Comedy ·Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 2002 · 1h 55m

Adaptation.

Director

Cast

Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean Chris Cooper as John Laroche Tilda Swinton as Valerie Thomas Jay Tavare as Matthew Osceola Litefoot as Russell

Crew

Lance Acord — Director of Photography Eric Zumbrunnen — Editor Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer Charlie Kaufman — Screenplay Susan Orlean — Novel Vincent Landay — Producer

Tagline

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

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

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