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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.
- $19 million
- Carter Burwell
- December 6, 2002 (United States)
Feb 14, 2003 · A screenwriter struggles to adapt a non-fiction book about orchids and a rare orchid hunter for the screen. The film explores his personal and professional challenges, his twin brother's ambitions, and the subtext of the book's author.
- Spike Jonze
- 791
- 2 min
Sep 18, 2008 · A film adaptation of a book about a screenwriter's struggles to write a screenplay based on a book about a real orchid hunter, with the help of a real orchid hunter and a real author. The movie is a playful and inventive exploration of the process of adaptation, the themes of orchids and Darwin, and the characters of the filmmaker and the orchid hunter.
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Dec 6, 2002 · Adaptation is a 2002 movie about a screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) who struggles to adapt a book (The Orchid Thief) by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep). The film explores the themes of creativity, identity, and adaptation with humor, meta-fiction, and surrealism.
- (8.5K)
- Spike Jonze
- R
- Nicolas Cage
Adaptation. From the creator of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH comes a very original comedy about a screenwriter struggling to adapt a best-selling book about orchid thieves into a movie. Things get really crazy when he writes himself into the screenplay. 1,848 IMDb 7.7 1 h 54 min 2003. X-Ray UHD R. Comedy · Drama · Cerebral · Downbeat.
Dec 20, 2002 · A movie about a screenwriter who adapts a book about orchid thieves and a con man who steals them, and the complications of his own life and work. Ebert praises the film's brilliance, entertainment and surprise, and its exploration of fiction and reality, orchids and people.
