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Being John Malkovich (1999)
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An unhappily married puppeteer stumbles upon a doorway into John Malkovich's head, through which he hopes to win the heart of his obsession--a beautiful and manipulative co-worker--and to live his dreams through the body of a world famous star. All madness breaks loose as he finds himself competing with his wife for the ownership of John Malkovich's head to win over the co-worker and for the dreams of escape from their toilsome life.
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Visiting Lester (Orson Bean), Schwartz's boss, Lotte stumbles upon a strange room with a timeline of John Malkovich hung onto the walls. Schwartz tells Lotte about the portal; she tries it and becomes obsessed with the experience, wanting to return to Malkovitch's mind immediately. She enters Malkovich again when he is at home reading, and is present in his consciousness when Maxine calls and arranges a meeting with Malkovich at 8:00pm that night. Lotte covertly returns to the portal at 8:00 that night as well, and finds herself deeply attracted to Maxine, who later claims to have sensed Lotte's presence inside Malkovich's mind during their meeting.
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A man takes a new job on the 7th-and-a-half floor of an office building and stumbles upon a membranous room that leads inside the head of stage and screen actor John Malkovich. There he can see life through Malkovich''s eyes before being systematically ejected from the room and onto the New Jersey turnpike. The man then rents out Malkovich''s head to others, eventually letting his wife inside where she falls in love with another woman who, in turn, thinks she has fallen in love with John Malkovich.
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John Malkovich is a versatile actor - equally comfortable in comedy and tragedy; as convincing as a gentle, retarded farm boy as he is a Lothario or a cold-blooded villain. He has appeared in more than 100 plays and 70 films, most recently in Liliana Cavani's Ripley's Game, in which he plays Patricia Highsmith's protean anti-hero Tom Ripley. Malkovich as Ripley is inspired casting.
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Being John Malkovich isn't a flawless or absolutely brilliant piece of work, but it's damned different and it's ... very well-executed. That's a powerful combination that combines nicely in this case.
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USA Home Entertainment presents Being John Malkovich on a Special Edition DVD that is adequately supplemented. The 1.85:1, 16x9-enhanced video transfer faithfully captures the gloomy, muted look of Lance Acord's cinematography (key lighting is rarely employed); that said, the luminance of a projector is stronger than any television on the market, and only a theatrical presentation can truly do justice to this film.
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