DVD365.net | News Article | Being John Malkovich (1999)

Summary

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich. Ever wanted to be someone else? With a restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, now you can in Being John Malkovich, released on Blu-ray 12th August 2019 from Arrow Academy.

Cast

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Ned Bellamy, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean

Director

Spike Jonze

Producer

Steve Golin, Vincent Landay, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe

Distributor

Arrow Academy

Run time

1 hour 53 minutes

Release date

12/08/2019

Hash Tag

#BeingJohnMalkovich

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Bringing new meaning to the term "identity crisis", this instant cult comedy classic boldly launched the feature film careers of its director, music video visionary Spike Jonze (nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Director), and its screenwriter, master of existentialist surrealism Charlie Kaufman (also nominated for Best Original Screenplay).

Failed street puppeteer Craig Schwarz (John Cusack) reluctantly gets a day job to financially support his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) and their ever-expanding menagerie of pets crammed in their small, dimly-lit New York apartment. Working as a file clerk at LesterCorp (hidden away on Floor 7½ of the Mertin-Flemmer Building), and spending most of his time lusting after aloof co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener), one day Craig makes an incredible discovery: a hidden door that leads to a portal inside the mind of legendary actor John Malkovich (John Malkovich), seeing life through his eyes for fifteen minutes before being spat back out on the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig shares his find with Lotte and Maxine, leading to an explosive chain of events that will irrevocably alter the lives of all three... and of course, the unwitting Malkovich.

Jonze and Kaufman's unforgettably bizarre comic fantasia is as hilarious and innovative now as it was two decades ago, and is presented here in a director-approved transfer with bonus features never released in the UK before.

Being John Malkovich is released on Blu-ray 12th August 2019 from Arrow Academy.

Special Features

Restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, approved by director Spike Jonze
High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentation
Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Select scene audio commentary by Jonze's friend and competitor, the filmmaker Michel Gondry
John Malkovich and John Hodgman, a conversation between the film's star and the actor, writer and humourist
Strung Along, a new featurette exploring the marionettes made for the film, featuring newly shot interviews with puppeteer Phillip Huber and puppeteer/designer/fabricators Kamela Portuges and Lee Armstrong
The 7½ Floor, the full corporate orientation video seen in the film
John Horatio Malkovich: Dance of Despair and Disillusionment, the full pseudo-documentary seen in the film
An Interview with Director Spike Jonze, a brief chat with the director filmed under duress by Lance Bangs
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering, an archival interview with Phillip Huber filmed on set by Lance Bangs
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving, an on-set look at filming the New Jersey Turnpike sequence by Lance Bangs
Don't Enter Here, There Is Nothing Here
Theatrical trailer and TV spots
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vero Navarro
First Pressing Only: Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Roger Keen and archive publicity materials

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

John Malkovich

Deepwater Horizon, Unchained, Unlocked, Deepwater Horizon, Penguins of Madagascar, The Killing Fields: 30th Anniversary Edition, Red 2, Warm Bodies, Secretariat, Jonah Hex, Afterwards, Eragon, Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Johnny English, Ripley's Game, Mile 22, The New Pope, Joan Of Arc, Ava, The Sheltering Sky, In The Line Of Fire, Rogue Hostage, Burn After Reading, Savage Justice

Catherine Keener

The Croods, Get Out, Accidental Love, Enough Said, Captain Phillips, A Late Quartet, The Oranges, Trust, Cyrus, Please Give, Being John Malkovich, The Interpreter, Sicario 2: Soldado, Incredibles 2, The Incredibles 2, Incredibles 2, The Croods: A New Age

John Cusack

The Paperboy, Southern Fury, Dragon Blade, Love & Mercy, The Carrier, Reclaim, Maps to the Stars, The Prince, The Frozen Ground, The Numbers Station, The Paperboy, The Raven, Shanghai, Hot Tub Time Machine, 2012, 1408, The Grifters: Special Edition, Being John Malkovich, Con Air, High Fidelity, Runaway Jury, The Thin Red Line, Never Grow Old, 2012, The Thin Red Line: The Criterion Collection

Cameron Diaz

Annie, Sex Tape, The Other Woman, The Counsellor, What To Expect When You're Expecting, Bad Teacher, The Green Hornet, Knight and Day, The Box, What Happens in Vegas, The Holiday: Gift Edition, Being John Malkovich, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle, The Mask, My Best Friends Wedding, Shrek, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, My Sister's Keeper, Shrek: 20th Anniversary, Vanilla Sky

Mary Kay Place

Bad Milo!, Smashed, It's Complicated, City of Ember, Being John Malkovich, The Big Chill: The Criterion Collection, Smooth Talk: The Criterion Collection

Spike Jonze

Her, Where the Wild Things Are, Where the Wild Things Are

Ned Bellamy

The Paperboy, Being John Malkovich, Wind Chill

Orson Bean

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