"Man on the Moon"

Jim Carrey and Courtney Love go to the movies in "Man on the Moon" (Universal, 1999). They're at the Vine Theatre, 6321 Hollywood Blvd. 

This film about the strange life of comic Andy Kaufman was directed by Milos Forman. It also features Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Leslie Lyles, George Shapiro and Melanie Vesey. The cinematography was by Anastas Michos.

 

 Coming out of the theatre. "Why did you call me? You're the last person I expected to hear from."

 

Walking west from the theatre. The only title we see on the marquee is "On Golden Pond."

See the page about the Vine Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site. It opened as the Admiral in 1940, an S. Charles Lee conversion of a restaurant building.   

 

Late in the film there's a big Christmas show staged at Carnegie Hall. For the interiors they used the Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway. They added strings of lights to give the impression of a three-balcony house.  

 

A look down. Note the "Carnegie Hall" proscenium pieces. 

 

Another look into the house with Jim Carrey onstage. 

 

 The Rockettes come on and a choir is revealed upstage. 

 

 

 

Santa flies in from the heavens. 

 

A view of the shoot at the Los Angeles from the "making of" featurette on the film's DVD. 

 

 

Another view from the "making of" featurette.

See the pages about the Los Angeles Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the building and many photos.

On IMDb: "Man on the Moon"