Film

Adaptation. (2002)

Name: Adaptation.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2002

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
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Comedy, Crime, Drama· Directed by Spike Jonze· 115 min

Overview

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

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Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.
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Top billing

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

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