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