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Being John Malkovich

Movie (1999)

"Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can."

Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters it’s mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

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Released:	Sep 2nd, 1999
Budget:	$13,000,000.00
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Being John Malkovich Main Cast

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John Cusack
plays Craig Schwartz

Cameron Diaz
plays Lotte Schwartz

Ned Bellamy
plays Derek Mantini

Eric Weinstein
plays Father at Puppet Show

Madison Lanc
plays Daughter at Puppet Show

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Charlie Kaufman sent the screenplay to Francis Ford Coppola after he wrote it. Coppola liked it very much and showed it to his daughter's husband, Spike Jonze. Jonze liked the screenplay so much that he approached Kaufman about directing the movie.
The original script has Kevin Bacon in place of Charlie Sheen, as Malkovich's actor friend.
The name of John Cusack's character is a combined reference to Edward Gordon Craig and Bruce Schwartz (II). Schwartz is an accomplished American puppeteer while Craig was a turn-of-the-century theater artist who suggested that actors should be viewed as no more important than marionettes.
In a 2009 Hanes commercial, Charlie Sheen is driving a car with the license plate "MASHEEN". This is reference to the scene in which Malkovich and Charlie Sheen trade affectionate nicknames: Malkovich: "Ma-sheen!"; Charlie: "Malkatraz!"

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