Movie
Being John Malkovich
Fantasy film with a runtime of 113 minutes, released in 1999. Presented in English.
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Synopsis
Would you pay money to journey into the mind of the star of Con Air, The Killing Fields, and In The Line of Fire? Puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is having money problems, so he takes a temporary job as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a large office building. One day, while rummaging behind a cabinet, he finds a small door that leads to the center of the mind of actor John Malkovich (played by, you guessed it, John Malkovich). Craig discovers that entering the portal allows him to become John Malkovich for a brief spell, and in time he and his beautiful but aloof co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener) get the bright idea to charge admission for the privilege of spending 15 minutes inside the head of a well-known actor. Malkovich realizes that something strange is happening to him, but can do little to stop it, as strangers take over his mind for a quarter-hour at a time. Craig's wife, Lotte (Cameron Diaz), eventually takes a trip into Malkovich's psyche, and she soon finds herself in love with Maxine, with whom Malkovich has an affair; meanwhile, Maxine in time becomes infatuated with both Craig and Lotte, but only when they're inside Malkovich. Being John Malkovich marked the feature-length debut of director Spike Jonze, who previously made acclaimed music videos for Weezer, the Beastie Boys, and the Breeders, among others.
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Cast
- John Cusack
- Cameron Diaz
- Catherine Keener
- John Malkovich
- Orson Bean
- Mary Kay Place
- Charlie Sheen
- Eric Weinstein
- Madison Lanc
- Ned Bellamy
- Byrne Piven
- K.K. Dodds
- Reggie Hayes
- Bill M. Ryusaki
- Carlos Jacott
- Richard Fancy
- Patti Tippo
- Octavia Spencer
- Daniel Hansen
- Kelly Teacher
- Judith Wetzell
- Kevin Carroll
- Willie Garson
- W. Earl Brown
- Gerald Emerick
- James Murray
- Mariah O'Brien
- Dan Hansen
- Gregory Sporleder
- Jacqueline Benoit
- William Buck
- Christine D. Coleman
- Jeanne Diehl
- Audrey Gelfand
- Yetta Ginsburg
- Sylvester Jenkins
- Roy C. Johnson
- Eddie J. Low
- Ralph W. Spaulding
- David Wyler
- Flori Wyler
- Kristin D'Andrea
- Greg O'Neill
- Bill Wittman
- Reginald C. Hayes
- Spike Jonze
- Matthew Iadarola
- Malcolm Fife
- Dan Bradley
- Richard L. Anderson
- Casey Storm
- John Vulich
- Lance Acord
- Charlie Kaufman
- Peter Andrus
- Neil Ross
- Elliot Koretz
- Fanee Aaron
- Gary Gegan
- Daniel Radford
- Gucci Westman
- Ren Klyce
- Michael Kuhn
- Sloane U'Ren
- Justine Baddeley
- John Gray
- Gray Marshall
- Eric Zumbrunnen
- K.K. Barrett
