Film

Being John Malkovich

1999 · 1h 53m · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

90

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

John Cusack

Craig Schwartz

Cameron Diaz

Lotte Schwartz

John Malkovich

John Horatio Malkovich

Catherine Keener

Maxine Lund

Orson Bean

Dr. Lester

Mary Kay Place

Floris

W. Earl Brown

First J.M. Inc. Customer

Carlos Jacott

Larry the Agent

Willie Garson

Guy in Restaurant

Byrne Piven

Captain Mertin

Gregory Sporleder

Drunk at Bar

Charlie Sheen

Charlie

Reggie Hayes

Don

K.K. Dodds

Wendy

Judith Wetzell

Tiny Woman

Octavia Spencer

Woman in Elevator

• Spike JonzeDirector
• Charlie KaufmanExecutive Producer · Writer
• Sandy SternProducer
• Michael StipeProducer
• Vincent LandayProducer
• Steve GolinProducer
• Michael KuhnExecutive Producer
• Lance AcordDirector of Photography
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
• Eric ZumbrunnenEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

October 29, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$22,863,596

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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