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Adaptation.
Adaptation.
  1. Movies
  2. Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002
1h 55m
Comedy
Crime
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2002

Runtime

1h 55m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

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

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'.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 55m
Dec 6, 2002
Digital Release
Mar 26, 2003
Languages
English
Latin
Director
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Production
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Propaganda Films
Propaganda Films
Good Machine
Good Machine
Intermedia
Intermedia
Beverly Detroit Studios
Beverly Detroit Studios
Production Countries
United States of America
Official Website

Top Cast

39 Cast Members

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

John Laroche

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Valerie Thomas

Jay Tavare

Jay Tavare

Matthew Osceola

Litefoot

Litefoot

Russell

Roger Willie

Roger Willie

Randy

Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver

Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour

Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Augustus Margary

Gary Farmer

Gary Farmer

Buster Baxley

Peter Jason

Peter Jason

Defense Attorney

Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin

Prosecutor

Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson

Orlean's Husband

Agnes NaDene Baddoo

Orlean Dinner Guest

Paul Fortune

Orlean Dinner Guest

Paul Jasmin

Orlean Dinner Guest

Lisa Love

Lisa Love

Orlean Dinner Guest

Wendy Mogel

Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell

David O. Russell

Orlean Dinner Guest

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