Main specs
Actor(s): John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, W. Earl Brown, John Malkovich, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt
Director(s): Spike Jonze
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1999
Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Spike Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (John 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 coworker Maxine (the always fascinating Catherine Keener). Together, the pair form JM, INC., which allows ordinary citizens to join in on the fun for 200 dollars a pop. But when Craig's wife Lotte (a homely Cameron Diaz), is seduced by Maxine while in Malkovich's body, things begin to unfurl at an even more outrageous pace. Sound confusing?
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UCA; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 08/05/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 820 369 3
Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen
Barcode: 5050582036930
Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
Composer: Carter Burwell
Featured: Michael Stipe
Executive Producer: Michael Stipe, Charlie Kaufman
Director of Photography: Lance Acord
Music: Carter Burwell
Producer: Steve Golin, Michael Stipe, Vincent Landay, Sandy Stern
Languages
Main Language: English
Dubbed Language: French, German
Subtitle Language: Dutch, English, French, German
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DVD Description
Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Spike Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (John 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 coworker Maxine (the always fascinating Catherine Keener). Together, the pair form JM, INC., which allows ordinary citizens to join in on the fun for 200 dollars a pop. But when Craig's wife Lotte (a homely Cameron Diaz), is seduced by Maxine while in Malkovich's body, things begin to unfurl at an even more outrageous pace. Sound confusing?
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Technical information
Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies, Art Of Puppeteering Featurette, Art Of Background Diving Featurette, John Horatio Malkovich, Dance Despair And Disillusionment, 7 And A Half Floor Orientation, Spike Jonze Interview, Photo Album, 4 TV Slots
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English French German
Award information
BAFTA: Best Screenplay (Original) 1999 (Charlie Kaufman)
Professional reviews
Review: ...As paradoxically cerebral and patently ridiculous as its title implies... (Film Comment, )
...Visionary....[Malkovich] steals the show... (Premiere, )
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, )
...Devilishly inventive....Spike Jonze and scripter Charlie Kaufman take outlandishness to dizzying heights, and the ideas never let up... (Variety, )
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