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Format: VHS
May 2000
Rated R
Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
Sound: Stereo
113 min.
Color
Extra Info: Spanish Subtitled
UPC: 696306001836 |
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Movie Description
Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Kaufman and actor-director Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (Cusack), who discovers his office has a secret portal that leads directly into the brain of one of America's most popular actors, John Malkovich (Malkovich himself, in a hilariously self-mocking appearance). When the journey ends fifteen minutes later, the participant is spewed onto the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Schwartz uses his discovery as a way to get closer to fellow co-worker Maxine (the always sexy Keener). Together, the pair form JM, INC., which allows ordinary citizens to join in on the fun for $200 a pop. But when Craig's wife Lotte (a homely Diaz), as Malkovich, is seduced by Maxine, things begin to unfurl at an even more outrageous pace. Sound confusing? Thanks to Jonze's grounded direction, it isn't. The result is one of the decade's most original films.
Industry Reviews
"...Devilishly inventive....Spike Jonze and scripter Charlie Kaufman take outlandishness to dizzying heights, and the ideas never let up..."
Variety - p.61-3 - David Rooney
Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...A blast of pure oxygen....This movie of constant astonishments will make you laugh hard and long..."
Rolling Stone - p.145-6 - Peter Travers
"...As paradoxically cerebral and patently ridiculous as its title implies..."
Film Comment - p.6-9 - Chris Chang
"...Visionary....[Malkovich] steals the show..."
Premiere - p.29 - Premiere Staff
"...BEING JOHN MALKOVICH is a clever and outrageous piece of whimsical fantasy that is unique, unpredictable and more than a little strange..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (10/29/1999)
"...BEING JOHN MALKOVICH supplies a stream of dazzling inventions, twists and wicked paradoxes..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (10/29/1999)
"Malkovich, lampooning his own reputation, is brilliant."
Premiere - Andy Webster (09/01/2005)
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