Movie connections for
Being John Malkovich (1999)

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References

The Play House (1921)
An American in Paris (1951)
Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
Avventure di topo Gigio, Le (1965)
The Sorcerers (1967)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Carny (1980)
 -  Frankie (Gary Busey) uses the same trick to guess Donna's name as Craig uses on Maxine in "Being John Malkovich"
Brazil (1985)
Better Off Dead... (1985)
 -  Maxine holds up a photograph depicting John Cusack skiing downhill
Rain Man (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
G.I. Jane (1997)
"Animorphs" (1998)

Referenced in

The 7 1/2 Floor Orientation (2000) (V)
 -  reference to 7 1/2 floor in the film
An Interview with Director Spike Jonze (2000) (V)
 -  this is an interview with the director of that film
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving (2000) (V)
 -  documentary about driving scenes for this film
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Superstar (#4.17)" (2000)
 -  The movie playing at the Sun Cinema is Being Jonathan Levinson
"World of Pub: Caine (#1.5)" (2001)
 -  there is a portal into Michael Caine's head
Being Dom Joly (2001) (TV)
 -  Title reference
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Dead Man's Dream (2002)
Adaptation. (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
 -  The location of the prison being on 7 1/2 floor of the building. Lester Corps in Being John Malkovich is also on 7 1/2 floor.
Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004) (VG)
 -  Portals in the wall that lead to other places
Less Like Me (2004)
 -  Title mentioned many times
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Friday Night Slaughter (#1.15)" (2007)
 -  When Matt first meets Simon he shows him a script for "Being Neve Campbell", a sketch in which characters jump inside Neve Campbell's head.

Features

"American Playhouse: True West" (1984)
 -  clip
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
MTV Video Music Awards 1998 (1998) (TV)

Featured in

The 2000 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000) (TV)
 -  clips
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV)
Sideways (2004)
 -  Music from the soundtrack is used
"I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005)
 -  Shown as part of the 1999 episode of this show on VH1.
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#10.12)" (2006)
 -  Jonathan Ross shows a clip of this when talking about Jonathan Ross' favourite films.

Spoofed in

Being with Juli Ashton (2000) (V)
 -  similar title/same plot
The Holly Wood Project (2001)
 -  Shot for shot recreation of Being John Malkovich trailer.
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Pizza: The Movie (2004)
 -  'Kevin' is hit in the head with a soda/beer can when walking at night while being adressed "Hey Malkovich!"
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
 -  driving down the road, there is a sign that has a picture of a man with an open door in his head (after passing this sign, two people fall from out of nowhere like in this movie)
"Arrested Development: Mr. F (#3.5)" (2005)
 -  George Sr. finds a tunnel behind the refrigerator which he crawls into, becoming trapped, while "Malkovich"-esque music plays. Meanwhile, Buster takes control of his father's "surrogate" and pretends to be him.
"Screen Wars: Being Camerahead (#2.14)" (2007)
 -  Opening Homage spoofed Being John Malkovich.

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