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Being John Malkovich
Title
Being John Malkovich / Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay.
ISBN
9781604655872
1604655879
Edition
DVD ed.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2012.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
"Director-approved two-DVD special edition ..."--Container.
Special features: [disc 1] New selected-scene audio commentary featuring Michel Gondry; [disc 2] new behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs; conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman; director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via production photos; two films: "7 1/2 Floor Orientation" and "Dance of despair and disillusionment"; an intimate portrait of the art of puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs; trailer; tv spots; booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and Perkus Tooth.
Director of photography, Lance Acord; editor, Eric Zumbrunnen; music, Carter Burwell.
English dialogue; closed captioned.
Summary
An out-of-work puppeteer takes a filing clerk job on the cramped seventh floor of an office building where he discovers a hidden tunnel allowing him to enter the mind and life of actor John Malkovich for 15 minutes before being ejected onto the New Jersey Turnpike.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 10, 2022
Series
Criterion collection ; 611
Credits
Director of photography, Lance Acord; editor, Eric Zumbrunnen; music, Carter Burwell.
Cast
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich.
System details note
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience
Rating: R; for language and sexuality.
Contents
[Disc 1]: [Feature film]
[Disc 2] Special features.
Videorecording number
CC2143D Image Entertainment
CC2143D Criterion Collection
CC2143DDVD Image Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Gramercy Pictures.
Propaganda Films (Firm)
Single Cell Pictures.
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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