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Being John Malkovich

Author: Spike JonzeCharlie KaufmanJohn CusackCameron DiazCatherine KeenerAll authors
Publisher: [Calif.] : Universal : USA Home Entertainment, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : English : Special edView all editions and formats
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A struggling street puppeteer takes a job as a filing clerk and discovers a secret door that allows him to enter into the mind and body of actor John Malkovich. For fifteen minutes he experiences being John Malkovich before being dropped out of the sky alongside the New Jersey Turnpike. After sharing this experience with an office colleague and his wife the three hatch a plan to offer this experience to others and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Fantasy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Named Person: John Malkovich
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Spike Jonze; Charlie Kaufman; John Cusack; Cameron Diaz; Catherine Keener; Orson Bean; Mary Kay Place; John Malkovich; Gramercy Pictures.; Propaganda Films (Firm); Single Cell Pictures.; Universal Pictures (Firm); USA Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN: 0783277415 9780783277417 0767849485 9780767849487
OCLC Number: 44999095
Language Note: English soundtracks with optional French and Spanish subtitles and English closed-captioning.
Notes: Widescreen (letterbox format).
Originally produced in 1999 as motion picture.
Special features include 7 1/2-floor orientations, theatrical trailer and tv spots, short documentaries (John Horatio Malkovich ... Dance of Despair and Disillusionment; An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering) an interview with the director, cast and crew biographies and filmographies, and the director's photo album.
Credits: Director of photography, Lance Acord; editor, Eric Zumbrunnen; music, Carter Burwell.
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich.
Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Contents: Dance of despair and disillusionment --
Wintry economic climate --
Abelard & Héloise --
Lestercorp 610 11th Ave. NYC 10012 --
Orientation --
Schwartz's --
Don't toy with Floris --
Maxine --
Feel what I feel --
Portal --
Metaphysical can of worms --
Lotte tries Malkovich --
Dr. Lester's house --
Have you ever wanted to be someone else? --
Bernardo's 8:00 pm --
J.M. Inc. --
Dinner at the Schwartz's --
4:11 am --
Unrequited love --
I moved his arm across your girlfriend's glorious t** --
What the f*** is going on? --
Malkovich goes inside his own portal --
Lotte and Elijah escape --
Malkovich vessel --
Dance of despair and disillusionment (reprise) --
Re-birth of an artist --
Enigmatic John Horatio Malkovich --
Calling your bluff --
Into Malkovich's subconscious --
Time is now --
Old friends and a new vessel --
Closing credits.
Other Titles: Being John Malkovich
Responsibility: Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Pictures production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay.
Local System Bib Number:
158348

Abstract:

A struggling street puppeteer takes a job as a filing clerk and discovers a secret door that allows him to enter into the mind and body of actor John Malkovich. For fifteen minutes he experiences being John Malkovich before being dropped out of the sky alongside the New Jersey Turnpike. After sharing this experience with an office colleague and his wife the three hatch a plan to offer this experience to others and charge a fee.
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