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