Being John Malkovich

Name: Being John Malkovich
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1999
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean

1999 · 1h53 · Film

Directed by Spike Jonze

Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, W. Earl Brown, Carlos Jacott, Willie Garson, Byrne Piven

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One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

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