Nic Cage

Adaptation. (2002)

"From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich."

Movie Details

Overview
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release Date
2002/12/06
Runtime
115 min
IMDB
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Production Companies
Columbia Pictures, Propaganda Films, Good Machine, Intermedia, Beverly Detroit Studios, Clinica Estetico
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
$ 19,000,000
Poster
"Adaptation." poster

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage (Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman)
  • Meryl Streep (Susan Orlean)
  • Chris Cooper (John Laroche)
  • Tilda Swinton (Valerie Thomas)
  • Jay Tavare (Matthew Osceola)
  • Litefoot (Russell)
  • Roger Willie (Randy)
  • Jim Beaver (Ranger Tony)
  • Cara Seymour (Amelia Kavan)
  • Doug Jones (Augustus Margary)
  • Gary Farmer (Buster Baxley)
  • Peter Jason (Defense Attorney)
  • Gregory Itzin (Prosecutor)
  • Curtis Hanson (Orlean's Husband)
  • Agnes NaDene Baddoo (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • Paul Fortune (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • Paul Jasmin (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • Lisa Love (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • Wendy Mogel (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • David O. Russell (Orlean Dinner Guest)
  • Judy Greer (Alice the Waitress)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (Caroline Cunningham)
  • Bob Stephenson (David)
  • Bob Yerkes (Charles Darwin)
  • Lynn Court (Laroche’s Dad)
  • Roger E. Fanter (Laroche’s Uncle)
  • Sandra Lee Gimpel (Laroche’s Mom)
  • Caron Colvett (Laroche’s Wife)
  • Larry Krask (EMT)
  • Ron Livingston (Marty Bowen)
  • Brian Cox (Robert McKee)
  • John Etter (McKee Lecture Attendee)
  • Ray Berrios (Police Officer)
  • Nancy Lenehan (Kaufman’s Mother)
  • John Cusack (Self (uncredited))
  • Catherine Keener (Self (uncredited))
  • John Malkovich (Self (uncredited))
  • Curt Clendenin (Restaurant Customer (uncredited))
  • Donald Dowd (Cafe Customer (uncredited))

Crew

  • Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay, Executive Producer)
  • Vincent Landay (Producer)
  • Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
  • Lance Acord (Director of Photography)
  • K.K. Barrett (Production Design)
  • Casey Storm (Costume Design)
  • Jonathan Demme (Producer)
  • Peter Andrus (Art Direction)
  • Spike Jonze (Director)
  • Justine Arteta (Casting)
  • Edward Saxon (Producer)
  • Eric Zumbrunnen (Editor)
  • Peter Saraf (Executive Producer)
  • Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer)
  • Kim Davis-Wagner (Casting)
  • Peter Staubli (Sound Effects Editor)
  • Michael Kirchberger (Supervising Sound Editor)
  • Richard Beggs (Sound Designer)
  • Mark Weber (Sound Mixer)
  • Kent Sparling (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
  • David Abrahamsen (Sound Designer)
  • Derek Vanderhorst (Sound Mixer)
  • Lora Hirschberg (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
  • Marco Kyris (Stand In)
  • Julie Janney (Stand In)
  • Dan Bradley (Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director)
  • Scott Rogers (Stunts)
  • Rick Barker (Stunts)
  • Chris Carnel (Stunts)
  • Lane Leavitt (Stunts)
  • Norb Phillips (Stunts)
  • Darrin Prescott (Stunts)
  • Eddie Yansick (Stunts)
  • Karen Koch (Unit Production Manager)
  • Thomas Patrick Smith (First Assistant Director)
  • Brian O'Kelley (Second Assistant Director)
  • Ann Roth (Wardrobe Designer)
  • Chiemi Karasawa (Script Supervisor)
  • Thomas Lohmann (Camera Operator)
  • Mark Williams (First Assistant Camera)
  • Jamie Felz (First Assistant Camera)
  • Nina Chien (Second Assistant Camera)
  • Paul Taylor (Steadicam Operator)
  • Mike Pickel (Video Assist Operator)
  • Joel Harlow (Makeup Department Head)
  • Roz Music (Hair Department Head)
  • Stacy Horn (Wardrobe Supervisor)
  • Shari Gray (Wardrobe Supervisor)
  • Anita Louise Brown (Costumer)
  • Marina Marit (Costumer)
  • Debbie Travis (Costumer)
  • Lynn Barber (Makeup Artist)
  • Isabel Harkins (Makeup Artist)
  • Allen Weisinger (Makeup Artist)
  • J. Roy Helland (Makeup & Hair)
  • Joseph Coscia (Hairstylist)
  • Larry Waggoner (Hairstylist)
  • Michael S. Adler (Chief Lighting Technician)
  • Chris Weigand (Assistant Chief Lighting Technician)
  • Gino Nix (Key Grip)
  • Zoli Hajdu (Dolly Grip)
  • Danny Andersen (Dolly Grip)
  • Drew Kunin (Production Sound Mixer)
  • Lawrence L. Commans (Boom Operator)
  • Mark Fay (Boom Operator)
  • Gary D'Amico (Special Effects)
  • Richard Schuler (Location Manager)
  • Gray Marshall (Visual Effects Supervisor)
  • Andrew J. Sacks (Production Supervisor)
  • Rick C. Taplin (Production Coordinator)
  • Seve Spracklen (Production Accountant)
  • Chris Forster (Construction Coordinator)
  • Anders Rundblad (Construction Foreman)
  • Patti McNulty (Art Department Coordinator)
  • Lynn Christopher (Set Designer)
  • Peter Davidson (Set Designer)
  • Grant Samson (Leadman)
  • Jeffrey Paul Johnson (Property Master)
  • Chris Vail (Assistant Property Master)
  • Gregory J. Smith (Second Second Assistant Director)
  • Ben Kaller (Still Photographer)
  • Stephen Bures (Actor's Assistant)
  • Griff Ruggles (Transportation Captain)
  • Ronald Stinton (Transportation Co-Captain)
  • Eric Osmond (First Assistant Editor)
  • Nathan R. Fitzgerald (Assistant Editor)
  • David Bach (ADR Editor)
  • Bob Fredrickson (Color Timer)
  • Jeremy Molod (Assistant Sound Editor)
  • Julia Shirar (Assistant Sound Editor)
  • Everett Moore (Apprentice Sound Editor)
  • David A. Cohen (Dialogue Editor)
  • David Franklin Bergad (Dialogue Editor)
  • William Storkson (Foley Supervisor)
  • Marnie Moore (Foley Artist)
  • Nick Peck (Foley Mixer)
  • Jory K. Prum (Foley Recordist)
  • Adam Milo Smalley (Music Editor)
  • Michael Farrow (Scoring Mixer)
  • Jonathan Paley (Stand In)
  • Susan Orlean (Novel)
  • Molly Hansen (Other)