Adaptation. (2002)
Rating: 7.4/10
Duration: 115 min
Director(s): Spike Jonze,
Description:
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'.
Cast
- Doug Jones as Augustus Margary
- Jim Beaver as Ranger Tony
- Chris Cooper as John Laroche
- Cara Seymour as Amelia Kavan
- Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Tilda Swinton as Valerie Thomas
- Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean
- Peter Jason as Defense Attorney
- Jay Tavare as Matthew Osceola
- Litefoot as Russell
- Roger Willie as Randy
- Gregory Itzin as Prosecutor
- Gary Farmer as Buster Baxley
- Curtis Hanson as Orlean's Husband
- Agnes NaDene Baddoo as Orlean Dinner Guest