Adaptation.
From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
Director Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman is 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 and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.
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Cast
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Litefoot
Russell
Roger Willie
Randy
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Caroline Cunningham
Bob Yerkes
Charles Darwin
Curt Clendenin
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Curtis Hanson
Orlean's Husband
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche’s Mom
John Malkovich
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Gregory Itzin
Prosecutor
Peter Jason
Defense Attorney
Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Gary Farmer
Buster Baxley
Judy Greer
Alice the Waitress
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
Donald Dowd
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Cara Seymour
Amelia Kavan
David O. Russell
Orlean Dinner Guest
Bob Stephenson
David
Doug Jones
Augustus Margary
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Brian Cox
Robert McKee
Nancy Lenehan
Kaufman’s Mother
Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony
Ron Livingston
Marty Bowen
John Cusack
John Cusack (uncredited)