Being John Malkovich

A puppeteer discovers a hidden door into the mind of actor John Malkovich and, along with his coworker, profits from the experience, leading to a series of events involving identity exploration, manipulation, betrayal, and eternal entrapment. Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American English-language Comedy Drama motion picture featuring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich and Patrick Ryan. Gramercy Pictures in association with Propaganda Films and Single Cell Pictures. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin and Vincent Landay. Being John Malkovich is written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. USA Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Being John Malkovich was released on 8th October 1999 and takes a screen time of 113 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Being John Malkovich was made on a budget of $13 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $23 million. Cinematography was done by Lance Acord and editing by Eric Zumbrunnen. The music was composed by Carter Burwell. At the 1999 Venice Film Festival It won an award for Parallel Sections.