Adaptation. poster
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 Cage
    Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
  • Brian Cox
    Robert McKee
  • John Cusack
    John Cusack (uncredited)
  • Judy Greer
    Alice the Waitress
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Caroline Cunningham
  • Ron Livingston
    Marty Bowen
  • Tilda Swinton
    Valerie Thomas
  • Meryl Streep
    Susan Orlean
  • Doug Jones
    Augustus Margary
  • Gary Farmer
    Buster Baxley