Adaptation. (2002)

Cast

Tilda Swinton
as Valerie Thomas
Meryl Streep
as Susan Orlean
Nicolas Cage
as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Judy Greer
as Alice the Waitress

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Drama

7.7 / 10

While his latest movie Being John Malkovich (1999) is in production, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book "The Orchid Thief" for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin ...

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Ayse Aydemir

How did I never came across this? - @Friday, January 11, 2019 6:06 AM

cristian alvarez

Honestly, what a beautiful deep movie. - @Tuesday, October 16, 2018 11:43 AM

Justin Aeneas

Judy Greer was SUCH a cutie. 0:32 - @Wednesday, August 29, 2018 5:14 PM

Ethan Jones

As someone pursuing a career in writing, this film perfectly captures how difficult it is to create a story without losing yourself. - @Friday, July 20, 2018 7:58 PM

Raghu Seetharaman

The movie is the nexus point for a new kind of cinema. - @Thursday, June 28, 2018 1:48 AM

Matthew Davis

I expected this trailer to make the movie look like something other than what it was.. well it proved me wrong. This is how you do trailers right - @Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5:39 AM

F dL

Wtf the fictional brother was nominated for an academy. - @Sunday, March 11, 2018 9:09 PM

By Extrimemanⓡ

This movie is an undeniable masterpiece. Charlie Kaufman is one of the greatest writers (and directors, as he proved with Synecdoche New York and Anomaisa). - @Monday, August 21, 2017 9:39 PM

Mique Capel

read the book about ten years ago, did not like the movie - @Sunday, August 21, 2016 8:08 PM

Awful Aim

that's pathetic peter - @Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:26 AM

Lissette Rodriguez

and then chris cooper won an academy for this movie joining the groupie of academy winners as Meryl and Nicholas. - @Sunday, February 28, 2016 5:00 AM

Federico Miranda

name song? - @Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:53 AM

Mbwankiem David

The last great nic cage film - @Sunday, February 9, 2014 9:24 PM

Tavga Hawramy

Interesting story, make sense, Donald is obssees with the language of orchids, Charlie help his brother in long fight over Orchid Story, Donald played by Cage beautifully, who is following in his brother's footsteps as a screenwriter, moves in with him. Donald risk his life to get the screenplay in the process, the movie won three other nominations , Best Actor Cage and Actress Streep - @Sunday, September 29, 2013 5:46 PM

julietspaghetti

I love Orchid Fever & Orchid Thief, I didn't even know about this film until reading Orchid Thief. The orchid guy is about what I envisioned when reading it. AWESOME. - @Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:17 AM