Synopsis: Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Or, more specifically, have you ever wanted to crawl through a portal hidden in an anonymous office building and thereby enter the cerebral cortex of John Malkovich for fifteen minutes before being spat out on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike? Then director Spike Jonze (Adaptation) and writer Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) have the movie for you. Melancholy marionettes, office drudgery, a frizzy-haired Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary)—but that's not all! Surrealism, possession, John Cusack (Say Anything), a domesticated primate, Freud, Catherine Keener (Capote), non sequiturs, and absolutely no romance! But wait: get your BEING JOHN MALKOVICH now and we'll throw in emasculation, slapstick, Abelard and Heloise, and extra Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich.

Language: English

Country of Origin: United States of America

Production Year: 1999

Reviews:

• "[This] gloriously inventive, delightfully nutty comic treasure is unlike anything you've ever seen.", Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
• "It's a good film. I'm happy with it, and I'm glad I did it. But I don't think about it much.", John Malkovich,
• "This movie of constant astonishments will make you laugh hard and long.", Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Awards:

• 1999: Winner, Best Picture, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1999: Winner, Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1999: Winner, Best Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1999: Winner, Best Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1999: Winner, Best Supporting Actor, John Malkovich, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1999: Nominee, Oscar, Best Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, Academy
• 1999: Nominee, Oscar, Best Director, Spike Jonze, Academy