Director Spike Jonze
Screenplay Charlie Kaufman
Adaptation.
Tagline: From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
Release Date: 2002-12-06
Duration: 115 minutes
Synopsis
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'.
Casting
- Nicolas CageCharlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Brian CoxRobert McKee
- John CusackJohn Cusack (uncredited)
- Judy GreerAlice the Waitress
- Maggie GyllenhaalCaroline Cunningham
- Ron LivingstonMarty Bowen
- Tilda SwintonValerie Thomas
- Meryl StreepSusan Orlean
- Doug JonesAugustus Margary
- Gary FarmerBuster Baxley
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