Home Video M E R C H A N T S & M A R K E T I N G BIOPIC RENEWS INTEREST IN ANDY KAUFMAN (Continued from page 81) dre," the film was written by Kauf- "The theatrical release stars Jim In addition, Peter Pan Indus- on how good the movie is and how man and stars professional wrestler Carrey, who, because of his young tries /Parade Video is offering a doc- many people go to see it and get into Fred Blassie. following, will bring a whole new umentary detailing the man of a it. The tape, released on Nov. 16 at generation to Andy. People will want thousand faces called "Tank You "It may be that Jim Carrey as the budget price of $9.95, now in- to compare the real Andy to Jim Vedy Much!" Selling for $9.98, this Andy Kaufman is enough Andy for cludes previously unavailable Carrey's Andy as well," says SMV video contains exclusive family pho- most people," continues Bogucki. footage of the film's Los Angeles senior director of marketing Ann - tos and classic TV clips. "But the indicators are good because premiere, which was Kaufman's last marie Gatti. "And this video is clas- Due to some legal complications, the movie hype is building with the public appearance. The movie was sic Andy-" these four projects will have less R.E.M. music and video and the directed by director/actor /rocker/ The DVD, which is the only Kauf- competition than expected. MGM commercials." wrestler Johnny Legend. man one currently available, has had previously announced its inten- Bogucki, though, won't be stock- Rhino has also repackaged "I'm some exclusive added features like tion to release `Andy Kaufman Plays ing up on Kaufman tapes in "Titan- From Hollywood," which chronicles an extensive bio and background Carnegie Hall" Jan. 4 for $14.95. But ic" proportions. "The need can only Kaufman's hilarious adventures in information. SMV also has a cross - according to a source at MGM, the really last a few weeks surrounding the world of wrestling, contains promotion with Universal Pictures, live performance, which included a the film and then again when the original music by the Bobs, and has which is releasing "Man On The surprise appearance by Robin Wil- video is released," he says. "But I'm guest appearances by Tony Danza Moon" in theaters. Some promotions liams, "will probably never see a re- not anxious to step out hugely on and Marilu Henner. Originally include co- branded advertising, lease due to legal issues." any one item. We have been fairly released by Shanachie, it was reis- radio giveaways, an online cam- In spite of the tremendous modest with what we've brought sued on Nov. 16 by Rhino, which paign, and the inclusion of the the- amount of renewed interest sur- in." price- reduced the rental title to atrical release trailer on both the rounding Kaufman's life and career, Tower's MacMillan concurs. "He $14.95. DVD and VHS. some retailers remain cautious. is an acquired taste that a lot of peo- "Andy Kaufman fits the culture at Says Gatti, "The response has "Inevitably, some of these tapes ple just won't get, so I don't expect Rhino, and these videos are a spe- been good so far. It helps that we will get lost in the shuffle because any of these videos to be blockbuster cial part of our catalog. Sure, they have the only DVD and this project there are so many and some of them hits," he says, "I'm just surprised have been around for a while, but I really fits the demo of the DVD are less interesting and bizarre than that we haven't seen a special 'Sat- believe that there will be a lot of peo- around [the spring] as well," Schorr buyer, which is the 20- to 40-year -old others," says Borders video buyer urday Night Live' Andy Kaufman ple looking for original footage of says. "Right now, consumer aware- man." Dan Bogucki. "It will really depend video or a `Taxi' collection." Andy when `Man On The Moon' ness is what we need to make these comes out," Rhino senior VP Arny videos sell. We are currently shoot- Billboard DECEMBER 18, 1999 Schorr says. "We'd be fools not to ing some original footage for the take advantage of the free publicity DVD versions to enhance their a major Hollywood movie stirs up worth." around a person or topic." Also on Nov 16, Sony Music Video Top Special Inter es Video Sales. Rhino will try to stir up a public- (SMV) released "Andy Kaufman: COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF ity -heavy campaign of its own as The Midnight Special" on DVD RETAIL STORE AND RACK REPORTS COL- Y Y RETAIL STORE AND RACK REPORTS COL- well, and Schorr says that the videos priced at $19.98 and on VHS for Z LECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY údu w, w z LECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY °F 3 3 ?IS"và will probably be issued on DVD in $12.98. 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