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Adaptation   2002         R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance Director: Spike Jonze   Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ron Livingston, Jay Tavare, Stephen Tobolowsky, Gary Farmer, Doug Jones, Jim Beaver   Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicholas Cage) takes on the project of adapting Susan Orlean's (Meryl Streep) non-fiction book, "The Orchid Thief," into a movie. Orlean's story involves John Laroche's (Chris Cooper) poaching of "ghost orchids" from a Florida Everglades natural preserve. Charlie faces a mid-life crisis when his brother Donald (also played by Cage), who is following in his brother's footsteps as a screenwriter, moves in with him. Donald breezes through the writing of his assigned screenplay. Meanwhile, paranoid Charlie encounters more than a few problems writing his and, in the process, ends up as the subject in his script that tells of his inability to adapt Orlean's book into a film. Cooper won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; three other nominations were received, including Best Actor (Cage) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Streep). Cast Nicolas Cage Charlie/Donald Kaufman Meryl Streep Susan Orlean Chris Cooper John Laroche Tilda Swinton Valerie Cara Seymour Amelia Brian Cox Robert McKee Judy Greer Alice Maggie Gyllenhaal Caroline Ron Livingston Marty Jay Tavare Matthew Osceola Stephen Tobolowsky Ranger Steve Neely Gary Farmer Buster Baxley Doug Jones Augustus Margary Jim Beaver Ranger Tony

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