Being John Malkovich
Universal Studios (1999)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In Collection
#1465
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Seen ItYes
044005975727
IMDB   7.8
1 hr 52 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
John Malkovich John Malkovich
Orson Bean Dr. Lester
John Cusack Craig Schwartz
Cameron Diaz Lotte Schwartz
Catherine Keener Maxine
Ned Bellamy Derek Mantini
K.K. Dodds Wendy
Reginald C. Hayes Don
Mary Kay Place Floris
Byrne Piven Captain Mertin
Bill M. Ryusaki Mr. Hiroshi
Charlie Sheen Charlie
Director
Spike Jonze
Producer Steve Golin
Charlie Kaufman
Writer Charlie Kaufman
Cinematography Lance Acord
Musician Carter Burwell


When a puppeteer with a dark side moonlights (or rather sunlights) in the business world it turns out the business world is not as dull as he had expected. While working on the green-lit, low-ceilinged 7 1/2-th floor of an office building, Craig (John Cusack) finds a small portal, hidden behind a filing cabinet, that leads into the head of John Malkovich (himself). After 15 minutes of allowing him to lurk in Malkovich's mundane routines, the wormhole jettisons the scruffy, peevish Craig out beside the New Jersey Turnpike. Soon Malkovich haunting becomes an obsession for him, his sexy coworker Maxine (Catherine Keener) and his weird, frumpy wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz), to the point where they begin to make life decisions based on their time in someone else's life.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Release Date 5/2/2000
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Special FeaturesTheatrical TrailerTV Spots7 1/2 Floor OrientationAmerican Arts & Culture Presents...John Malkovich, Dance of Despair and DisillusionmentA Page with Nothing on ItAn Intimate Portrait of the Art of PuppeteeringDirector InterviewAn Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background DrivingCast & Crew Biographies & FilmagraphiesSpike's Photo Album