Director:		Spike Jonze
Year:		1999
Language:		English
Time:		112 minutes

Craig, a puppeteer, takes a filing job in a low-ceilinged office in Manhattan. Although married to the slightly askew Lotte, he hits on a colleague, the sexually frank Maxine. She's bored but snaps awake when he finds a portal leading inside John Malkovich: for 15 minutes you see, hear, and feel whatever Malkovich is doing, then you fall out by the New Jersey Turnpike. Maxine makes it commercial, selling trips for $200; also, she's more interested in Lotte than in Craig, but only when Lotte is inside Malkovich. Malkovich finds out what's going on and tries to stop it, but Craig sees the portal as his road to Maxine and to success as a puppeteer.

The director Spike Jonze received awards for Best First Feature/Best Newcomer, and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman won numerous awards for best original screenplay.

Rated R for language and sexuality.

Links

Review of the film.

Interview with the director, Spike Jonze (short film).

About the screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman.