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Bookmark this pageBeing John Malkovich (1999)
Director: Spike Jonze
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A true original, this one, from the demented minds of director Jonze (famous for his lo-fi pop promos for Fatboy Slim and Björk) and screenwriter Kaufman (not famous for anything yet). Taking a job as a filing clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor (don't ask), Cusack happens across a portal into the head of John Malkovich, the actor. Chivvied along by maneater Keener, he starts selling tickets to interested parties, but not before his wife (an unrecognisably frumpy Diaz) has decided she likes being a man so much she needs a sex change operation. Yes, it loses its way a little in the sex war department, but this must be seen to be believed, a hundred carat cult item - and all credit to Malkovich for playing along.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Spike Jonze
Producer: Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, Charlie Sheen, John Malkovich full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Rated: 15
Duration: 113 mins
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