Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American fantasy comedy movie written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. The movie stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich. Malkovich plays a version of himself. Cusack plays a puppeteer who finds a portal that takes him inside Malkovich's mind. The movie was released on October 29, 1999 in the United States by USA Films.^[2]

Being John Malkovich
Directed by	Spike Jonze
Written by	Charlie Kaufman
Produced by	Michael Stipe Sandy Stern Steve Golin Vincent Landay
Starring	John Cusack Cameron Diaz Catherine Keener Orson Bean Mary Kay Place John Malkovich
Cinematography	Lance Acord
Edited by	Eric Zumbrunnen
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production companies	Gramercy Pictures Propaganda Films Single Cell Pictures
Distributed by	USA Films
Release dates	September 2, 1999 (1999-09-02) (Venice) October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29) (United States)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million[1]
Box office	$32.4 million[1]

Cast

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• John Cusack as Craig Schwartz
• Cameron Diaz as Lotte Schwartz
• Catherine Keener as Maxine Lund
• John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich
• Orson Bean as Dr. Lester
• Mary Kay Place as Floris
• Charlie Sheen as himself
• W. Earl Brown as First J.M. Inc. Customer
• Carlos Jacott as Larry the Agent
• Byrne Piven as Captain James Mertin
• Sean Penn as himself