Adaptation.

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

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

as Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

as John Laroche

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

as Valerie Thomas

Jay Tavare

Jay Tavare

as Matthew Osceola

Litefoot

Litefoot

as Russell

Roger Willie

Roger Willie

as Randy

Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver

as Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour

as Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

as Augustus Margary

Reviews

Gimly

I'm reacting the way the world does to movies about making movies about making movies. I mean come on, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have work in the morning, damn. _Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._...

CinemaSerf

When you watch some of Nicolas Cage's more recent stuff you do wonder how on earth he ever became a star in the first place. Well, this is one of the films that reminds us why. He is a struggling screenwriter ("Charlie") charged with adapting a novel about orchids written by "Susan Orlean" (Meryl St...

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