ANDY KAUFMAN IS ME - TCFF Tuesdays SUMMER 2025 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH

ANDY KAUFMAN IS ME - Join us at the State Theatre for this brilliant doc fresh off its Tribeca debut.

Tuesday, August 5th
Matinee:
Doors Open @ 12 PM
Showtime @ 7 PM

Evening:
Doors Open @ 6 PM
Showtime @ 7 PM

This film explores the enigmatic genius of one of comedy’s brightest burning stars – Andy Kaufman. Before dying tragically at age 35, the breakout star from Taxi and Saturday Night Live kept the world off guard with his unique brand of hilarious & unsettling performance-style comedy.

Certainly Kaufman’s life has been the subject of numerous TV and film treatments, but this doc from the empathic & immensely talented director Clay Tweel (whose film PRINT THE LEGEND showed at TCFF 2014) is the big swing we’ve all been waiting for – and which you get the sense, through puppetry and funhouse interview backdrops, that Kaufman may have produced himself. This is the doc Kaufman’s family chose to endorse – and appear in – next to comedy greats like Eric André, Carol Kane and David Letterman, who produced alongside Kaufman fan Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Intercut with exclusive personal audio recordings of Kaufman that reveal a heretofore unseen vulnerability to the star, ANDY KAUFMAN IS ME is the most comprehensive portrait of one of comedy’s most complex – and unforgettable – stars.

This summer marks TCFF's 20th Anniversary! We hope you join us for all the fun!

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