Adaptation.

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

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