Adaptation. Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

It's two odd stories in one. The plot follows the attempt of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) to adapt Susan Orlean's nonfiction novel "The Orchid Thief" for the big screen. As Kaufman tries to work with the book's true story — the tale of John Laroche (Chris Cooper), a Florida plant dealer who works with Seminole Indians to create clones of rare orchids, which he sells to collectors for huge profits — he nearly goes mad. Enter his fictional twin (also Cage), a more successful version of Charlie. Charlie finally manages to finish the script, finding that in the process, he's incorporated himself and his writer's block into the story.

Comedy Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Adaptation..

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  Nicolas Cage

  Longlegs, Snowden

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  Meryl Streep

  Into the Woods, Doubt

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  Chris Cooper

  The Muppets, Jarhead

• C
  Cara Seymour

  Jack and Diane, The Music Never Stopped

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  Ron Livingston

  The Conjuring, The Flash

• T
  Tilda Swinton

  The End, The Room Next Door

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  John Cusack

  2012, The Prince

• B
  Brian Cox

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Forsaken

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Spike Jonze last directed Beastie Boys Story and Her.

Director

Spike Jonze

Screenwriters

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Production Details

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Dec 2004

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