Essere John Malkovich

Titolo originale: Being John Malkovich
Regia: Spike Jonze |
Anno: 1999
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma Fantasy
Tag: witch | sexual identity | individual | secret love | transvestism | identity | subconsciousness | new identity | pet | chimp | puppeteer | appropriation of another human being | externally controlled action | pet shop | shocking |
Cast: John Cusack | Cameron Diaz | John Malkovich | Catherine Keener | Orson Bean | Mary Kay Place | W. Earl Brown | Carlos Jacott | Willie Garson | Byrne Piven | Gregory Sporleder | Charlie Sheen | Reggie Hayes | K.K. Dodds | Judith Wetzell | Octavia Spencer | Ned Bellamy | Eric Weinstein | Madison Lanc | Kevin Carroll | Gerald Emerick | Richard Fancy | Patti Tippo | Daniel Hansen | Mariah O'Brien | Kelly Teacher | Bill M. Ryusaki | Jacqueline Benoît | William Buck | Christine D. Coleman | Jeanne Diehl | Audrey Gelfund | Yetta Ginsburg | Sylvester Jenkins | Roy C. Johnson | Eddie J. Low | Ralph W. Spaulding | David Wyler | Flori Wyler | Kevin Lee | Marlowe Bassett | Jennifer Canzoneri | Kristie Cordle | Denise Dabrowski | Kristin Condon | Charlene Grimsley | Christine Krejer | Erica Long | Yvonne Montelius | Jessica Neuberger | Sara Rifkin | Elizabeth Rivera | Chelsa Sjostrom | Pamela Hayden | Jayne Hess | Michelle Madden | Greg O'Neill | Neil Ross | Bill Wittman | David Fincher | Sean Penn | Brad Pitt | James Murray |

Craig Schwartz, aspirante burattinaio, viene assunto come archivista alla LesterCorp, uno strano ufficio dove una porticina, nascosta dietro uno schedario, è in realtà un passaggio segreto che consente di entrare per 15 minuti nella testa del famoso attore John Malkovich.

Approfondimenti

The 1990 Steppenwolf Theatre building in Chicago (John Malkovich was one of the first members of Ste [...] D
Willie Garson (Guy in Restaurant) improvised the scene where he encounters John Malkovich and says, [...] D
In the first draft of the script, Lester and his friends weren't using Malkovich's portal as a means [...] D
Future Oscar winner Octavia Spencer appears as the woman who first shows Craig how to stop the eleva [...] D
John Malkovich claimed that he approached the character of "John Malkovich" as he would any other fi [...] D
Since the 2017 release of Get Out, fan theories have suggested that Get Out is a sequel to this film [...] D
When Craig enters the portal for the first time, he has a wooden plank. As he points out to Maxine, [...] D
In the scene in the Mertin-Flemmer building lobby, when Craig browses the floor listings to find Les [...] D
Actors who play themselves in the TV show about Malkovich include Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer [...] D
Steve Oedekerk was sent an early draft of the script in 1989, and upon reading it immediately arrang [...] D
John Malkovich's name is said over 130 times. D
Several characters in the movie remember John Malkovich as having played a jewel thief, even though, [...] D
Orson Bean had a role in the film Salto nel buio (1987); also about a man taking control of another [...] D
David Fincher: Appears as Christopher Bing, when Craig is watching television through Malkovich towa [...] D
Charlie Kaufman sent the screenplay to Francis Ford Coppola after he wrote it. Coppola liked it very [...] D
Orson Bean and Charlie Sheen would later co-star in an episode of Due uomini e mezzo (2003). D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #611. D
Catherine Keener disliked her own character. "I wasn't who I saw for the part of Maxine," she told T [...] D
At some point in the film, John Malkovich is described as being from Evanston, Illinois. He's not, b [...] D
John Cusack and John Malkovich previously co-starred in Con Air (1997). D
The original script was much different. Instead of Craig making Malkovich a famous puppeteer, in the [...] D
The name of John Cusack's character is a combined reference to Edward Gordon Craig and Bruce Schwart [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Maxine never actually tries out the experience of being John Malkovich. The first and only time she [...] D
Cameron Diaz's make-up artist Gucci Westman described styling her in her role as "a challenge, to ma [...] D
The bar-scene where Malkovich explores his own consciousness ("Malkovich, Malkovich"), was shot in t [...] D
When Cameron Diaz was dressed up in character and talked to some members of the crew, they thought s [...] D
Craig discovers that LesterCorp is on the 7-1/2 floor of the Mertin Flemmer building by seeing a "7- [...] D
The play that Craig was performing with his puppets (when he gets smacked by an angry parent) is bas [...] D
Maxine answers the phone at J.M. Inc. with the slogan "Be all that someone else can be." This is a j [...] D
Sean Penn (playing himself) tells a television reporter that he is becoming a puppeteer, inspired by [...] D
The scene when a can is thrown at John Malkovich's head is real. Malkovich has described how Spike J [...] D
Charlie Sheen was in rehab when he heard about fledgling filmmaker Spike Jonze's eagerness to cast h [...] D
Spike Jonze: Derek Mantini's assistant. D
Spike Jonze claimed in an interview that when he was shopping the screenplay around Hollywood, at le [...] D
John Malkovich was approached about this film several times and loved the script, but he and his pro [...] D
Charlie Kaufman spoke with his agent Marty Bowen about his script for this film, feeling that it wou [...] D
Lotte can also evoke Charlotte from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther", whi [...] D
The job ad that Craig responds to specifies a "short-statured file clerk". This is later explained b [...] D
The original script has Kevin Bacon in place of Charlie Sheen, as Malkovich's actor friend. John Mal [...] D
In a 2009 Hanes commercial, Charlie Sheen is driving a car with the license plate "MASHEEN". This is [...] D
The puppets in the film were created by Kamela Portuges and Images in Motion. Phillip Huber animated [...] D
In a radio interview writer Charlie Kaufman explained that while pitching John Malkovich's represent [...] D
John Cusack actually took some marionette-puppeteering lessons in order to prepare for the film. D
Charlie Kaufman had no backup actors in mind to play themselves in the title role if John Malkovich [...] D
Charlie Kaufman wrote the script in 1994, after his time writing for Get a Life (1990). The script g [...] D
Spike Jonze's directorial film debut. D
John Malkovich encouraged Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman to heighten the satire. D
Cameron Diaz walked into the restaurant for her meeting with Spike Jonze and found him nodding off i [...] D
John Cusack read the script after he had asked his agent to present him with the "craziest, most unp [...] D
According to the script, the song intended to be played over the closing credits was "Put Your Hand [...] D
The only film that year to be Oscar nominated for Best Director, but not Best Picture. D
After spending a long time trying to find the right actor for Dr. Lester, a producer saw Orson Bean [...] D
A fictional behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of this movie appears in screenwriter Charlie Ka [...] D
John Malkovich's real middle name is Gavin--in the movie his character's middle name is Horatio. D
The play that Malkovich is rehearsing on stage is William Shakespeare's "Richard III". The lines "Wa [...] D
Maxine says, when calling in the newspaper ad, that J.M. Inc. (the Malkovich portal business) is ope [...] D
The play that Malkovich is reading into a tape recorder is Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". The [...] D

