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Adaptation. Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in supporting roles. Kaufman based Adaptation on his struggles to ...
- $19 million
- Carter Burwell
- December 6, 2002 (United States)
Feb 14, 2003 · Adaptation.: Directed by Spike Jonze. With Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper. A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
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- 2 min
Sep 18, 2008 · Charlie Kaufman's screenplay for "Adaptation." (2002) has it three ways. It is wickedly playful in its construction, it gets the story told, and it doubles back and kids itself. There is also the sense that to some degree it's true: that it records the torments of a screenwriter who doesn't know how the hell to write a movie about orchids. And it has the audacity to introduce characters we ...
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Dec 6, 2002 · Dizzyingly original, the loopy, multi-layered Adaptation is both funny and thought-provoking. Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy ...
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Synopsis. John Laroche and his wife run a successful Florida nursery, but tragedy strikes and Laroche's wife, mother and uncle are involved in a car accident. Laroche's mother and uncle are killed immediately, but his wife goes into a coma, divorcing Laroche and suing him once she regains consciousness. One month later, Laroche's home and ...
Dec 20, 2002 · What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is--a confounding story about orchid thieves and screenwriters, elegant New Yorkers and scruffy swamp rats, truth and fiction. "Adaptation" is a movie that leaves you breathless with curiosity, as it teases itself with the directions it might take. To watch the film is to be actively ...
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Nicolas Cage. ... Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman. Tilda Swinton. ... Valerie Thomas. Meryl Streep.
