Adaptation. (2002)

12/06/2002 1h 55m

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

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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'.

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Cast Ages at Release

Nicolas Cage

as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Born 01/07/1964, age

Meryl Streep

as Susan Orlean

Born 06/22/1949, age

Chris Cooper

as John Laroche

Born 07/09/1951, age

Tilda Swinton

as Valerie Thomas

Born 11/05/1960, age

Jay Tavare

as Matthew Osceola

Born 06/18/1968, age

Litefoot

as Russell

Born 03/01/1969, age

Jim Beaver

as Ranger Tony

Born 08/12/1950, age

Doug Jones

as Augustus Margary

Born 05/24/1960, age

Gary Farmer

as Buster Baxley

Born 06/12/1953, age

Peter Jason

as Defense Attorney

Born 07/22/1944, age

Gregory Itzin

as Prosecutor

Born 04/20/1948

Died 07/08/2022, age

Judy Greer

as Alice the Waitress

Born 07/20/1975, age

Maggie Gyllenhaal

as Caroline Cunningham

Born 11/16/1977, age

Bob Stephenson

as David

Born 05/18/1967, age

Ron Livingston

as Marty Bowen

Born 06/05/1967, age

Brian Cox

as Robert McKee

Born 06/01/1946, age

Nancy Lenehan

as Kaufman’s Mother

Born 04/26/1953, age

John Cusack

as John Cusack (uncredited)

Born 06/28/1966, age

Catherine Keener

as Catherine Keener (uncredited)

Born 03/23/1959, age

John Malkovich

as John Malkovich (uncredited)

Born 12/09/1953, age