sentences:  The famous Carnegie Hall "milk and cookies" performance, portrayed in the film as one of his last performances after being diagnosed with cancer, had in fact occurred in 1979, five years before Kaufman's death and well before his diagnosis.Also, the film is deliberately ambiguous over whether Kaufman actually died or if his death was a hoax as some fans believe.The film implies that Carol Kane was a member of the "Taxi" cast during the show's first season, which in real life was 1978–79.