Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Being John Malkovich, Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay

Being John Malkovich, Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay

Contributor
Summary
An out-of-work puppeteer takes a filing clerk job on the cramped seventh floor of an office building where he discovers a hidden tunnel allowing him to enter the mind and life of actor John Malkovich for 15 minutes before being ejected onto the New Jersey Turnpike
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Directed-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
  • Special features: [disc 1] New selected-scene audio commentary featuring Michel Gondry; [disc 2] new behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs; conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman; director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via production photos; two films: "7 1/2 Floor Orientation" and "Dance of despair and disillusionment"; an intimate portrait of the art of puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs; trailer; tv spots; booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and Perkus Tooth
Contents
  • [Disc 1]: [Feature film]
  • [Disc 2] Special features
Isbn
9781604655872
Instance
Label
Being John Malkovich
Title
Being John Malkovich
Statement of responsibility
Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay
Contributor
Actor
Cinematographer
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
An out-of-work puppeteer takes a filing clerk job on the cramped seventh floor of an office building where he discovers a hidden tunnel allowing him to enter the mind and life of actor John Malkovich for 15 minutes before being ejected onto the New Jersey Turnpike
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/composerexpression
mVVcUNPY7nw
Credits note
Director of photography, Lance Acord; editor, Eric Zumbrunnen; music, Carter Burwell
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: R; for language and sexuality
Language note
English dialogue; closed captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B45 2012
PerformerNote
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1958-
  • 1960-
  • 1966-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kaufman, Charlie
  • Jonze, Spike
  • Stipe, Michael
  • Stern, Sandy
  • Golin, Steve
  • Landay, Vincent
  • Cusack, John
  • Diaz, Cameron
  • Keener, Catherine
  • Bean, Orson
  • Place, Mary Kay
  • Malkovich, John
  • Acord, Lance
  • Zumbrunnen, Eric
  • Burwell, Carter
  • Gramercy Pictures
  • Propaganda Films (Firm)
  • Single Cell Pictures
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
113
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
611
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Malkovich, John
  • Malkovich, John
  • Puppeteers
  • Telepathy
  • Puppeteers
  • Telepathy
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Being John Malkovich, Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
  • Special features: [disc 1] New selected-scene audio commentary featuring Michel Gondry; [disc 2] new behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs; conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman; director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via production photos; two films: "7 1/2 Floor Orientation" and "Dance of despair and disillusionment"; an intimate portrait of the art of puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs; trailer; tv spots; booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and Perkus Tooth
Accompanying material
1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
[Disc 1]: [Feature film] -- [Disc 2] Special features
Control code
ocn786052171
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Directed-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Isbn
9781604655872
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515095419
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC2143D
  • CC2143D
  • CC2143DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Being John Malkovich, Gramercy Pictures presents a Propaganda Films/Single Cell Picture production ; directed by Spike Jonze ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
  • Special features: [disc 1] New selected-scene audio commentary featuring Michel Gondry; [disc 2] new behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs; conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman; director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via production photos; two films: "7 1/2 Floor Orientation" and "Dance of despair and disillusionment"; an intimate portrait of the art of puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs; trailer; tv spots; booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and Perkus Tooth
Accompanying material
1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
[Disc 1]: [Feature film] -- [Disc 2] Special features
Control code
ocn786052171
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Directed-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Isbn
9781604655872
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515095419
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC2143D
  • CC2143D
  • CC2143DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

Subject

Genre

Member of

Library Locations

    • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial LibraryBorrow it
      901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, US
      38.8986949 -77.0247823
    • Southwest LibraryBorrow it
      900 Wesley Place SW, Washington, DC, 20024, US
      38.878685 -77.016241
    • Tenley-Friendship LibraryBorrow it
      4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016, US
      38.9476208 -77.0799279

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by DC Public Library System. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.