Adaptation.
Comedy
Crime
Drama
From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
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.
2002-12-06
en
Cast
Director
Spike Jonze
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
Roger Willie as Randy
Jim Beaver as Ranger Tony
Cara Seymour as Amelia Kavan
Doug Jones as Augustus Margary
Gary Farmer as Buster Baxley
Peter Jason as Defense Attorney
Gregory Itzin as Prosecutor
Curtis Hanson as Orlean's Husband
Lisa Love as Orlean Dinner Guest
David O. Russell as Orlean Dinner Guest
Judy Greer as Alice the Waitress
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Caroline Cunningham
Bob Stephenson as David
Bob Yerkes as Charles Darwin
Sandra Lee Gimpel as Laroche’s Mom
Ron Livingston as Marty Bowen
Brian Cox as Robert McKee
Nancy Lenehan as Kaufman’s Mother
John Cusack as John Cusack (uncredited)
Catherine Keener as Catherine Keener (uncredited)
John Malkovich as John Malkovich (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Donald Dowd as Cafe Customer (uncredited)