Adaptation
(2002)
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 Live
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Jay Tavare
Director: Spike Jonze
Writer: Susan Orlean, Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman
Language: English
Studio: Beverly Detroit
Duration: 114
Rated: R
DVD Release: May 2003
Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief" into a screenplay, all of it based on the life of the eccentric John Laroche, an exotic plant collector based out of Florida. While his easygoing twin brother Donald, is writing scripts with ease, Charlie finds himself on a perpetual struggle that never seems to end.
Nicolas Cage | Charlie Kaufman |
Tilda Swinton | Valerie Thomas |
Meryl Streep | Susan Orlean |
Chris Cooper | John Laroche |
Jay Tavare | Matthew Osceola |
Litefoot | Russell |
Roger Willie | Randy |
Jim Beaver | Ranger Tony |
Cara Seymour | Amelia Kavan |
Doug Jones | Augustus Margary |
Stephen Tobolowsky | Ranger Steve Neely |
Gary Farmer | Buster Baxley |
Peter Jason | Defense Attorney |
Gregory Itzin | Prosecutor |
Curtis Hanson | Orlean's Husband |
Carter Burwell | Composer |
Lance Acord | Cinematographer |
Agnes NaDene Baddoo | Orlean Dinner Guest (as Agnes Badoo) |
Eric Zumbrunnen | Editor |
Paul Fortune | Orlean Dinner Guest |
Paul Jasmin | Orlean Dinner Guest |
Lisa Love | Orlean Dinner Guest |
Wendy Mogel | Orlean Dinner Guest |
David O. Russell | Orlean Dinner Guest |
Judy Greer | Alice the Waitress |
Maggie Gyllenhaal | Caroline Cunningham |
Bob Stephenson | David |
Bob Yerkes | Charles Darwin |
Lynn Court | Laroche's Dad |
Roger E. Fanter | Laroche's Uncle Jim |
Sandra Lee Gimpel | Laroche's Mom (as Sandra Gimpel) |
Caron Colvett | Laroche's Wife |
Larry Krask | EMT |
Ron Livingston | Marty Bowen |
Brian Cox | Robert McKee |
John Etter | McKee Lecture Attendee |
Ray Berrios | Police Officer |
Nancy Lenehan | Kaufman's Mother (voice) |
Susan Orlean | Woman in Supermarket (scenes deleted) |
Curt Clendenin | Restaurant Customer |
Tony Collucci | Restaurant Customer |
Rheagan Wallace | Kim Canetti |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0268126