[Stuart]

"Man in the moon: The Andy Kaufman Story". He was weird, and IMO wasn't the funniest character in Taxi (I personally found Christopher Lloyd and Danny De Vito funnier), he was loved by a lot of other people, and gave us what is now called "performance art". Bit of a mixed blessing that.

However, the performance given a year after his death in tribute to him (by "Tony Clifton", one of his characters) and done for American Cancer charities is what apparently inspired Comic Relief.

Back to my impressions of the film: I have read they have glamourised his life (which I don't think they have - he comes across as teetering just on the edge of insanity in parts of the film), and I don't really remember reading much about his life, so can't really comment on that.

However, the film is excellent, and all the cast (including Courtney Love - who I don't usually think is a good actress) put in excellent performaces.