Adaptation.
# From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
📜 Overview:
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, 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, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
💵 Budget: USD
19,000,000
🌏 Languages Available:
English
,
Latin
📆 Date Released:
2002-12-06
⌚ Running Time:
115 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.4
Beloved Cast
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Nicolas Cage
Susan Orlean
Meryl Streep
John Laroche
Chris Cooper
Valerie Thomas
Tilda Swinton
Matthew Osceola
Jay Tavare
Russell
Litefoot
Randy
Roger Willie
Ranger Tony
Jim Beaver
Amelia Kavan
Cara Seymour
Augustus Margary
Doug Jones
Buster Baxley
Gary Farmer
Defense Attorney
Peter Jason
Prosecutor
Gregory Itzin
Orlean's Husband
Curtis Hanson
Orlean Dinner Guest
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Wendy Mogel
Orlean Dinner Guest
David O. Russell
Alice the Waitress
Judy Greer
Caroline Cunningham
Maggie Gyllenhaal
David
Bob Stephenson
Charles Darwin
Bob Yerkes
Laroche’s Dad
Lynn Court
Laroche’s Uncle
Roger E. Fanter
Laroche’s Mom
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche’s Wife
Caron Colvett
EMT
Larry Krask
Marty Bowen
Ron Livingston
Robert McKee
Brian Cox
McKee Lecture Attendee
John Etter
Police Officer
Ray Berrios
Kaufman’s Mother
Nancy Lenehan
John Cusack (uncredited)
John Cusack
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Catherine Keener
John Malkovich (uncredited)
John Malkovich
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Donald Dowd