Adaptation.

• 7.4 Comedy
• 2002-12-06
• 115 minutes mins

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'.

Starring:

Nicolas Cage (Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman) Meryl Streep (Susan Orlean) Chris Cooper (John Laroche) Tilda Swinton (Valerie Thomas) Jay Tavare (Matthew Osceola) Litefoot (Russell) Roger Willie (Randy) Jim Beaver (Ranger Tony) Cara Seymour (Amelia Kavan) Doug Jones (Augustus Margary)

Director:

Spike Jonze

Writer:

Charlie Kaufman