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Adaptation.

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.

2002 · R · 1h 55m

Directed by Spike Jonze

7.3

TMDB audience score
2,941 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Charlie Kaufman is 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 and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.

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Cast

  • Nicolas Cage
    Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

  • Meryl Streep
    Susan Orlean

  • Chris Cooper
    John Laroche

  • Tilda Swinton
    Valerie Thomas

  • Jay Tavare
    Matthew Osceola

  • Litefoot
    Russell

  • Roger Willie
    Randy

  • Jim Beaver
    Ranger Tony

  • Cara Seymour
    Amelia Kavan

  • Doug Jones
    Augustus Margary

  • Gary Farmer
    Buster Baxley

  • Peter Jason
    Defense Attorney

  • Gregory Itzin
    Prosecutor

  • Curtis Hanson
    Orlean's Husband

  • Agnes NaDene Baddoo
    Orlean Dinner Guest

  • Paul Fortune
    Orlean Dinner Guest

  • Paul Jasmin
    Orlean Dinner Guest

  • Lisa Love
    Orlean Dinner Guest