Adaptation

Director: Spike Jonze

Category: Drama

Actors:

Nicolas Cage …. Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep …. Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper …. John Laroche
Cara Seymour …. Amelia Kavan
Tilda Swinton …. Valerie Thomas
Ron Livingston …. Marty Bowen
Brian Cox …. Robert McKee
Maggie Gyllenhaal …. Caroline Cunningham
Jim Beaver …. Ranger Tony
Judy Greer …. Alice the Waitress
Litefoot …. Russell (as G. Paul Davis)
Doug Jones …. Augustus Margary
Jay Tavare …. Matthew Osceola
Stephen Tobolowsky …. Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted)
Roger Willie …. Randy

Synopsis:

Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is a Los Angeles screenwriter battling enormous feelings of insecurity and impotence as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief, a book by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) whose main character, John Laroche (Chris Cooper), searches for love. Add to the mix Charlie’s twin brother, Donald (also played by Cage), and you have a surreal, Spike Jonze-directed gem about the search for passion.