Being John Malkovich(Movie, 1999)

Name: Being John Malkovich
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1999
Duration: T01:53:00
Rating: 3.7

| 1h 53min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 1,875 votes)

Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American surrealist fantasy comedy drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, with John Malkovich as a satirical version of himself. Cusack plays a puppeteer who finds a portal that leads into Malkovich's mind. Released by USA Films, the film received widespread acclaim, with praise for its writing and direction, and has grossed $23 million against a $13 million budget. The film was nominated in three categories at the 72nd Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Keener. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Being John Malkovich

Grand Prix du Festival De Deauville National Board of Review: Top Ten Films BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film

About Being John Malkovich

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Long Beach (California), New Jersey

Plays in: New Jersey, New York City (NYC)

Made by: Propaganda Films, Gramercy Pictures, Single Cell Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 30 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/29/1999

Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen, David Fincher, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Sinise, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ned Bellamy, Octavia Spencer, Sean Penn, Spike Jonze, Winona Ryder, W. Earl Brown, Gerald Emerick, Gregory Sporleder, James Murray, Willie Garson, K. K. Dodds, Byrne Piven

Director: Spike Jonze

Producer: Steve Golin, Vincent Landay, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe

Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman

Executive Producer: Charlie Kaufman

Film Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen

Director of Photography: Lance Acord

Composer: Carter Burwell

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"傀儡人生"

"变脑"

"玩谢麦高维治"

"Cómo ser John Malkovic"

"Dans la peau de John Malkovitch"

"존 말코비치 되기"

Keywords: subconsciousness, actor playing themself, transvestism, individual, identity, puppeteer, externally controlled action, new identity, witch, secret love, pet, appropriation of another human being, chimp

Budget: 13,000,000 USD

Revenue: 22,863,596 USD (= 176%)

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Being John Malkovich(Movie, 1999)

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