettling cuteness.His hair is slicked-down, and he wears the "FRIENDLY WORLD" costume from the Andy Kaufman special. Finally, Andy speaks -- in a peculiar FOREIGN ACCENT. ANDY (AS FOREIGN MAN) Hallo.I am Andy.Welcoom to my movie. (beat; he gets upset) I hoped the story of my life would be nice...but it turned out terrible!It is all LIES!Tings are mixed up... real people I knew play different people.WHAT A MESS! So I broke into Universal and cut out the junk.Now it's much shorter.In fact, this is the end of the movie.So tanks for comink! Bye- bye! Andy puts a needle on a phonograph, and swelling CLOSING CREDITS MUSIC starts to play.FINAL CREDITS roll. Andy stands frozen, awkwardly looking at the audience. Every time the music ends he picks up the needle and restarts the music.He does that as many times as the credits require. Finally, CREDITS END.And then--a sly smile.He leans in. DROPS HIS ACCENT and WHISPERS. ANDY (AS REGULAR VOICE) Okay!Just my friends are left.I wanted to get rid of those other people... they would have laughed in the wrong places. (beat) I was only kidding about the movie... it's actually PRETTY GOOD! It shows everything... from me as a little boy until my death -- (his eyes pop; he covers his mouth) Oops!!