Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond exclusive trailer documents Jim Carrey's erratic transformation into Andy Kaufman

New documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond set tongues wagging at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and - going by this brand new trailer brought to you exclusively by The Independent - it's easy to see why.

The film hones in on actor Jim Carrey and his time spent portraying the erratic comedian Andy Kaufman for Miloš Forman film Man on the Moon released in 1999.

Director Chris Smith worked through approximately 100 hours of footage shot on the film's set compiling Carrey’s controversial four-month transformation into Kaufman which the actor himself describes as a “crazy melodrama."

The Great Beyond sees Carrey reflecting on the footage - shot by his girlfriend at the time Lynne Margulies and former writing partner Bob Zmuda - 18 years later.

"Universal didn't want the footage we took behind the scenes to surface so people wouldn't think I was an a**hole," he can be heard saying in the trailer.

Carrey won a Golden Globe for the role - his second in a row after The Truman Show.

Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond will be released 17 November on Netflix.