Adaptation.

Updated: 18 Jul 2022

Directors:

Charlie Kaufman Charlie Kaufman Carter Burwell Lance Acord K.K. Barrett Richard Beggs Jonathan Demme Edward Saxon Peter Saraf Spike Jonze Peter Andrus Gene Serdena Vincent Landay Eric Zumbrunnen Justine Baddeley Casey Storm Susan Orlean Derek Vanderhorst Kim Davis-Wagner Kent Sparling Lora Hirschberg Drew Kunin Peter Staubli Michael Kirchberger Mark Weber David Abrahamsen

Actors:

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

Genre:

Drama, Crime, Comedy

Country: no data

Year: 2002

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Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, 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'.

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Matthew McConaughey

Actor, Entrepreneur

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64 FLIISTs

almost 5 years ago

The scene in the swamp at the end when the brothers talk about love and betrayal and he says, “It didn’t matter if she loved me. I loved her.” Poetry. A life lesson. Also, most effective car crash I’ve seen on film: jarring and lethal, it makes me feel like I’m the one getting hit every time I see it… Nicolas Cage acting with Nicolas Cage.

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Wes Anderson

Director, Screenwriter

95 followers

95 FLIISTs

almost 5 years ago

Well, first we went to the Charlie Kaufman premiere together. Me and Jason and Jeff went to go see Adaptation—that's Spike [Jonze]'s movie.

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Tim Ferriss

Entrepreneur, Writer, Interviewer

50 followers

315 FLIISTs

5 years ago

The script is fantastic. All the back story. One of the scenes in Adaptation, because you mentioned it, one of my favorite scenes is in the movie, Nicholas Cage sitting in his apartment at this typewriter, and you hear his internal dialogue.

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Jonah Hill

Actor

5 followers

72 FLIISTs

3 years ago

"Adaptation by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman. Definitely my favorite of both of their films. I don’t wanna give anything away. Just watch it. It’s such a fucking great movie. Shout out to Spike."

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Алекс Бонжорно

2 followers

65 FLIISTs

over 4 years ago

Хорошо, это уже второй фильм со сценарием Чарли Кауфмана, и это все еще безумно оригинально и в какой-то степени... Жизненно? Кауфман отлично переплетает реальную жизнь с чувствами, испытываемые людьми. Как было с воспоминаниями после расставания в "Вечном сиянии", так и здесь отлично показан творческий процесс и поиск вдохновения. Золото. Нечасто такое выходит.

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