Sunday, November 7, 2010

Being John Malkovich (1999) [R]

This is a pretty crazy movie, and while not completely great, it is worth a watch. John Cusack (I'll go anywhere he wants to take me!) takes a job on the 7 1/2 floor of an office building. One day he discovers a door behind his filing cabinets. He opens it, goes down a long tunnel, and finds himself inside John Malkovich's mind! After 15 minutes, he ends up dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. He decides to use this for his own ends, even granting others admission (for money, of course) as a sort of vacation destination, albeit for only 15 minutes.  What else can he do with this opportunity? Will John Malkovich find out? Pretty wild, huh? Of course! This is written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze.

An almost unrecognizable Cameron Diaz plays his wife, (yes, that's her in the photo above!) and Catherine Keener, his mercenary girlfriend. John Malkovich plays himself.

If you are looking for something really out of the ordinary, this is it!

DIRECTOR: Spike Jonze. CAST: John Cusack, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, Charlie Sheen.

AWARDS: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 45 other wins and 48 other nominations.

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