Poster for Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002 115 min Comedy, Crime, Drama

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

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1 win

  • 2002 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (John Laroche) Chris Cooper

3 nominations

  • 2002 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman) Nicolas Cage
  • 2002 ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Susan Orlean) Meryl Streep
  • 2002 WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) Fox Film Corporation, Charlie Kaufman

budget $19,000,000 earnings $32,800,000 return 1.7x

director Spike Jonze

writer Charlie Kaufman

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Meryl Streep says 'I would like to spank...' in 2003 featurette
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