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Adaptation.

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. 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'.

2002 |1h 55m |  Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Cast

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Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

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Meryl Streep

Susan Orlean

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Chris Cooper

John Laroche

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Tilda Swinton

Valerie Thomas

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Jay Tavare

Matthew Osceola

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Litefoot

Russell

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Roger Willie

Randy

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Jim Beaver

Ranger Tony

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Cara Seymour

Amelia Kavan

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Doug Jones

Augustus Margary

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Gary Farmer

Buster Baxley

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Peter Jason

Defense Attorney

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Gregory Itzin

Prosecutor

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Lisa Love

Orlean Dinner Guest

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Judy Greer

Alice the Waitress

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Caroline Cunningham

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Bob Stephenson

David

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Ron Livingston

Marty Bowen

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Brian Cox

Robert McKee

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Nancy Lenehan

Kaufman’s Mother

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John Cusack

John Cusack (uncredited)

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Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener (uncredited)

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John Malkovich

John Malkovich (uncredited)

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Curt Clendenin

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English, Latin

Budget

$19,000,000.00

Revenue

$32,800,000.00