Adaptation.
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
- Bob Stephenson
- Bob Yerkes
- Brian Cox
- Cara Seymour
- Catherine Keener
- Chris Cooper
- Curtis Hanson
- David O. Russell
- Doug Jones
- Gary Farmer
- Gregory Itzin
- Jay Tavare
- Jim Beaver
- John Cusack
- John Malkovich
- Judy Greer
- Lance Acord
- Litefoot
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Meryl Streep
- Nicolas Cage
- Peter Jason
- Roger Willie
- Ron Livingston
- Sandra Lee Gimpel
- Spike Jonze
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Tilda Swinton