Being John Malkovich
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Spike Jonze
Kristin D'andrea
Yetta Ginsburg
Eric Weinstein
Elizabeth Rivera
Denise Dabrowski
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A man takes a new job on the 7th-and-a-half floor of an office building and stumbles upon a membranous room that leads inside the head of stage and screen actor John Malkovich. There he can see life through Malkovich's eyes before being systematically ejected from the room and onto the New Jersey turnpike. The man then rents out Malkovich's head to others, eventually letting his wife inside where she falls in love with another woman who, in turn, thinks she has fallen in love with John Malkovich.
Director
Spike Jonze
Cast
Kristin D'andrea
Yetta Ginsburg
Eric Weinstein
Elizabeth Rivera
Denise Dabrowski
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John Malkovich
Yvonne Montelius
Eddie J Low
Kevin Carroll
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Charlie Sheen
Jacqueline Benoit
Carlos Jacott
Kelly Teacher
Bill M Ryusaki
Byrne Piven
Octavia Spencer
Kevin Lee
Catherine Keener
Orson Bean
Neil Ross
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Charlie Sheen
Cameron Diaz
Roy C Johnson
Flori Wyler
Bill Wittman
Jennifer Canzoneri
Greg O'neill
James Murray
Charlene Grimsley
Jeanne Diehl
Jessica Neuberger
John Cusack
William N Buck
Ned Bellamy
Mary Kay Place
Michelle Madden
Erica Long
Audrey Gelfand
Sylvester Jenkins
Daniel Hansen
David Wyler
Gregory Sporleder
Madison Lanc
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Sean Penn
Mariah O'brien
Marlowe Bassett
Judith Wetzell
Kristie Cordle
Sara Rifkin
Gerald Emerick
W. Earl Brown
Pamela Hayden
K. K. Dodds
Christine Krejer
Gary H Rizzo
Ralph W Spaulding
Jayne Hess
Richard Fancy
Willie Garson
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Brad Pitt
Christine D Coleman
Chelsea Sjostrom
Eva Urbanova
Patti Tippo
Reggie Hayes
Crew
Fanee Aaron
Paul Abraham
Lance Acord
Lance Acord
David Alexander
David Alstadter
Gina Amorosa
Leanne Amos
Michael Anderson
Richard L Anderson
Robert W Anderson
Peter Andrus
Jess Anscott
Susan Applegate
Lee Armstrong
Ryan Arndt
Samantha N Bahramian
California Ballet
Lance Bangs
Kent James Stewart Barber
Kk Barrett
Lynn Barron
Phillip J Bartell
Bela Bartok
Greg Bauer
Mark Bell
Michael R. Berry
Laura Mae Bobick
Rosemary Bock
Andrea Borrero
Keith Brachmann
Dan Bradley
Forrest Brakeman
Joseph Brennan
Andrew Broomhead
Michael Brosilow
Anita Louise Brown
Adam Budzius
Nancy Burch
D B Burroughs
Tom Burruss
Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell
Elisa Bussetti
Joseph Butler
Brent Bye
Paul Cafferty
Barbara D Calloway
Jesse Cartwright
Eric Chambers
Shannon Clark
Tim Clawson
Joe Clem
Luman Coad
Mark Coffey
Salvatore Coniglio
Mark S Constance
David Cox
Lisa Croisette
John Cucci
Pinky Cunningham
Nour Dardari
Allan Davis
Jani Davis
Mike Davis
Dan P Dean
Brian Derfer
Anne Devereux
Matt Di Franco
Andy Dick
Steve Dickstein
Colleen Dina
Christoph Von Dohnanyi
Shawn Driscoll
Lisa Ebright
Bob Elmore
Bob Engelsiepen
Timothy J Evans
Michael Farrow
Jim Fealy
William F Ferguson
Debra L Ferullo
Dan Field
Malcolm Fife
John Fifer
Jame A Fleming
Daphne Flescher
Jack Ford
Christopher Forster
Mike Freedman
Lori Freitag-hild
Lawrence Garcia
Kirk Gardner
Will Gatlin
Gary Gegan
Karen Ruth Getchell
Ray Gillon
Susan L Giordano
Philip Glass
Steve Golin
David Gonzalez
Barbara Gorden
Jon Graff
John E Gray
Shari D. Gray
Brett Greenstein
Bryan Grill
Jack Guberman
Lori Guidroz
Peter Gulla
Lynn Gustafson
Larry Gutherie
Paul Hargrave
Steve Harrow
Sharon Hartman
Paul Hastings
Patrick Hawes
Scott Head
Evan Hecox
Ramiro Hernandez
Dustin Hoffman
Les Hooper
Les Hooper
Wendy Horton
Doug Houston
Phillip Huber
Philip C Hurst
Joe Hutshing
Matthew Iadarola
Victor Isaac
Andy Jenkins
Krister C Johnson
Melinda Johnson
Robin Johnston
