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Adaptation.

Name: Adaptation.
Director: Spike Jonze
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2002-12-06
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare

ComedyCrimeDrama

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

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Nicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperTilda SwintonJay TavareLitefootRoger WillieJim BeaverCara SeymourDoug JonesGary FarmerPeter Jason

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Spike Jonze

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