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Adaptation

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

Director

Spike Jonze

Year

Genre

Box Office

$22,498,520

Production

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

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 65 wins & 100 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/adaptation

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Charlie Kaufman

Valerie Thomas

Susan Orlean

John Laroche

Matthew Osceola

Russell (as G. Paul Davis)

Randy

Ranger Tony

Amelia Kavan

Augustus Margary

Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted)

Stephen Tobolowsky

Buster Baxley

Defense Attorney

Prosecutor

Orlean's Husband

Orlean Dinner Guest (as Agnes Badoo)

Agnes NaDene Baddoo

Orlean Dinner Guest

Orlean Dinner Guest

Orlean Dinner Guest

Orlean Dinner Guest

Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell

Alice the Waitress

Caroline Cunningham

Maggie Gyllenhaal

David

Charles Darwin

Laroche's Dad

Laroche's Uncle Jim

Roger E. Fanter

Laroche's Mom (as Sandra Gimpel)

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Laroche's Wife

EMT

Marty Bowen

Robert McKee

McKee Lecture Attendee

Police Officer

Kaufman's Mother (voice)

Woman in Supermarket (scenes deleted)

Self

Teenage Orlean

Partygoer

Flower Shop Patron

Restaurant Customer

Orchid Vendor

John Cusack

Cafe Customer

Bicycle Messenger

Self

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Cafe Customer

Self

Thomas Patrick Smith

Thomas Patrick Smith

Kim Canetti

Rheagan Wallace

Wardrobe Supervisor

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Charlie Kaufman Robert Mckee Susan Orlean John Laroche Valerie Thomas Amelia Kavan Caroline Cunningham Matthew Osceola Alice The Waitress

Do I have an original thought in my head - Adaptation

Do I have an original thought in my head

Today is the first day of the rest of my life - Adaptation

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

My leg hurts - Adaptation

Or characters - Adaptation

John Leroche is a tall guy - Adaptation

John Leroche is a tall guy

You'll be glad - Adaptation

There are no rules - Adaptation

There are no rules

The script I'm starting - Adaptation

The script I'm starting

How to start - Adaptation

Why didn't I go in - Adaptation

Why didn't I go in

I pitched my script to mom - Adaptation

I pitched my script to mom

I can see your sadness - Adaptation

I can see your sadness

Angraecum sesquipedale - Adaptation

Angraecum sesquipedale

Its double - Adaptation

Where's the van - Adaptation

Where's the van

I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion - Adaptation

I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion

I'll tell you a story - Adaptation

I'll tell you a story

Fuck fish - Adaptation

We find out that - Adaptation

We find out that

The only idea more overused than serial killers is multiple personality - Adaptation

The only idea more overused than serial killers is multiple...

How could you have somebody held prisoner in a basement and - Adaptation

How could you have somebody held prisoner in a basement and

I apologise - Adaptation

One has eyes that contain the sadness of the world - Adaptation

One has eyes that contain the sadness of the world

You know why I like plants - Adaptation

You know why I like plants

I meant to ask you - Adaptation

I meant to ask you

A little push - Adaptation

But he says that we have to realize that we all write in a genre - Adaptation

But he says that we have to realize that we all write in a...

You and I share the same DNA - Adaptation

You and I share the same DNA

The smartest guy I know - Adaptation

The smartest guy I know

But you know sometimes bad things happen darkness descends - Adaptation

But you know sometimes bad things happen darkness descends

We would really like to option this - Adaptation

We would really like to option this

We open with Laroche - Adaptation

We open with Laroche

I fucked her up the ass - Adaptation

I fucked her up the ass

I'd fuck her up the ass - Adaptation

I'd fuck her up the ass

The book has no story - Adaptation

The book has no story

There are too many ideas and things and people - Adaptation

There are too many ideas and things and people

What if the writer is attempting to create a story where nothing much happens - Adaptation

What if the writer is attempting to create a story where...

It's like a brain factory in here - Adaptation

It's like a brain factory in here

I'm putting in a chase sequence - Adaptation

I'm putting in a chase sequence

We open on Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation

We open on Charlie Kaufman

It's called The Three - Adaptation

It's called The Three

I've written myself into my screenplay - Adaptation

I've written myself into my screenplay

Who's gonna play me - Adaptation

Who's gonna play me

Can I ask you a personal question - Adaptation

Can I ask you a personal question

I am pathetic - Adaptation

I'm the guy you yelled at this morning - Adaptation

I'm the guy you yelled at this morning

But a little fantastic and fleeting and out of reach - Adaptation

But a little fantastic and fleeting and out of reach

I'll tell you a secret - Adaptation

I'll tell you a secret

But I think you actually need to speak to this woman - Adaptation

But I think you actually need to speak to this woman

She's crying - Adaptation

What I came to understand is that change is not a choice - Adaptation

What I came to understand is that change is not a choice

Very happy now - Adaptation

You sound like your in a cult - Adaptation

You sound like your in a cult

Do you ever get lonely sometimes - Adaptation

Do you ever get lonely sometimes

I wish I were an ant - Adaptation

I wish I were an ant

I don't know what's come over you - Adaptation

I don't know what's come over you

We have to kill him - Adaptation

We have to kill him

There was this time in high school - Adaptation

There was this time in high school

Isn't that fucked up - Adaptation

Isn't that fucked up

YOU FAT PIECE OF SHIT - Adaptation

YOU FAT PIECE OF SHIT

Everything's over - Adaptation

Everything's over

I love you too - Adaptation

I have to go right home - Adaptation

I have to go right home

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Spike Jonze

Writer: Susan Orlean, Charlie Kaufman

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

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 2002

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $22,498,520

Released: 14 Feb 2003

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 65 wins & 100 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/adaptation

Also watch: Being John Malkovich, Synecdoche, New York, Where the Wild Things Are, Human Nature, Anomalisa, After Hours, Punch Drunk Love, Bangkok Dangerous, Troll, Her, You Can Count on Me, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Brazilian Western, Bird People