Adaptation

Comedy, Drama

Nicolas Cage	Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman
Jim Beaver	Ranger Tony
Chris Cooper	John Laroche
Brian Cox	Robert McKee
Judy Greer	Alice the Waitress
Maggie Gyllenhaal	Caroline Cunningham
Ron Livingston	Marty Bowen
Cara Seymour	Amelia Kavan
Meryl Streep	Susan Orlean
Tilda Swinton	Valerie Thomas

Director	Spike Jonze
Producer	Jonathan Demme; Edward Saxon
Writer	Charlie Kaufman; Susan Orlean
Cinematography	Lance Acord
Musician	Carter Burwell

Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is struggling to write a screen adaptation of a non-fiction book about orchids, written by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep). As his twin brother Donald (also Nicolas Cage) follows screenwriting guru Robert McKee's (Brian Cox) advice about structure and action to write a more conventional script for a thriller, Charlie explores the relationship between Susan and the strange orchid enthusiast, John Laroche (Chris Cooper), who leads her on her search for the ghost orchid in the swamps of Florida. Charlie becomes more and more neurotic about his talent, his weight, and the direction of his life as he falls deeper under the spell of Orleans and the orchid.