Adaptation.
Release date: Dec 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. 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'.
ComedyCrimeDrama
Top Cast
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Susan Orlean
John Laroche
Valerie Thomas
Matthew Osceola
Russell
Randy
Ranger Tony
Amelia Kavan
Augustus Margary
Buster Baxley
Defense Attorney
Prosecutor
Orlean's Husband
Orlean Dinner Guest
Orlean Dinner Guest
Orlean Dinner Guest
Orlean Dinner Guest
Orlean Dinner Guest
Orlean Dinner Guest
Alice the Waitress
Caroline Cunningham
David
Charles Darwin
Laroche’s Dad
Laroche’s Uncle
Laroche’s Mom
Laroche’s Wife
EMT
Marty Bowen
Robert McKee
McKee Lecture Attendee
Police Officer
Kaufman’s Mother
John Cusack (uncredited)
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
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