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Release Year

2002

Tagline

Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.

Plot Summary

A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.

Run Time

114 min, Turkey:81 min (TV version)

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Rating Details

Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images.

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Language

English, Latin

Keyword

Orchid, Book, Screenwriter, Thief, Twin

Movie Rating

Sound Mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Colour

Color

Special Genre

Comedy Drama

Film Type

Feature

Film Class

Satire, Black Comedy

Themes

Creative Block, Writer's Life, Existential Crisis, Twins and Lookalikes, Filmmaking

Tones

Cerebral, Clever, Irreverent, Literate, Quirky, Melancholy

Mood

Comedy on the Edge

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1, 2, 3, 7, 8

Wikipedia Text

Adaptation. is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. The film is based on Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief through self-referential events. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman, Meryl Streep as Susan, with Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film tells the story of Charlie Kaufman's difficult struggle to adapt The Orchid Thief into a film. In addition, Orlean romances with John Laroche while Charlie enlists the help of his twin brother Donald.

Count - Awards

Budget

19000000

Box Office Takings (US)

22000000

Release Date

06 December 2002

Country

USA

Country Of Origin

USA