Adaptation. (2002)
"From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich."
- Overview
- 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'.
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Release Date
- 2002/12/06
- Runtime
- 115 min
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- Production Companies
- Columbia Pictures, Propaganda Films, Good Machine, Intermedia, Beverly Detroit Studios, Clinica Estetico
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Budget
- $ 19,000,000
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Movie Details
Cast
- Nicolas Cage (Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman)
- Meryl Streep (Susan Orlean)
- Chris Cooper (John Laroche)
- Tilda Swinton (Valerie Thomas)
- Jay Tavare (Matthew Osceola)
- Litefoot (Russell)
- Roger Willie (Randy)
- Jim Beaver (Ranger Tony)
- Cara Seymour (Amelia Kavan)
- Doug Jones (Augustus Margary)
- 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)
- David O. Russell (Orlean Dinner Guest)
- Judy Greer (Alice the Waitress)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (Caroline Cunningham)
- Bob Stephenson (David)
- Bob Yerkes (Charles Darwin)
- Lynn Court (Laroche’s Dad)
- Roger E. Fanter (Laroche’s Uncle)
- Sandra Lee Gimpel (Laroche’s Mom)
- Caron Colvett (Laroche’s Wife)
- Larry Krask (EMT)
- Ron Livingston (Marty Bowen)
- Brian Cox (Robert McKee)
- John Etter (McKee Lecture Attendee)
- Ray Berrios (Police Officer)
- Nancy Lenehan (Kaufman’s Mother)
- John Cusack (John Cusack (uncredited))
- Catherine Keener (Catherine Keener (uncredited))
- John Malkovich (John Malkovich (uncredited))
- Curt Clendenin (Restaurant Customer (uncredited))
- Donald Dowd (Cafe Customer (uncredited))
Crew
- Lance Acord (Director of Photography)
- Eric Zumbrunnen (Editor)
- Vincent Landay (Producer)
- Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
- Edward Saxon (Producer)
- Justine Arteta (Casting)
- Casey Storm (Costume Design)
- Jonathan Demme (Producer)
- Spike Jonze (Director)
- Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay, Executive Producer)
- Peter Andrus (Art Direction)
- K.K. Barrett (Production Design)
- Susan Orlean (Novel)
- Molly Hansen (Other)
- Kim Davis-Wagner (Casting)
- Peter Saraf (Executive Producer)
- Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer)
- Jonathan Paley (Stand In)
- Peter Staubli (Sound Effects Editor)
- Derek Vanderhorst (Sound Mixer)
- David Abrahamsen (Sound Designer)
- Mark Weber (Sound Mixer)
- Lora Hirschberg (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
- Kent Sparling (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
- Richard Beggs (Sound Designer)
- Michael Kirchberger (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Julia Shirar (Assistant Sound Editor)
- Adam Milo Smalley (Music Editor)
- David A. Cohen (Dialogue Editor)
- Michael Farrow (Scoring Mixer)
- Nick Peck (Foley Mixer)
- Jory K. Prum (Foley Recordist)
- Everett Moore (Apprentice Sound Editor)
- Marnie Moore (Foley Artist)
- Jeremy Molod (Assistant Sound Editor)
- David Franklin Bergad (Dialogue Editor)
- William Storkson (Foley Supervisor)
- Julie Janney (Stand In)
- Paul Taylor (Steadicam Operator)
- Darrin Prescott (Stunts)
- Chris Carnel (Stunts)
- Chiemi Karasawa (Script Supervisor)
- Rick Barker (Stunts)
- Thomas Lohmann (Camera Operator)
- Karen Koch (Unit Production Manager)
- Thomas Patrick Smith (First Assistant Director)
- Jamie Felz (First Assistant Camera)
- Brian O'Kelley (Second Assistant Director)
- Ann Roth (Wardrobe Designer)
- Norb Phillips (Stunts)
- Eddie Yansick (Stunts)
- Marco Kyris (Stand In)
- Lane Leavitt (Stunts)
- Dan Bradley (Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director)
- Nina Chien (Second Assistant Camera)
- Scott Rogers (Stunts)
- Mark Williams (First Assistant Camera)
- Michael S. Adler (Chief Lighting Technician)
- Shari Gray (Wardrobe Supervisor)
- Joel Harlow (Makeup Department Head)
- Roz Music (Hair Department Head)
- Mark Fay (Boom Operator)
- Gary D'Amico (Special Effects)
- Marina Marit (Costumer)
- Drew Kunin (Production Sound Mixer)
- Lynn Barber (Makeup Artist)
- Larry Waggoner (Hairstylist)
- Gray Marshall (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Mike Pickel (Video Assist Operator)
- J. Roy Helland (Makeup & Hair)
- Joseph Coscia (Hairstylist)
- Isabel Harkins (Makeup Artist)
- Danny Andersen (Dolly Grip)
- Allen Weisinger (Makeup Artist)
- Anita Louise Brown (Costumer)
- Debbie Travis (Costumer)
- Chris Weigand (Assistant Chief Lighting Technician)
- Richard Schuler (Location Manager)
- Stacy Horn (Wardrobe Supervisor)
- Lawrence L. Commans (Boom Operator)
- Zoli Hajdu (Dolly Grip)
- Gino Nix (Key Grip)
- Lynn Christopher (Set Designer)
- Grant Samson (Leadman)
- Jeffrey Paul Johnson (Property Master)
- Rick C. Taplin (Production Coordinator)
- Chris Forster (Construction Coordinator)
- Andrew J. Sacks (Production Supervisor)
- Seve Spracklen (Production Accountant)
- Peter Davidson (Set Designer)
- Patti McNulty (Art Department Coordinator)
- Anders Rundblad (Construction Foreman)
- Ronald Stinton (Transportation Co-Captain)
- Eric E. Osmond (First Assistant Editor)
- Stephen Bures (Actor's Assistant)
- Gregory J. Smith (Second Second Assistant Director)
- Nathan R. Fitzgerald (Assistant Editor)
- David Bach (ADR Editor)
- Ben Kaller (Still Photographer)
- Chris Vail (Assistant Property Master)
- Bob Fredrickson (Color Timer)
- Griff Ruggles (Transportation Captain)