Adaptation.

Dec 6, 2002

1h 55m

★ 7.3

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

Overview

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, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Propaganda Films

Good Machine

Intermedia

Beverly Detroit Studios

Clinica Estetico

Adaptation. Trailers

Cast

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Nicolas Cage

Susan Orlean

Meryl Streep

John Laroche

Chris Cooper

Valerie Thomas

Tilda Swinton

Matthew Osceola

Jay Tavare

Russell

Litefoot

Randy

Roger Willie

Ranger Tony

Jim Beaver

Amelia Kavan

Cara Seymour

Augustus Margary

Doug Jones

Buster Baxley

Gary Farmer

Defense Attorney

Peter Jason

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