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Errori

When Craig is about to discover the portal, he picks up the dropped file and puts it on the bureau n [...] D
When Malkovich and Maxine are on his couch, the shoulder strap of her dress moves back and forth bet [...] D
As Craig enters Maxine's office to tell her of the portal there is a coat hanging on the doorknob. W [...] D
When Lotte is chasing Maxine through Malkovich's subconscious, as Maxine drops into the school bus s [...] D
The first time Maxine visits Malkovich's apartment, the shadow of the boom mic is visible. D
When Craig first wakes up ("wintry economic climate"), the position of the comforter around his shou [...] D
When Maxine enters Malkovich's subconscious for the gun chase, when the first smashes into the bedro [...] D
When Craig gets spit out into a ditch for the first time, he is limping onto an on-ramp, a sign that [...] D
When Craig Schwartz is about to enter the portal for the first time, he's kneeling. In the next shot [...] D
When Craig first discovers the portal, the hands of the clock on the wall (in the deep storage room) [...] D
When Maxine enters the lift on the 7 1/2 floor, it stops there when someone calls it (from outside), [...] D
When John Horatio Malkovich enters his own portal, some of "himself" (for example one he bumps into [...] D
The position of the cars on the highway as people emerge from the portal jumps around between shots. D
When Craig first lands by the N.J. Turnpike, there is an operating oil well in the background. There [...] D
The shoulder strap of Maxine's shirt in the second love scene between her and John. D
The chimp actor changes a few times - sometimes it has a white beard, while at other times it has no [...] D
When Craig and Dr. Lester are in the restaurant, two orange Los Angeles MTA buses pass by. D
Just after the first time Lotte falls out of the portal onto the side of the New Jersey Turnpike, a [...] D
When Craig sees John's face for the first time in the mirror, the mirror doesn't accurately reflect [...] D
When Craig and Dr. Lester sit together on the office windowsill to have a conversation, the shadow o [...] D
During Craig's interview with Dr. Lester, the wound on Craig's lip moves, and at one point disappear [...] D
One logistical issue the film does not resolve is how Craig and Maxine are able to avoid severe slee [...] D
When Craig Schwartz first boards the elevator, the alarm stops when the stop button is released, bef [...] D
When Craig runs his fingers over files, his wedding ring is on his right hand although usually it's [...] D
Pressing "emergency stop" on an elevator wouldn't set off any alarms. It might alert security but on [...] D
WALK/DON'T WALK signs in New York City at the time of the film used words. The camera zooms in on a [...] D
When Elijah the chimp lets Lotte out of the cage, he jumps out leaving the checked blanket all messe [...] D
The same cars are driving past on the New Jersey Turnpike the both first and second times someone is [...] D

