Adaptation
Director: Spike Jonze; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper; Release Date: May 20, 2003 |
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Adaptation - Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman himself and his fictionalized identical twin brother, Donald Kaufman. While the boisterous Donald freeloads off of his sibling and works on a serial-killer movie script, Charlie is tormented by both his own army of neuroses and his new project, adapting THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean into a screenplay. As Charlie struggles to shape the nonfiction novel into a film, he begins writing himself into the story of Orlean (Meryl Streep), a sad-eyed journalist, and her subject, renegade Florida flower expert John Laroche (Chris Cooper). The resulting tale extends far beyond the scope of the book, stretching from Hollywood to New York to...Hollywood four billion years ago.
Equally as inventive as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION revels in its gloriously absurd premise. Kaufman and Jonze...
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Key Information |
| Directors | Spike Jonze |
| Stars | Chris Cooper |
| Actors | Curtis Hanson |
| Genre | Comedies |
| Subgenre | Surreal • Film About Film • Based On A Novel • Dra |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats | DVD: Superbit |
| UPC | 043396076051 |
| Release Date | 2002 |
| Running Time | 1hr 54min |
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Languages |
| Original Language | English |
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DVD Editions |
| DVD Editions | DVD: Superbit1hr 54minSony Pictures Home EntertainmentMay 20, 2003R (MPAA)043396076013 |
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VHS Editions |
| VHS Editions | VHS1hr 55minSony Pictures Home EntertainmentMay 20, 2003R (MPAA)043396072831Sound Features: Stereo |
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Credits |
| Screenwriter | Charlie Kaufman |
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Professional Reviews |
| Professional Reviews | (12/06/2002, p.7E, Mike Clark): "...Cage gives one of his best performances..." |
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