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A screenwriter with no self-belief and a freeloading twin brother, struggles with his latest commission and the original author.

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ProducerJonathan Demme

EAN5050582584912

eBay Product ID (ePID)69581812

Product Key Features

ActorChris Cooper, John Malkovich, Meryl Streep, Judy Greer, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Catherine Keener, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Cara Seymour, Curtis Hanson

Film/TV TitleAdaptation

DirectorSpike Jonze

LanguageEnglish

Run Time110 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen

Release Year2008

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Featurette\Trailers

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCarter Burwell

AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting Role 2003 - Chris Cooper

Executive ProducerCharlie Kaufman

Additional InformationFollowing up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald freeloads off his sibling and works on a serial-killer movie script, Charlie is tormented by both his own army of neuroses and his new project, adapting Susan Orlean's book THE ORCHID THIEF into a screenplay. As Charlie struggles to shape the nonfiction novel into a film, he begins writing himself into the story of Orlean (Meryl Streep), a sad-eyed journalist, and her subject, renegade Florida flower expert John Laroche (Chris Cooper). The resulting tale extends far beyond the scope of the book, stretching from Hollywood to New York to...Hollywood four billion years ago.<BR>Equally as inventive as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION revels in its gloriously absurd premise. Kaufman and Jonze skillfully sidestep the pitfalls of such a seemingly self-indulgent project, creating a multilayered film that focuses on the writing process as well as the nature of beauty, the beauty of nature, and dozens of other significant themes. Cage makes a stunning return to pre-Bruckheimer form in the roles of the Kaufman brothers, giving their identical appearances completely different personalities and making them believable to boot. Meanwhile, the consistently excellent Streep and the often underrated Cooper are perfectly matched as Orlean and Laroche. Even the less central roles are played by great actors--Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ron Livingston appear as supporting characters. Careening wildly between the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the poignant, Kaufman and Jonze's ADAPTATION is another fine example of their bravura yet sincere style of cinema.

ReviewsLos Angeles Times - ...The boldest and most imaginative studio film of the year..., Box Office - ...A wickedly funny movie....It's refreshingly unique..., New York Times - ...Mr. Cage and Mr. Jonze share a casual, daredevil sensibility, and the two of them -- or should I say the three of them? -- pull off one of the most amazing technical stunts in recent film history..., Rolling Stone - ...Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air, and Jonze juggles them all with artful, light-stepping ease. It's magic..., Variety - ...Every bit as clever and surprising as MALKOVICH....Streep gives a quietly alert performance that permits emotional revelation in well-judged stages..., Total Film - ...It has all the pleasing confusion of an optical illusion....A dizzying, unique work..., USA Today - ...Cage gives one of his best performances..., Entertainment Weekly - ...[Featuring] Nicolas Cage in his lightest, loosest, best performance since MOONSTRUCK....ADAPTATION demonstrates that Kaufman, the real Charlie Kaufman, has a rare and really weird talent....The guy is fun..., Premiere - ...ADAPTATION is life-affirming...

ScreenwriterCharlie Kaufman

AuthorSusan Orlean

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleAdaptation