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Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother, Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book "The Orchid Thief," he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. ADAPTATION, the year's most talked about movie, is at once a hilarious drama and a moving comedy.
Original Release
12/06/2002
US Release
12/06/2002
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nicolas Cage | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman |
Tilda Swinton | Valerie Thomas |
Meryl Streep | Susan Orlean |
Chris Cooper | John Laroche |
Jay Tavare | Matthew Osceola |
Litefoot | Russell |
Roger Willie | Randy |
Jim Beaver | Ranger Tony |
Cara Seymour | Amelia Kavan |
Doug Jones | Augustus Margary |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nicolas Cage | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman |
Tilda Swinton | Valerie Thomas |
Meryl Streep | Susan Orlean |
Chris Cooper | John Laroche |
Jay Tavare | Matthew Osceola |
Litefoot | Russell |
Roger Willie | Randy |
Jim Beaver | Ranger Tony |
Cara Seymour | Amelia Kavan |
Doug Jones | Augustus Margary |
Stephen Tobolowsky | Ranger Steve Neely |
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 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charlie Kaufman | Executive Producer |
Peter Saraf | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Demme | Producer |
Vincent Landay | Producer |
Edward Saxon | Producer |
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Behind the Scenes
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2003 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
2003 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
2003 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
2003 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Nominated |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |