Adaptation.

Jay Tavare as Matthew Osceola Jim Beaver as Ranger Tony Judy Greer as Alice the Waitress Ron Livingston as Marty Bowen Cara Seymour as Amelia Kavan Peter Jason as Defense Attorney Curtis Hanson as Orlean's Husband Nancy Lenehan as Kaufman’s Mother Bob Stephenson as David John Cusack as John Cusack (uncredited) Roger Willie as Randy Lisa Love as Orlean Dinner Guest Sandra Lee Gimpel as Laroche’s Mom تيلدا سوينتون as Valerie Thomas Litefoot as Russell Doug Jones as Augustus Margary Gary Farmer as Buster Baxley David O. Russell as Orlean Dinner Guest John Malkovich as John Malkovich (uncredited) Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman Chris Cooper as John Laroche Gregory Itzin as Prosecutor Bob Yerkes as Charles Darwin Curt Clendenin as Restaurant Customer (uncredited) Brian Cox as Robert McKee Catherine Keener as Catherine Keener (uncredited) Donald Dowd as Cafe Customer (uncredited) Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean Maggie Gyllenhaal as Caroline Cunningham

Joel Harlow Makeup Department Head Jonathan Demme Producer Carter Burwell Original Music Composer Vincent Landay Producer Scott Rogers Stunts Dan Bradley Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director Lance Acord Director of Photography Julie Janney Stand In Charlie Kaufman Screenplay, Executive Producer Gene Serdena Set Decoration Spike Jonze Director Kent Sparling Sound Re-Recording Mixer Marco Kyris Stand In Eddie Yansick Stunts Rick Barker Stunts Ann Roth Wardrobe Designer Norb Phillips Stunts Darrin Prescott Stunts Chris Carnel Stunts Eric E. Osmond First Assistant Editor Edward Saxon Producer K.K. Barrett Production Design Susan Orlean Novel Lora Hirschberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer