Man on the Moon corrections

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Man on the Moon (1999) - 11 corrections

Directed by Milos Forman, starring Courtney Love, Danny DeVito, George Shapiro, Jim Carrey, Paul Giamatti

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When Andy comes to George Shapiro's office for the first time he makes a big fuss about which chair to sit on and finally settles upon the left one. When he gets up again he does so from the right one. [That is because Andy changes seats when he refuses to star in 'Taxi'. When he refuses, he stands up, walks around a bit and sits down in the other chair.]

Tony Clifton was supposed to guest-star on a "Taxi" episode from the first season. On the set, one can see Christopher Lloyd and Carol Kane, who didn't join the show until the second and third seasons, respectively. [It is not shown that it contains an episode of the first season. Could be another season as well.]

It's easy to see that David Letterman was inserted into the talk show scene digitally - his body is "stretched" vertically and doesn't appear as clearly as Lawler and Carrey. [Letterman wasn't added digitally, he shot the scenes with Jim Carrey during production. In the real interview, Letterman looks a lot younger.]

In the scene where Andy has just met Lynn and they are about to wrestle, when they reach out to shake hands notice that they both reach out with their left hand; the shot is reversed. [It is not reversed. Jim Carrey is left handed, so it probably was a natural move for him.]

When Andy and Jerry Lawler are on Late Night with David Letterman in 1982, Dave looks like he does now (eyeglasses, a lot less hair.) At least the "Taxi" cast members used hair dye, makeup, and '70s clothes to somewhat blend in. [Letterman was digitally inserted into the shot, so his "performance" was actually him during the original interview. Can't get more real than that.]

When they arrive at the 'Taxi' stage one of the prostitutes who accompanies Tony Clifton is wearing a blue dress. Suddenly, from one shot to the next, she is wearing an orange t-shirt. [Television shows are not necessarily worked out, recorded, and completed in a few hours, it can sometimes take days or more, especially when the cast is still working on the script. It's completely plausible for the ladies to have changed from morning wear to afternoon wear, or even change day-to-day.]

When Andy and Lynn go to the movies on their 1st date he buys a large popcorn. When they both leave the movies the popcorn container is still full to the top. [This isn't a mistake; the humor is that they purchased tickets to the movie strictly to go to the snack counter. After buying popcorn they left the theater...without ever watching the movie.]

When people lose their hair due to cancer treatment they lose ALL their body hair. However, Andy keeps his eyebrows until he dies. [This is not true. People lose varying amounts of hair due to cancer treatment. Some lose no hair, some lose only their head hair, some lose all their body hair; it depends on the individual. Also radiotherapy often only induces hair loss in the area treated.]

Towards the end of the film, Andy has lost his hair due to his cancer treatment and you can see stubble on his head - obviously because he shaved his head. In reality, someone who receives cancer treatment will lose their hair completely and have no stubble at all. [Not all cancer treatments result in complete hair loss, some have large patches of hair falling out while the rest is not affected, cancer victims may choose to shave their heads for an even appearance.]

In the scene where Andy and his girlfriend are at the movies, you can see in the background that the movie is E.T. This happens before Andy gets in that famous fight with the wrestler that ends up with a vocal battle on David Letterman. The actual fight took place in early April 1982, a full two months before E.T. premiered in the theaters. [Yes this scene takes place prior to the movie's release, but it isn't at all uncommon for movie posters to be displayed well in advance of the movie's premier. There are posters around for Shrek 2 already, not due out for at least another 6 months (at the time of writing)]

When Andy and Bob first enter the whorehouse, Bob enters first then Andy enters and tries to leave. I could swear that Bob says "Jim" instead of Andy, trying to coax him back into the whorehouse. [Bob says: "Would you... come on. Come on.."] Corrected by Nancy<>Felix