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ComedyCrimeDrama

Adaptation.

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

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, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Release Date : 2002-12-06

Language :EnglishLatin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia PicturesPropaganda FilmsGood MachineIntermediaBeverly Detroit StudiosClinica Estetico

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Orchid Thief

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Character Name : Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Original Name : Nicolas Cage

Gender : Male

Meryl Streep

Character Name : Susan Orlean

Original Name : Meryl Streep

Gender : Female

Chris Cooper

Character Name : John Laroche

Original Name : Chris Cooper

Gender : Male

Tilda Swinton

Character Name : Valerie Thomas

Original Name : Tilda Swinton

Gender : Female

Jay Tavare

Character Name : Matthew Osceola

Original Name : Jay Tavare

Gender : Male

Litefoot

Character Name : Russell

Original Name : Litefoot

Gender : Male

Roger Willie

Character Name : Randy

Original Name : Roger Willie

Gender : Male

Jim Beaver

Character Name : Ranger Tony

Original Name : Jim Beaver

Gender : Male

Cara Seymour

Character Name : Amelia Kavan

Original Name : Cara Seymour

Gender : Female

Doug Jones

Character Name : Augustus Margary

Original Name : Doug Jones

Gender : Male

Gary Farmer

Character Name : Buster Baxley

Original Name : Gary Farmer

Gender : Male

Peter Jason

Character Name : Defense Attorney

Original Name : Peter Jason

Gender : Male

Gregory Itzin

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Gregory Itzin

Gender : Male

Curtis Hanson

Character Name : Orlean's Husband

Original Name : Curtis Hanson

Gender : Male

Agnes NaDene Baddoo

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : Agnes NaDene Baddoo

Gender : Female

Paul Fortune

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : Paul Fortune

Gender : Male

Paul Jasmin

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : Paul Jasmin

Gender : Male

Lisa Love

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : Lisa Love

Gender : Female

Wendy Mogel

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : Wendy Mogel

Gender : Female

David O. Russell

Character Name : Orlean Dinner Guest

Original Name : David O. Russell

Gender : Male

Judy Greer

Character Name : Alice the Waitress

Original Name : Judy Greer

Gender : Female

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Character Name : Caroline Cunningham

Original Name : Maggie Gyllenhaal

Gender : Female

Bob Stephenson

Character Name : David

Original Name : Bob Stephenson

Gender : Male

Bob Yerkes

Character Name : Charles Darwin

Original Name : Bob Yerkes

Gender : Male

Lynn Court

Character Name : Laroche’s Dad

Original Name : Lynn Court

Gender : Male

Roger E. Fanter

Character Name : Laroche’s Uncle

Original Name : Roger E. Fanter

Gender : Male

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Character Name : Laroche’s Mom

Original Name : Sandra Lee Gimpel

Gender : Female

Caron Colvett

Character Name : Laroche’s Wife

Original Name : Caron Colvett

Gender : Male

Larry Krask

Character Name : EMT

Original Name : Larry Krask

Gender : Male

Ron Livingston

Character Name : Marty Bowen

Original Name : Ron Livingston

Gender : Male

Brian Cox

Character Name : Robert McKee

Original Name : Brian Cox

Gender : Male

John Etter

Character Name : McKee Lecture Attendee

Original Name : John Etter

Gender : Male

Ray Berrios

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Ray Berrios

Gender : Male

Nancy Lenehan

Character Name : Kaufman’s Mother

Original Name : Nancy Lenehan

Gender : Female

John Cusack

Character Name : John Cusack (uncredited)

Original Name : John Cusack

Gender : Male

Catherine Keener

Character Name : Catherine Keener (uncredited)

Original Name : Catherine Keener

Gender : Female

John Malkovich

Character Name : John Malkovich (uncredited)

Original Name : John Malkovich

Gender : Male

Curt Clendenin

Character Name : Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Curt Clendenin

Gender : Male

Donald Dowd

Character Name : Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Donald Dowd

Gender : Male

Reviews

G

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

I'm reacting the way the world does to movies about making movies about making movies. I mean come on, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have work in the morning, damn. _Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-18

When you watch some of Nicolas Cage's more recent stuff you do wonder how on earth he ever became a star in the first place. Well, this is one of the films that reminds us why. He is a struggling screenwriter ("Charlie") charged with adapting a novel about orchids written by "Susan Orlean" (Meryl Streep). Mental block would be putting it mildly - he simply has no idea how to make it work for "Valerie" (easily one of the less abstruse roles played by Tilda Swinton). Moreover, he is constantly hassled by his twin brother "Donald" who is writing his own story - one that his sibling thinks is riddled with flaws and inconsistencies. The book he must adapt centres around the activities of "Laroche" (Chris Cooper) who had a habit of going with his Seminole pals to remove rare plants from a nature reserve. Illegal? Well not if you know your way around the Floridian penal code, and the ensuing court case is what entices "New Yorker" reporter "Orlean" to write his story. Initially sceptical of her rather uncouth subject matter - not helped by his missing front teeth, she discovers there is much more to the man and his provision of a green powder soon helps her to relax! What now ensues nicely marries the threads of the storylines as both Cage characters, an excellently enigmatic Cooper, and the unfulfilled Miss Streep find themselves gradually drawn together for an admittedly pretty far-fetched denouement (pronounce denooeymont). Cage plays the two characters with considerable skill; he juggles his characters' frustrations with his writing, his love life, his brother and his own reluctance to meet the author engagingly and at times he can make you squirm in your seat a bit. There is plenty of humour, and the all but two hours just flies by. If nothing else, it does make you appreciate just how difficult is is to turn a novel into a film - and might explain why so few people are actually any good at it!