Adaptation.

7.3

United States Of America

Comedy Crime Drama

115 min

2002

Nicolas Cage Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Bob Stephenson Bob Yerkes Sandra Lee Gimpel Ron Livingston Brian Cox Nancy Lenehan John Cusack Catherine Keener John Malkovich Curt Clendenin David O. Russell Lisa Love Curtis Hanson Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Jay Tavare Litefoot Roger Willie Jim Beaver Cara Seymour Doug Jones Gary Farmer Peter Jason Gregory Itzin Donald Dowd

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'.