Adaptation.
Directed by Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare
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.
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.
Recently in UK cinemas
Last screened 12 August 2026 at Glasgow Film Theatre
- Release date
- 28 February 2003
- Director
- Spike Jonze
- Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
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