Paul Jones
Barbara L Jordan
Cecily Jordan
Ben Kaller
Chiaki Kanda
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman
Kathi Kelly
Gloria Kiser
Ren Klyce
Madsaaski Kono
Elliot L. Koretz
Greg Kozikowski
Ritchie Kremer
Kevin Kubota
Michael Kuhn
Carolyn Kulett
Diana Kunce
Brigitte Lacombe
Vincent Landay
Greg Lazzaro
Michael Leblovic
Christopher Lee
B J Lehn Jr.
Alain Levy
Linda Lew
Carol Lille
Greg Lille
Mark Lindauer
Ken Longballa
Ray Lykins
Margaux Mackay
Michelle Madden
Maxine Mahon
Becky Malkovich
Becky Malkovich
Jo Anne Malkovich
Jo Anne Malkovich
Mark Marchetti
Marina Marit
Keith Markham
Gray Marshall
Don Martin
Grant Mathis
Tony Maxwell
Chantz Mccall
Geoff Mcfetridge
Mike Mcgarry
Morgan Mcguinness
Mike Mesa
Joseph Messier
Emanuel Millar
Tim Miller
Alistair Milne
Eric Miracle
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Antonio Molina
Hilary Momberger
Sean J Moore
Jose G Morales
Melissa Moseley
Smriti Mundhra
Luis Mussenden
Elizabeth Nagle
Mary Hildebrand Nagler
Tony Nakonechnyj
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two 2000 awards including Best Film and Best Director by the London Film Critics Circle.
Winner of two 1999 Golden Satellite Awards, including Best Picture (Comedy) and Best Supporting Actress - Comedy or Musical (Catherine Keener), from the International Press Academy.
Limited Release in United States October 29, 1999
Released in United States Fall October 29, 1999
Expanded Release in United States November 5, 1999
Expanded Release in United States November 12, 1999
Expanded Release in United States January 28, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 2, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States November 1999
Shown at New York Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Dreams and Visions) September 1-11, 1999.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Feature directorial debut for acclaimed music video, short film and commercial director Spike Jonze.
Feature screenwriting debut for executive producer Charlie Kaufman.
Began shooting July 20, 1998. Completed shooting September 18, 1998.
Single Cell Pictures is REM co-founder and lead singer Michael Stipe's production company.
Limited Release in United States October 29, 1999
Released in United States Fall October 29, 1999
Expanded Release in United States November 5, 1999
Expanded Release in United States November 12, 1999
Expanded Release in United States January 28, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 2, 2000
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Dreams and Visions) September 1-11, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Eric Zumbrunnen won the the 1999 Eddie Award for Best Edited Comedy/Musical from the American Cinema Editors (ACE).
Nominated for the 1999 award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Charlie Kaufman) from the Writers Guild of America.
Spike Jonze was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 1999 by the (DGA) Directors Guild of America.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Screenplay from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 Vision Award from the Producer's Guild of America.
Winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival.
Winner of three 1999 awards, including Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman), Best Debut (Spike Jonze) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener) from the Online Film Critics Society.
Winner of three 1999 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (John Malkovich), Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener) and Best First Film (Spike Jonze), from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of two 1999 awards, including Best Picture (along with Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy") and Best Screenplay from the National Society of Film Critics.