Frase

Dr. Lester: Nubile. Blondes. Wet with desire. Me i [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: You know, Craig, once this was a r [...] D
Dr. Lester: She's got her doctorate in speech impe [...] D
Dr. Lester: Floris, get Guinness on the phone. Fl [...] D
Craig Schwartz: I like you, I don't know what it i [...] D
Craig Schwartz: What happens when a man goes throu [...] D
Dr. Lester: Don't toy with Floris, Schwartz. Crai [...] D
[Answering the phone] Maxine: J.M. Inc.: Be all t [...] D
Craig Schwartz: There's a tiny door in my office, [...] D
John Malkovich: The Broadhurst Theater, please. C [...] D
[last lines] Craig Schwartz: [voiceover] Maxine. [...] D
Floris: Welcome to Lestercorp. How may we meet you [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: [seeing Craig's busted lip] Oh, Cr [...] D
John Malkovich: What are you doing? Puppeteer: I' [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Nobody's looking for a puppeteer i [...] D
Maxine: I need you for this, Craigy. You're my man [...] D
Craig Schwartz: I was inside John Malkovich - look [...] D
[gazing longingly at Craig as he does the filing] [...] D
Craig Schwartz: [watching the puppeteer with the g [...] D
[During sex] John Malkovich: Did you call me Lott [...] D
Maxine: Craig! I just - I don't find you attractiv [...] D
Craig Schwartz: My name is Craig Schwartz - and we [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Listen to Lester's sexual fantasie [...] D
Voice of Heloise (Puppet): Even during the celebra [...] D
First J.M. Inc. Customer: Now when you say that I [...] D
[During a job interview] Dr. Lester: Which of the [...] D
[a truck drives by and the driver hits Malkovich's [...] D
John Malkovich: Something was making me talk. Some [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: [inside John Malkovich looking at [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: Suck my dick! D
Craig Schwartz: We don't know the significance of [...] D
Craig Schwartz: [as Maxine Puppet] Tell me, Craig, [...] D
Craig Schwartz: I did it! I made him move his arm [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Can I buy you a drink, Maxine? Ma [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Hi. Do you know that I don't even [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: Don't stand in the way of my actua [...] D
Maxine: Here's the thing: If you ever got me, you [...] D
Maxine: Oh, Lotte. Lotte, this is so good! Craig [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Do you know what a metaphysical ca [...] D
John Malkovich: [onstage playing Richard III] Was [...] D
Maxine: Let's have sex on his table and then make [...] D
Voice of Heloise (Puppet): While we enjoy the plea [...] D
John Malkovich: Ma-Sheen! Charlie: Malcatraz! D
Maxine: Tell me a little about yourself. Craig Sc [...] D
Larry the Agent: John! Great to see you! Sorry abo [...] D
Dr. Lester: Ah to be a young man again, eh, Schwar [...] D
Woman in Elevator: Seven and a half, right? Craig [...] D
Craig Schwartz: I was thinking about what you were [...] D
Maxine: Meet me at the Stuck Pig... at eight o'clo [...] D
Cab Driver: I thought you were alright in that one [...] D
Charlie: Hot lesbian witches! Think about it. It's [...] D
Maxine: Well, my nipples are at attention, General [...] D
Charlie: Lookin' great, Flo. Floris: "Lookin' gra [...] D
Craig Schwartz: You see the world through John Mal [...] D
Dr. Lester: I've been very lonely in my isolated t [...] D
John Malkovich: I have seen a world that NO man sh [...] D
John Malkovich: [in disguise] Excuse me, sir. Exac [...] D
Dr. Lester: Hello, Mr. Juarez. Craig Schwartz: Dr [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: I think it's kinda sexy that John [...] D
Waiter: Malkovich? John Malkovich: MALKOVICH! Wa [...] D
John Malkovich: I've gotta know the truth, Charlie [...] D
Craig Schwartz: If I can guess your name in three [...] D
Maxine: You're not someone I could get interested [...] D
Craig Schwartz: Oh, God, Lotte, what have I become [...] D
Craig Schwartz: It's just a little mix up with you [...] D
Maxine: Meet you in Malkovich in one hour. D
[first lines] Lotte Schwartz: Craig, honey, it's [...] D
Maxine: Do you have any idea what it's like to hav [...] D
John Malkovich: The weird thing is, this Maxine li [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: We love her, Craig. Craig Schwart [...] D
Dr. Lester: Any questions? Craig Schwartz: Just o [...] D
Craig Schwartz: I've fallen in love, and this is w [...] D
Floris: I can't understand a word you're saying [ [...] D
John Malkovich: That portal is mine and it must be [...] D
[Lotte comes home late at night] Craig Schwartz: [...] D
Craig Schwartz (in John Malkovich): You see, Maxin [...] D
Lester's Friend: I've always wondered what it woul [...] D
Craig Schwartz: You don't know how lucky you are b [...] D
Craig Schwartz (in John Malkovich): There is truth [...] D
Maxine: Oh, you know what? The puppeteer told me h [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: I've been going over and over my e [...] D
Lotte Schwartz: Craig, I don't understand. There's [...] D
Guy in Restaurant: 'Scuse me. John Malkovich: Mm- [...] D
Charlie: You're nuts to let a girl go that calls y [...] D

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