John Malkovich's real middle name is Gavin - in the movie, his character's middle name is Horatio. According to the script, the song intended to be played over the closing credits was "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppethead" by They Might Be Giants. The play that Malkovich is reading into a tape recorder is Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." The line beginning "I'm as hungry as the winter..." is at the end of Act Two, where Trofimov is speaking to Anya, pontificating on ...[Read Story ]