Adaptation R 1 hr 54 min December 6, 2002
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 (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), 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'. 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 (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), 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'.
Directed By: Spike Jonze Rated: R Running Time: 1 hr 54 min Genre: Comedy & Drama Gross Box Office: $22,245,861 Release Date: December 6, 2002
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Meryl Streep plays author Susan Orlean, a woman who discovers real passion for the first time in her life, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
John Laroche's (Chris Cooper) obsession with orchids sometimes gets the best of him, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Adaptation (2002)
Journalist Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) literally falls in love with her work, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
New Yorker writer Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) allows her professional assignment to grow into a private passion, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage, left) corners screenwriting guru Robert McKee (Brian Cox) in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Nicolas Cage find easy romance in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Twin-brothers Charlie, left, and Donald Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage) discuss the finer points of screenwriting, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
John Laroche (Chris Cooper) tries to help journalist Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) understand the true beauty of the orchid species, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Nicolas Cage stars in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation, as screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who is seriously depressed about his life and his career.
Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep star in the Columbia Pictures presentation, ADAPTATION.
Nicolas Cage (center) plays Charlie Kaufman, a stymied writer who seeks advice from screenwriting guru Robert McKee, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
When screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) tries to adapt The Orchid Thief to the screen, he develops a serious case of writer's block, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
There is no limit to John Laroche's (Chris Cooper) passion for orchids in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Chris Cooper, who plays orchid thief John Laroche, will go to any lengths to find rare species of the flower, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Twin-brothers Donald, right, and Charlie Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage) are both trying to write a new screenplay, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Twin-brothers Charlie, left, and Donald Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage) couldn't be less alike, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Of twin-brothers Donald, left, and Charlie Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage), guess which one is the life of the party, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Twin-brothers Donald, left, and Charlie Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage) travel across the country in their attempt to unlock the mysteries of The Orchid Thief.
Nicolas Cage plays both Charlie and Donald Kaufman in the Columbia Pictures presentation, ADAPTATION.
Twin-brothers Charlie, left, and Donald Kaufman (both played by Nicolas Cage) get in over their heads in the Florida Everglades, in Columbia Pictures' unconventional comedy Adaptation.
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
