Adaptation.

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.

115 mins
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, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl Streep

Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper

John Laroche

Tilda Swinton

Valerie Thomas

Jay Tavare

Matthew Osceola

Litefoot

Russell

Jim Beaver

Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour

Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones

Augustus Margary

Gary Farmer

Buster Baxley

Peter Jason

Defense Attorney

Gregory Itzin

Prosecutor

Curtis Hanson

Orlean's Husband

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

Orlean Dinner Guest

Judy Greer

Alice the Waitress

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Caroline Cunningham

Bob Yerkes

Charles Darwin

Lynn Court

Laroche’s Dad

Roger E. Fanter

Laroche’s Uncle

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Laroche’s Mom

Caron Colvett

Laroche’s Wife

Ron Livingston

Marty Bowen

Brian Cox

Robert McKee

John Etter

McKee Lecture Attendee

Ray Berrios

Police Officer

Nancy Lenehan

Kaufman’s Mother

John Cusack

John Cusack (uncredited)

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener (uncredited)

John Malkovich

John Malkovich (uncredited)

Curt Clendenin

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Donald Dowd

Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Gene Serdena

Set Decoration

Lance Acord

Director of Photography

Edward Saxon

Producer

Charlie Kaufman

Screenplay

Spike Jonze

Director

K.K. Barrett

Production Design

Peter Andrus

Art Direction

Casey Storm

Costume Design

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Charlie Kaufman

Executive Producer

Peter Saraf

Executive Producer

Peter Staubli

Sound Effects Editor

Richard Beggs

Sound Designer

David Abrahamsen

Sound Designer

Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mark Weber

Sound Mixer

Michael Kirchberger

Supervising Sound Editor

Kent Sparling

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeremy Molod

Assistant Sound Editor

William Storkson

Foley Supervisor

Adam Milo Smalley

Music Editor

Michael Farrow

Scoring Mixer

Nick Peck

Foley Mixer

Marnie Moore

Foley Artist

David A. Cohen

Dialogue Editor

David Franklin Bergad

Dialogue Editor

Everett Moore

Apprentice Sound Editor

Julia Shirar

Assistant Sound Editor

Jory K. Prum

Foley Recordist

Marco Kyris

Stand In

Griff Ruggles

Transportation Captain

Michael S. Adler

Chief Lighting Technician

Seve Spracklen

Production Accountant

Lynn Christopher

Set Designer

Drew Kunin

Production Sound Mixer

Anders Rundblad

Construction Foreman

Mark Williams

First Assistant Camera

Stacy Horn

Wardrobe Supervisor

Lawrence L. Commans

Boom Operator

Jeffrey Paul Johnson

Property Master

Chris Vail

Assistant Property Master

Gregory J. Smith

Second Second Assistant Director

Ben Kaller

Still Photographer

Nina Chien

Second Assistant Camera

Gino Nix

Key Grip

Julie Janney

Stand In

Thomas Patrick Smith

First Assistant Director

Chris Weigand

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Gray Marshall

Visual Effects Supervisor

Brian O'Kelley

Second Assistant Director

Roz Music

Hair Department Head

Jamie Felz

First Assistant Camera

Shari Gray

Wardrobe Supervisor

Stephen Bures

Actor's Assistant

Ronald Stinton

Transportation Co-Captain

Thomas Lohmann

Camera Operator

Mark Fay

Boom Operator

Rick C. Taplin

Production Coordinator

Chris Forster

Construction Coordinator

Eric E. Osmond

First Assistant Editor

Joseph Coscia

Hairstylist

Andrew J. Sacks

Production Supervisor

David Bach

ADR Editor

Richard Schuler

Location Manager

Bob Fredrickson

Color Timer

Chiemi Karasawa

Script Supervisor

Marina Marit

Costumer

Larry Waggoner

Hairstylist

Zoli Hajdu

Dolly Grip

Dan Bradley

Second Unit Director

Nathan R. Fitzgerald

Assistant Editor

Karen Koch

Unit Production Manager

Paul Taylor

Steadicam Operator

Mike Pickel

Video Assist Operator

Joel Harlow

Makeup Department Head

J. Roy Helland

Makeup & Hair

Danny Andersen

Dolly Grip

Lynn Barber

Makeup Artist

Allen Weisinger

Makeup Artist

Patti McNulty

Art Department Coordinator

Peter Davidson

Set Designer

Dan Bradley

Stunt Coordinator

Ann Roth

Wardrobe Designer

Isabel Harkins

Makeup Artist

Gary D'Amico

Special Effects

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