Adaptation. (2002)
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Spike Jonze
Writing:
- Charlie Kaufman
- Susan Orlean
- Donald Kaufman
Stars:
Release Date: 2002-12-06
7.4/10
7.4/10
- Country: US
- Language: English | Latin
- Runtime: 115
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Revenue: $32,800,000
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Defense Attorney
Marty Bowen
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Ranger Tony
Caroline Cunningham
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Susan Orlean
John Laroche
Valerie Thomas
Amelia Kavan
Robert McKee
Matthew Osceola
Russell
Augustus Margary
Buster Baxley
Alice the Waitress
Randy
Prosecutor
Orlean's Husband
Laroche’s Mom
David
Orlean Dinner Guest
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
John Cusack (uncredited)
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Ranger Steve Neely
Orlean Dinner Guest
Charles Darwin
Kaufman’s Mother
