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Adaptation (2002)

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Release Date: December 6, 2002 (LA/NY)
January 10, 2003 (Moderate)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images.
Director: Spike Jonze
Writer: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Jane Adams, Catherine Keener, Ron Livingston, Tilda Swinton

Nicolas Cage stars as Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter, as he finishes up work on "Being John Malkovich." He is bald, fat and not the best of socialites, and he has been hired to create a screenplay based on "The Orchid Thief." Unfortunately, the book does not lend itself well to the big screen, so, slightly going off the deep end, he incorporates him and his twin brother Donald (also played by Cage) into the story, Read more

Movie Review

Grade: A Charlie Kaufman, the strange writer behind such films as "Being John Malkovich" and "Human Nature," does the unimaginable and writes himself into the screenplay in "Adaptation," the latest delivery from the director Spike Jonze/Kaufman duo. Read the full movie review

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