Being John Malkovich (1999)

Director:

Spike Jonze

Writer (WGA):

Charlie Kaufman (written by)

Release Date:

24 November 1999 (Puerto Rico)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.

Plot:

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Soul Transference | Actor Playing Himself | No Opening Credits | Underwater Scene

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 48 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Sept. 7	3:10 PM	TMC
Sat. Sept. 13	2:40 PM	TMC
Tue. Sept. 16	2:00 PM	TMC

Cast

John Cusack	...	Craig Schwartz
Cameron Diaz	...	Lotte Schwartz
Ned Bellamy	...	Derek Mantini
Eric Weinstein	...	Father at Puppet Show
Madison Lanc	...	Daughter at Puppet Show
Octavia Spencer	...	Woman in Elevator (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Mary Kay Place	...	Floris
Orson Bean	...	Dr. Lester
Catherine Keener	...	Maxine Lund
K.K. Dodds	...	Wendy
Reginald C. Hayes	...	Don (as Reggie Hayes)
Byrne Piven	...	Captain Mertin
Judith Wetzell	...	Tiny Woman
John Malkovich	...	John Horatio Malkovich
Kevin Carroll	...	Cab Driver
Willie Garson	...	Guy in Restaurant
W. Earl Brown	...	First J.M. Inc. Customer
Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie
Gerald Emerick	...	Sad Man in Line
Bill M. Ryusaki	...	Mr. Hiroshi
Carlos Jacott	...	Larry the Agent
Richard Fancy	...	Johnson Heyward
Patti Tippo	...	Malkovich's Mother
Daniel Hansen	...	Boy Malkovich
Gregory Sporleder	...	Drunk at Bar
Mariah O'Brien	...	Girl Creeped Out by Malkovich
Kelly Teacher	...	Emily
Jacqueline Benoît	...	Lester's Friend (as Jacqueline Benoit)
William Buck	...	Lester's Friend (as William N. Buck)
Christine D. Coleman	...	Lester's Friend
Jeanne Diehl	...	Lester's Friend
Audrey Gelfund	...	Lester's Friend (as Audrey Gelfand)
Yetta Ginsburg	...	Lester's Friend
Sylvester Jenkins	...	Lester's Friend
Roy C. Johnson	...	Lester's Friend
Eddie J. Low	...	Lester's Friend
Ralph W. Spaulding	...	Lester's Friend
David Wyler	...	Lester's Friend
Flori Wyler	...	Lester's Friend
Kevin Lee	...	Ballet Dancer
Marlowe Bassett	...	Ballet Dancer
Jennifer Canzoneri	...	Ballet Dancer
Kristie Cordle	...	Ballet Dancer
Denise Dabrowski	...	Ballet Dancer
Kristin D'Andrea	...	Ballet Dancer
Charlene Grimsley	...	Ballet Dancer
Christine Krejer	...	Ballet Dancer
Erica Long	...	Ballet Dancer
Yvonne Montelius	...	Ballet Dancer
Jessica Neuberger	...	Ballet Dancer
Sara Rifkin	...	Ballet Dancer
Elizabeth Rivera	...	Ballet Dancer
Chelsa Sjostrom	...	Ballet Dancer
Pamela Hayden	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
Jayne Hess	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
Michelle Madden	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
Greg O'Neill	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
Bill Wittman	...	Featured Character Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lance Bangs	...	Locker Room Bully (uncredited)
Kacee DeMasi	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Andy Dick	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Fincher	...	Christopher Bing (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	...	Lester's Friend (uncredited)
Isaac Hanson	...	Himself at Awards Ceremony (archive footage) (uncredited)
Taylor Hanson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zac Hanson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Willy Loman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Victor Isaac	...	Student (uncredited)
Spike Jonze	...	Derek Mantini's Assistant for Emily Dickinson Puppet (uncredited)
James Murray	...	Student puppeteer (uncredited)
Sean Penn	...	Himself (uncredited)
Brad Pitt	...	Himself (uncredited)
Winona Ryder	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary Sinise	...	Stage Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Spike Jonze

Writing credits (WGA)
Charlie Kaufman		(written by)

Produced by
Steve Golin	....	producer
Charlie Kaufman	....	executive producer
Michael Kuhn	....	executive producer
Vincent Landay	....	producer
Sandy Stern	....	producer
Michael Stipe	....	producer

Original Music by
Carter Burwell

Cinematography by
Lance Acord

Film Editing by
Eric Zumbrunnen

Casting by
Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis		(as Kim Davis-Wagner)

Production Design by
K.K. Barrett

Art Direction by
Peter Andrus

Set Decoration by
Gene Serdena

Costume Design by
Casey Storm

Makeup Department
Lynn Barron	....	makeup artist
David Cox	....	additional hair stylist
Pinky Cunningham	....	wig maker
Debra L. Ferullo	....	makeup artist
Lori Guidroz	....	hair stylist (as Lori Guidrez)
Emanuel Millar	....	hair designer
John Vulich	....	special makeup effects artist
Gucci Westman	....	makeup supervisor
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist: crew (uncredited)
Rob Hinderstein	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen	....	special effects makeup artist: Optic Nerve Studios (uncredited)

Production Management
Tim Clawson	....	executive in charge of production
Tim Clawson	....	unit production manager
Gilly Ruben	....	production supervisor
Linda Shamest	....	post-production supervisor (as Linda Rae Shamest)
Sean Wimmer	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark S. Constance	....	second assistant director
Melinda Johnson	....	dga trainee
Thomas Patrick Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fanée Aaron	....	set designer
Robert W. Anderson	....	set dresser (as Robert Anderson)
Jess Anscott	....	greens foreman
Elisa Bussetti	....	set designer
Allan Davis	....	set dresser
Brian Derfer	....	set dresser
James A. Fleming	....	set dresser
Chris Forster	....	construction coordinator
Scott Head	....	propmaker foreman
Ramiro Hernandez	....	property maker
Philip C. Hurst	....	greens person
Andy Jenkins	....	graphic illustrator
Chiaki Kanda	....	art department production assistant
Ritchie Kremer	....	property master
Michael Leblovic	....	charge painter
Christopher Lee	....	property maker
Chantz McCall	....	property maker
Alistair Milne	....	illustrator
Jose G. Morales	....	construction laborer
Elizabeth Nagle	....	greens person
Ron Patterson	....	assistant property master
Bobby Pollard	....	set dresser
Tom Price	....	construction laborer
Nicholas Radell	....	property maker
Peter A. Ramsey	....	storyboard artist (as Peter Ramsey)
Gary Rizzo	....	lead man
Anders Rundblad	....	property maker
Martin Russell	....	property maker
Grant Samson	....	on-set dresser (as Grant D. Samson)
Andrew Schultz	....	property maker
Abigail Sheiner	....	art department coordinator
Rick Staves	....	set dresser
David M. Steiner	....	paint foreman
Jamie Upham	....	construction foreman
Sloane U'Ren	....	set designer
Scott Williston	....	set painter
Dennis Young	....	greens person
Karen Agresti	....	buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
David W. Alstadter	....	foley mixer (as David Alstadter)
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor (as Richard Anderson)
Forrest Brakeman	....	production sound mixer
Joseph A. Brennan	....	sound engineer
Mark Coffey	....	sound transfer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Malcolm Fife	....	special sound designer
Jack Ford	....	sound engineering support
Gary Gegan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin Johnston	....	stage recordist
Ren Klyce	....	special sound designer
Elliott Koretz	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Kubota	....	utility sound technician
B.J. Lehn	....	additional sound mixer (as B.J. Lehn Jr.)
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Mark Lindauer	....	sound engineering support
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Nick Peck	....	special sound designer
Curt Schulkey	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Curt Shulkey)
Debbie Spinelli	....	boom operator
Ralph Stuart	....	assistant sound editor
Victoria Lee Thoma-Bowes	....	utility sound technician (as Victoria Thoma-Bowes)
Marvin Walowitz	....	sound effects editor
Robert Zubia	....	stage recordist

Special Effects by
Ryan Arndt	....	special effects technician
John E. Gray	....	special effects coordinator (as John Gray)
John Ziegler	....	special effects foreman
Jason Barnett	....	special effects: Malkovich masks (uncredited)
Ben Chester	....	special effects costumes (uncredited)
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mike Davis	....	digital compositor
Bob Engelsiepen	....	digital compositor supervisor
Lori Freitag-Hild	....	Flame artist
Bryan Grill	....	Flame artist
Anthony Mabin	....	Flame artist
Margaux Mackay	....	visual effects producer
Gray Marshall	....	compositor
Gray Marshall	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Radford	....	visual effects supervisor
Howard Shur	....	digital still compositor
Robert Small	....	visual effects
Scott Suess	....	digital compositor
Floyd Burks	....	digital scanning and recording: Cinesite (uncredited)
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician (uncredited)

Stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Eric Chambers	....	stunts
Jani D. Davis	....	stunts (as Jani Davis)
Robert Elmore	....	stunts (as Bob Elmore)
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Grant Mathis	....	stunt double: Mr. Malkovich
Bobby Ore	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunt rigger
Scott Rogers	....	stunts
Cris Thomas-Palomino	....	stunts (as Cris Palomino)
Lee Waddell	....	stunts
Alexa Motley	....	stunt double: John Malkovich (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Samantha Bahramian	....	electrician (as Samantha N. Bahramian)
Laura Mae Bobick	....	second assistant camera
David Burrows	....	gaffer
Brent Bye	....	rigging gaffer
Joseph P. Clem	....	electrician
Sal Coniglio	....	first assistant camera (as Salvatore Coniglio)
Jim Fealy	....	additional photographer
Kirk R. Gardner	....	steadicam operator (as Kirk Gardner)
David González	....	key rigging grip
Jack M. Guberman	....	electrician
Peter Gulla	....	camera operator
Doug Houston	....	electrician
Ben Kaller	....	camera production assistant
Ken Longbella	....	electrician
Mark Marchetti	....	best boy electric
Keith A. Markham	....	best boy grip (as Keith Markham)
Michael McGarry	....	grip (as Mike McGarry)
Joseph Messier	....	dolly grip
Melissa Moseley	....	still photographer
Anthony G. Nakonechnyj	....	additional camera operator (as Tony Nakonechnyj)
Gino Nix	....	key grip
Caitlin Phillips	....	camera loader
Erik Wolford	....	grip
Dan Hofstad	....	set lighting (uncredited)
Daniel P. Moore	....	video operator: additional photography (uncredited)
Paul Taylor	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Jimi Udel	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Victor Isaac	....	extras casting assistant
Cecily Jordan	....	extras casting (as Cecily T. Jordan)
Michelle Madden	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anita Louise Brown	....	set costumer (as Anita Brown)
Shari Gray	....	wardrobe supervisor
Marina Marit	....	set costumer
David Wallace	....	tailor

Editorial Department
Phillip J. Bartell	....	assistant editor (as Philip Bartel)
Keith Brachmann	....	first assistant editor
Joseph Butler	....	apprentice editor
Joe Hutshing	....	additional editor
Gloria Kaiser	....	color timer
Glenn Kiser	....	post-production executive
David Orr	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative matcher
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	colorist: videotape
John M. Vitale	....	assistant editor
Sara Hyoun	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Carter Burwell	....	conductor
Carter Burwell	....	orchestrator
Michael Farrow	....	music scoring engineer
Dean Parker	....	music copyist
Sandra Park	....	music contractor
Adam Milo Smalley	....	music editor
Dawn Soler	....	music supervisor (as Dawn Solér)
Tony Finno	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Christoph von Dohnányi	....	conductor: Bartok excerpt (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Michael 'Crash' Anderson	....	driver (as Michael Anderson)
Greg Bauer	....	driver
Andrew Broomhead	....	driver
Jesse Cartwright	....	driver
Krister C. Johnson	....	transportation co-captain (as Krister Johnson)
Paul Jones	....	driver
Donald B. Martin	....	driver (as Don Martin)
Morgan McGuinness	....	driver
Antonio Molina	....	transportation coordinator
Sean J. Moore	....	driver
Luis Mussenden	....	driver
Griff Ruggles	....	transportation captain
John Simanovich	....	driver
Michael Jon Sparks	....	driver
Buster Videgain	....	driver
Sarah Voigt	....	driver
Rick Womelduff	....	driver

Other crew
Paul Abraham	....	craft service
David Alexander	....	additional puppeteer
Gina Amoroso	....	associate: Mr. Golin
Lee Armstrong	....	additional puppeteer
Lance Bangs	....	behind-the-scenes documentarian
Kent James Stewart Barber	....	assistant location manager
Michael Berry	....	set medic
Rosemary Bock	....	marionette maker
David Boyle	....	legal consultant
Michael Brosilow	....	photo supplier
Nancy Burch	....	computer supplier
Paul Cafferty	....	post-production accountant
Barbara Calloway	....	payroll accountant (as Barbara D. Calloway)
Shannon Clark	....	associate: Mr. Malkovich
Luman Coad	....	additional puppeteer
Lisa Croisette	....	stand-in: Ms. Diaz
Nour Dardari	....	production accountant
Anne Devereux	....	associate: Mr. Cusack
Matt DiFranco	....	assistant production coordinator (as Matt Difranco)
Colleen Dina	....	set intern
Shawn Driscoll	....	stand-in: Mr. Cusack
Lisa Ebright	....	photo supplier
Joe Everett	....	unit publicist
William P. Ferguson	....	marionette maker
John R. Fifer	....	puppet maker: ballet Craig (as John Fifer)
Mike Freedman	....	security officer
Lawrence Garcia	....	associate: Spike
Will Gatlin	....	craft service (as Will Roy Gatlin Jr.)
Karen Ruth Getchell	....	production coordinator
Susan Giordano	....	first assistant accountant (as Susan L. Giordano)
Barbara Gordon	....	animal trainer
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders	....	photo supplier
Paul Green	....	legal consultant
Brett Greenstein	....	associate: Mr. Golin
Lynn Gustafson	....	marionette maker
Larry Gutherie	....	stand-in: Mr. Bean
Paul Hargrave	....	executive location manager: Propaganda Films
Sharon Hartman	....	marionette maker
Wendy Horton	....	animal trainer
Phillip Huber	....	marionette puppeteer
Andy Jenkins	....	title designer
Kathi Kelly	....	office intern
Diana Kunce	....	sculptor: ballet set
Brigitte Lacombe	....	photo supplier
Greg Lazzaro	....	key location manager
Carol Lille	....	head animal trainer
Greg Lille	....	animal coordinator
Michelle Madden	....	researcher
Maxine Mahon	....	choreographer: ballerina
Becky Malkovich	....	photo supplier
Joe Anne Malkovich	....	photo supplier
Tony Maxwell	....	choreographer
David Mesa	....	security officer
Timothy K. Miller	....	additional puppeteer
Hilary Momberger	....	script supervisor
Smriti Mundhra	....	production secretary
Mary Hildebrand Nagler	....	marionette maker
Susan Nickerson	....	research and clearance
Charley Pavlosky	....	stand-in: Mr. Malkovich
Victoria Pellman	....	office intern
Chrissy Phelan	....	set production assistant
Kamela B. Portuges	....	additional puppeteer
Kamela B. Portuges	....	marionette designer
Jennifer Pyper	....	associate: Vincenzo
Betty Radice	....	translator: The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Jennifer Reiss	....	set production assistant
Joel A. Resendiz	....	caterer
Lloyd Rice	....	production assistant
Misha Rudolph	....	office production assistant
Sunaina Sharma	....	set intern
Gregory J. Smith	....	key set production assistant (as Gregory Smith)
Victor Solorzano	....	caterer
Sam Spiegel	....	set production assistant
Jo Anne Swartz	....	post-production accountant
Eric Vignando	....	caterer
Christopher Vitale	....	office production assistant
Lisa Marie Wilkinson	....	stand-in: Ms. Keener
Diane Wooldridge	....	marionette maker
Farley Ziegler	....	creative executive: Single Cell
Cristiana Caimmi	....	publicist (uncredited)
Christopher Neil	....	rehearsal advisor (uncredited)
Lowell Northrop	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michael Sellers	....	production assistant: second unit, New York (uncredited)
Shea Varge	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Leanne Amos	....	thanks
Susan Applegate	....	thanks
Andrea Borrero	....	thanks
Adam Budzins	....	thanks
Tom Burrows	....	thanks
Andy Dick	....	acknowledgment
Stephen Dickstein	....	thanks
Jon Timothy Evans	....	thanks
Dan Field	....	thanks
David Fincher	....	thanks (as Fincher)
Ray Gillon	....	thanks
Philip Glass	....	acknowledgment
Jon Graff	....	thanks
Isaac Hanson	....	acknowledgment (as Hanson)
Taylor Hanson	....	acknowledgment (as Hanson)
Zac Hanson	....	acknowledgment (as Hanson)
Steve Harrow	....	thanks
Paul Hastings	....	thanks
Evan Hecox	....	thanks
Dustin Hoffman	....	acknowledgment
Greg Kozikowski	....	thanks
Carolyn Kulett	....	thanks