Title Being John Malkovich Overview 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. Tagline Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can. Genres Fantasy, Drama, Comedy Keywords individual, transvestism, sexual identity, witch, identity, subconsciousness, new identity, pet, chimp, puppeteer, appropriation of another human being, externally controlled action, married couple, brain, pet shop, door, secret love Production Companies Gramercy Pictures, Propaganda Films, Single Cell Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English, Français Original Language en Runtime minutes 112 Release Year 1999
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 23 million USD