Adaptation. 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 110 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: biographical

director: Spike Jonze

Score: 8 / 10

Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in supporting roles.

Plot

Self-loathing screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay adaptation of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. He struggles with anxiety, social phobia, depression, and low self-esteem. His twin brother, Donald, has moved into his house and is freeloading there. Donald decides to become a screenwriter like Charlie and attends seminars by screenwriting guru Robert McKee.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Charlie Kaufman
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
contentLocation	United States of America
director	Spike Jonze
editor	Eric Zumbrunnen
genre	comedy-drama
keywords	arrest columbia pictures dendrophylax lindenii first time ghost orchid john laroche kill love interest new york city robert mckee screenwriting secret lover self-reference seminole socially awkward spec script susan orlean the orchid thief twin brother voice-over want write writer's block
musicBy	Carter Burwell
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Edward Saxon Jonathan Demme Vincent Landay
publisher	Sony Pictures Releasing
theme	biographical black comedy narrative psychological thriller satirical