Jim Carrey has a special kind of eccentric comedy about him, well now it’s time to delve into the man behind the scenes on the set of Man on the Moon in a special trailer for the Netflix original documentary, Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond.
Director Chris Smith’s fascinating deep dive into actor Jim Carrey’s time spent portraying famed and complicated comedian Andy Kaufman. Using approximately 100 hours of footage shot on the set of Man on the Moon documenting Carrey’s transformation into Kaufman for four months
The Netflix documentary will air from November 17th
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond Official Synopsis
Jim Carrey earned critical acclaim and a Golden Globe for the performance, but many of the production’s most Kaufmanesque moments played out behind the scenes, thankfully captured on video by Andy’s former girlfriend, Lynne Margulies and former writing partner, Bob Zmuda. In Jim & Andy, Carrey looks back at the resulting footage 18 years later, reflecting on how he and Andy came up in oddly parallel universes, his experience channelling Andy and Tony and more broadly the spiritual journey of his career.
