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Adaptation (2002) A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean

Adaptation (2002)

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Cast:
Charlie Kaufman: Nicolas Cage
Valerie Thomas: Tilda Swinton
Susan Orlean: Meryl Streep
John Laroche: Chris Cooper
Matthew Osceola: Jay Tavare
Russell (as G. Paul Davis): Litefoot
Randy: Roger Willie
Ranger Tony: Jim Beaver
Amelia Kavan: Cara Seymour
Augustus Margary: Doug Jones
Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted): Stephen Tobolowsky
Buster Baxley: Gary Farmer
Defense Attorney: Peter Jason
Prosecutor: Gregory Itzin
Orlean's Husband: Curtis Hanson
Orlean Dinner Guest (as Agnes Badoo): Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest: David O. Russell
Alice the Waitress: Judy Greer
Caroline Cunningham: Maggie Gyllenhaal
David: Bob Stephenson
Charles Darwin: Bob Yerkes
Laroche's Dad: Lynn Court
Laroche's Uncle Jim: Roger E. Fanter
Laroche's Mom (as Sandra Gimpel): Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche's Wife: Caron Colvett
EMT: Larry Krask
Marty Bowen: Ron Livingston
Robert McKee: Brian Cox
McKee Lecture Attendee: John Etter
Police Officer: Ray Berrios
Kaufman's Mother (voice): Nancy Lenehan
Woman in Supermarket (scenes deleted): Susan Orlean
Self: John Malkovich
Teenage Orlean: Brigitte Bogle
Partygoer: Ryan Bosch
Flower Shop Patron: Jan Citron
Restaurant Customer: Curt Clendenin
Orchid Vendor: Lathan Crowe
John Cusack: John Cusack
Cafe Customer: Jake Magnuson
Bicycle Messenger: Chip Godwin
Catherine Keener: Catherine Keener
Thomas Patrick Smith: Thomas Patrick Smith
Kim Canetti: Rheagan Wallace
Wardrobe Supervisor: Anne Zogby

Written by: Susan Orlean, Charlie Kaufman

Director: Spike Jonze

Production: Columbia Pictures, Propaganda Films, Good Machine, Intermedia, Beverly Detroit Studios, Clinica Estetico

Release date: 14 Feb 2003

Box Office: $22,498,520
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