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8.5

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Being John Malkovich
Running time: 112 min | Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Surrealism, Fantastic, Science fiction, Cult film
Being John Malkovich

Synopsis

Manhattan, the present. Under pressure from his wife Lotte, street-puppeteer Craig Schwartz takes a job as a clerk with LesterCorp., run by Doctor Lester, a company located on the low-ceilinged seventh-and-a-half floor of an office tower. He falls in love with his co-worker Maxine. Craig discovers a hidden door leading to a passage which sucks him into the head of actor John Malkovich, whose life he experiences for 15 minutes before being ejected on to the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig introduces Lotte to being John Malkovich, and while she is inside him, she/Malkovich makes love to Maxine; the two women fall in love, but can only enjoy each other physically when Lotte is in Malkovich.
Craig and Maxine start a business charging people to be Malkovich. Eventually Malkovich rumbles their scam and enters his portal himself, discovering a world where everyone is him. Craig and Lotte struggle for possession of Maxine. Eventually, Craig uses his puppeteering skills to enter Malkovich permanently and turns Malkovich into a world-famous puppeteer; Maxine becomes his lover. Lester explains to Lotte that Malkovich is the latest in a line of conduits used by a secret society to enjoy eternal life in new bodies. Craig is forced out of Malkovich. Years later, Malkovich has joined the channellers; Lotte and Maxine are a happy couple with a daughter; Craig is inside their daughter, still in love with Maxine, now his mother.

Nominations & Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globes Awards

BAFTA

  • Best Original Screenplay WINNER
  • Best Supporting Actress (Cameron Diaz) NOMINATED
  • Best Film Editing NOMINATED

César Award

  • Best Foreign Language Film NOMINATED

Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)

Independent Spirit

  • Best First Screenplay WINNER
  • Best First Work WINNER
  • Best Leading Actor (John Cusack) NOMINATED

Venice Film Festival

  • International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) WINNER

Critics Choice Award

  • Best Picture NOMINATED

Directors Guild of America (DGA)

  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Spike Jonze) NOMINATED

Boston Society of Film Critics

Chicago Film Critics Association

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

  • Best Screenplay WINNER
  • Best Supporting Actor (John Malkovich) NOMINATED

New York Film Critics Circle

National Board of Review

  • Top 10 - Movies of the Year WINNER

Producers Guild of America (PGA)

  • Best Picture NOMINATED

Details

Original title

Being John Malkovich

Director

Spike Jonze

Producer

Universal Pictures presenta una producción Propaganda Films, Single Cell Pictures

Running time

112 min

Screenwriter

Charlie Kaufman

Music

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Lance Acord

Year

1999

Country

United States United States

Box Office

Budget

$13,000,000

Ranking

IMDb
7.8
Metacritic
9
Rotten Tomatoes
9.4
Unopeliculas
7.7

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