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Post by ButterFly Suplex on Jan 17, 2013 21:35:05 GMT -5
I just watched this after not seeing it for a few years, and I just noticed that Lance Russell, (the original commentator for the actual Jerry Lawler/ Andy Kaufman match) was given the role as the ring announcer while Jim Ross was given the commentator role. If anything the roles should have been reversed. Better yet, not have JR in it all, or maybe as the referee, since Lane Russell was also the original ring announcer for those Memphis matches. I mean the people who were involved in Andy's life that were still alive at the time of filming should have pointed that out.
This goes double for that awful Jesse Ventura biopic as far inaccuracy goes. The Montreal screwjob while he and "Gorilla Monsoon"were commentating...really?!?
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 17, 2013 21:43:59 GMT -5
They did address at the beginning of the movie that things were switched around and such though, so it isn't a real big deal.
Hell, if you want to get nitpicky, the Kaufman/Lawler feud continued WAY beyond the one match that they showed, eventually even bringing Jimmy Hart into the mix.
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Post by thetower52 on Jan 17, 2013 22:27:06 GMT -5
i really like the movie
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 17, 2013 22:44:05 GMT -5
I haven't seen it yet surprisingly, but I would be really anal about things if I was the director. I heard Letterman even wore his glasses for his part-that's just lazy, unless he is totally blind now
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jan 17, 2013 23:33:02 GMT -5
Most likely the JR thing was something between the WWE and the production company. Have a feeling Lance was in it because Lawler pushed to have Lance in there somewhere.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 17, 2013 23:43:29 GMT -5
I loved the flick. The little inaccuracies in no way detracted from the actual story. And it at least was pretty faithful to Andy's biography 'Lost in the Funhouse'.
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Post by Lancers on Jan 17, 2013 23:47:25 GMT -5
Very good film. It's weird watching Danny DeVito now after years of seeing him play Frank Reynolds. Kind of jarring.
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 17, 2013 23:49:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2013 23:49:37 GMT -5
It felt very "made for TV" to me.
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Post by BigBadZ on Jan 18, 2013 2:02:30 GMT -5
I liked Man on the Moon and I always assumed that JR had the better "movie" voice where as Lance can sound kind of monotone to be honest. This goes double for that awful Jesse Ventura biopic as far inaccuracy goes. The Montreal screwjob while he and "Gorilla Monsoon"were commentating...really?!? But what is this from? I have never heard of Ventura's biopic, but how could it possibly be that off?? |
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Post by The Spelunker! on Jan 18, 2013 2:04:55 GMT -5
I absolutely love this movie. Stuff like that never really bugs me.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 18, 2013 2:26:45 GMT -5
worst innaccuarcy is how they display the carnagie hall/ "milk and cookies" show as his last hurrah before he dies. That took place years before he was diagnosed with cancer. but other than that its a good flick. carey got oscar snubbed thats for damn sure
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 18, 2013 2:51:44 GMT -5
Did anyone else read this as "Max Moon the Movie" ?
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Post by doinkmark on Jan 18, 2013 4:56:28 GMT -5
Jim Carey did a great job playing Kaufman. It's a shame not enough people saw this movie. The Lawler feud was cut short, but I believe that's how it happened in real-life as well. Didn't Kaufman stop wrestling before the final blowoff match? Or maybe he was supposed to win at the end. I dunno.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 18, 2013 5:00:49 GMT -5
I liked Man on the Moon and I always assumed that JR had the better "movie" voice where as Lance can sound kind of monotone to be honest. This goes double for that awful Jesse Ventura biopic as far inaccuracy goes. The Montreal screwjob while he and "Gorilla Monsoon"were commentating...really?!? But what is this from? I have never heard of Ventura's biopic, but how could it possibly be that off?? As I recall, Jesse called the match between Goldberg and Kanyon, where Goldberg got screwed out of the title, Jesse quit in protest. Yeah, those were the guys they used. It was inducted into WrestleCrap, it's wicked far off. |
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Post by TheDarkestKnight on Jan 18, 2013 6:11:39 GMT -5
Did anyone else read this as "Max Moon the Movie" ? I did at first and was ready to ask who in the hell would watch a movie about that. |
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 18, 2013 7:35:15 GMT -5
I liked Man on the Moon and I always assumed that JR had the better "movie" voice where as Lance can sound kind of monotone to be honest. But what is this from? I have never heard of Ventura's biopic, but how could it possibly be that off?? As I recall, Jesse called the match between Goldberg and Kanyon, where Goldberg got screwed out of the title, Jesse quit in protest. Yeah, those were the guys they used. It was inducted into WrestleCrap, it's wicked far off. Yea it was a made for tv movie broadcast on NBC. It couldn't be any more off than if a woman had played him. |
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jan 18, 2013 11:40:58 GMT -5
Jim Carey did a great job playing Kaufman. It's a shame not enough people saw this movie. The Lawler feud was cut short, but I believe that's how it happened in real-life as well. Didn't Kaufman stop wrestling before the final blowoff match? Or maybe he was supposed to win at the end. I dunno. Kaufman kept going back for at least a year/year and a half. It didn't do his career any favors, and by the end the fans in Memphis were just kinda tired of him. His last appearance was on the Jerry Lawler show after thanksgiving doing a pretaped promo. He already had the beginnings of the cancer then. |
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Jan 18, 2013 11:48:12 GMT -5
Amazing movie, one of my favorites to be honest and the discrepancies never really bothered me as it didn't detract from the film in a way that it ruined it. I know they got the timeline a little wrong but there is a limit to what can be included in movies and things need to be condensed for time but at least in Man on the Moon they did it in a way that didn't take away from the story unlike a lot of films that have been ruined by it.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Jan 18, 2013 16:39:09 GMT -5
Kinda weird that they cast Danny Devito as George Shapiro (Andy's agent) just for the simple fact that Danny DeVito is someone who already had a major role in real life as Kaufman's co-star on Taxi. I kinda wish in the movie whenever Andy did something that risked his job at Taxi George would say something like "What are you doing? You're risking a role on a network sitcom! A network sitcom that let's you work with the hilarious and dashingly handsome Danny DeVito!"
The Memphis stuff was condensed immensely (basically weeks of promos condensed into minutes of ringside trash talk) but stuff like that is expected in bio-flicks. I highly recommend the documentary Andy Kaufman: I'm From Hollywood to get a better understanding of his Memphis run.
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