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Being John Malkovich script report!
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Well here we go with a report on a project that I'm sure carries some interest for all of those that are immensely fascinated with the amazing actor going by the name of John Malkovich. Personally, I'm in the theater for any movie that carries the man's name in the credits. And here he joins the elite group of actors acting in movies with their name in the title. Let's see Jackie Chan, Boris Karloff, hmmmmm... I'm drawing a blank. Oh well... Here's the report...
Ray Fasolati is a pen name.
I couldn't find any information on the website about Being
John Malkovich, which I thought would've definitely been reported
to you by your spies, especially since you have a lot of Malkovich fans
out there. Which leads me to believe that you don't have as many
spies, who are working in Hollywood in the film industry in the copy
machine rooms of the agencies and studios, as you need. Your website
is good, Harry, but you need more spies in Hollywood!
Anyway, I read the script of Being John Malkovich almost a year ago,
and I never thought it would get made, even though
it made me laugh out loud, which is pretty rare
for what passes for comedy scripts in this town.
The basic story (maybe a little spoilers) is that this somewhat deranged
guy who is a master puppeteer goes to work as a typist
for a company and finds a closet in the offices that somehow
leads one into the mind of the famous actor, John Malkovich.
As a puppeteer, he can move John Malkovich's body, and speak
with his voice, and "become" John Malkovich. Malkovich
tries to fight back, but is mostly helpless. After a couple hours,
whoever enters the room, and John Malkovitch, is deposited
in a sewer tunnel somewhere off the New Jersey turnpike.
The puppeteer and a secretary at the office there, who he has a crush
on,
decide that they can sell tickets to people who want to be John
Malkovich
for a couple of hours. John struggles against the various people
inhabiting
his body. A church of John Malkovichians is formed. The puppeteer's
wife joins. The secretary he lusts after, lusts after John Malkovich,
and
will only get romantic with the puppeteer, who she mostly blows off
because he
is, well, a puppeteer, when he is inhabiting John Malkovich.
This was one of the most audacious, outrageous, and funny scripts I've
ever
read, and consequently I thought it would never get made. They would
have to get the real John Malkovich to play himself for it to work, and
I thought
he would sooner slap a restraining order against the scriptwriter. Then
I read
in the Hollywood reporter that it is being made and directed by Spike
Jonze, the
inventive Mtv video director who directed that Weezer video that cut an
episode
of Happy Days with the band playing at Al's so it looked like they were
on the show, and he directed that commercial for Levis Jeans which
featured surgeons singing Tainted Love to a guy on an operating table.
It is being made by Single Cell Pictures,
which is Michael Stipe of R.E.M.'s production company...and starring
John Malkovich,
plus John Cusack as the puppeteer. I wanted so bad, believe me,
to get a job on that set. But alas...
That's it for now.
-Ray Fasolati
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Knowing how fickel Hollywood can be, our luck would have Malkoviches character played by Cusak. And pardon me if my spelling sucks, cuz everyone knows that AICN is the spelling forum of the internet.
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Thanks for the news, I just wish there was more! There is very little info right now out about JM. We want more!!! Feed the Monster!!!
And how much acting do you think Cusack will be doing playing a guy who wishes he were Malk? Yeah, "Jack, and Sh*t. And Jack left a long time ago!". -
Man that sounds hilarious, I'm there for this one.
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I'm There. Opening night.
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Well actually Cameron Diaz is the wife... The perfect Catherine Keener is the secretary Maxine.
I cant wait until this movie comes out! Most people I know think hollywood has gone down the toilet for this one but it IS an original idea. -
john malk is definitely the most overated actors working today, his voice is so grating and his acting so cold and 'john malkovichy' it drives me away from anything to do with him. i was hoping that 'being john malkovich' was about some young actor that tries to emulate the malk only to fail horribly becasue the malkster is utter crap. and maybe malk could get killed in it too...
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I also read the script "Being John Malcovich" about a year ago...and it is hands-down the most funniest, outrageous scripts i have ever read. The review that was posted does not do it justice. I am not particularly a big fan of Mr. Malcovich, the real treat are the other characters and the surreal environment of the script. it is mind-blowing! The dialogue is sharp, cutting, sarcastic and hilarious. the situations are bizaree surreal and funny as shit! and Spike Jonze is the perfect director to realize this onto celluloid. I truly hope that this film gets made...but it could be too far ahead of it's time!
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I heartily concur. Other than Bad Trout, BJM is the funniest, most daring script I've read in years. Can't wait for the flick but if Spike Jonze is directing we might have to. Anyone remember Harold and the Purple Crayon?
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This is going to be a truly funny movie, judging from the plot, of course. Because comedy plot rarely intrigues me this much, and besides, John Malkovich is in it and he's not going to kill anyone, right?
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At least then there would be something decent to look at. The plot sounds ingenious but the idea of Being John malcovich and inflating what has to be a much too large ego already makes me wanna head for the hills.
By the way does JM realize that his smarmy drawl makes him sound a pretentious queen. Maybe he should have married Barbra Streisand. They could have sonically nauseated each other to death and then everyone else would have air to breath.
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