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Being John Malkovich

starring: Orson Bean, Ned Bellamy, W. Earl Brown, Kevin Carroll, John Cusack

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192266522
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 05, 2002
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 5560
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1999



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Craig a struggling puppeteer accidentally discovers a portal leading into the brain of john malkovich. For 15 minutes he experiences the ultimate head trip-he is john malkovich! then he is dumped onto the new jersey turnpike! Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/01/2003 Starring: John Cusack John Malkovich Run time: 112 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Jonze

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While too many movies suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, Being John Malkovich is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film. Even if it ultimately serves little purpose beyond the thrill of comedic invention, this demented romance is gloriously entertaining, spilling over with ideas that tickle the brain and even touch the heart. That's to be expected in a movie that dares to ponder the existential dilemma of a forlorn puppeteer (John Cusack) who discovers a metaphysical portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich.

The puppeteer's working as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a Manhattan office building; this idea alone might serve as the comedic basis for an entire film, but Jonze and Kaufman are just getting started. Add a devious coworker (Catherine Keener), Cusack's dowdy wife (a barely recognizable Cameron Diaz), and a business scheme to capitalize on the thrill of being John Malkovich, and you've got a movie that just gets crazier as it plays by its own outrageous rules. Malkovich himself is the film's pièce de résistance, riffing on his own persona with obvious delight and--when he enters his own brain via the portal--appearing with multiple versions of himself in a tour-de-force use of digital trickery. Does it add up to much? Not really. But for 112 liberating minutes, Being John Malkovich is a wild place to visit. --Jeff Shannon

Amazon.com:
While too many movies suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, Being John Malkovich is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film. Even if it ultimately serves little purpose beyond the thrill of comedic invention, this demented romance is gloriously entertaining, spilling over with ideas that tickle the brain and even touch the heart. That's to be expected in a movie that dares to ponder the existential dilemma of a forlorn puppeteer (John Cusack) who discovers a metaphysical portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich.

The puppeteer's working as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a Manhattan office building; this idea alone might serve as the comedic basis for an entire film, but Jonze and Kaufman are just getting started. Add a devious coworker (Catherine Keener), Cusack's dowdy wife (a barely recognizable Cameron Diaz), and a business scheme to capitalize on the thrill of being John Malkovich, and you've got a movie that just gets crazier as it plays by its own outrageous rules. Malkovich himself is the film's pièce de résistance, riffing on his own persona with obvious delight and--when he enters his own brain via the portal--appearing with multiple versions of himself in a tour-de-force use of digital trickery. Does it add up to much? Not really. But for 112 liberating minutes, Being John Malkovich is a wild place to visit. --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Being JM :)
Great PQ and good AQ for the type of movie (mostly dialog). Very good over-all, and of course a great ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Masterfully ingenuous and utterly incomparable...
Charlie Kaufman may be the greatest screenwriter of our generation. He's written three of the greatest ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Huh? Was that necessary. . .?
I enjoy "deep" movies, but sometimes "deep" movies appear deep without truly being deep. This is one of ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My favorite movie for some time now.
I love the combination of scifi existentialism, reality in the fact that John Malkovich plays himself, and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Malkoviching Malkovich Malkovich
[first lines]
Lotte Schwartz: Craig, honey, it's time for bed.
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