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Adaptation (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Spike Jonze

Written By:
Susan Orlean

Charlie Kaufman

Actors:
Nicolas Cage ..... Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Tilda Swinton ..... Valerie Thomas
Meryl Streep ..... Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper ..... John Laroche
Jay Tavare ..... Matthew Osceola
Litefoot ..... Russell
Roger Willie ..... Randy
Jim Beaver ..... Ranger Tony
Cara Seymour ..... Amelia Kavan
Doug Jones ..... Augustus Margary
Stephen Tobolowsky ..... Ranger Steve Neely (scenesDeleted)
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 Jim
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
Susan Orlean ..... Woman in Supermarket (scenesDeleted)
Lance Acord ..... Self
Brigitte Bogle ..... Teenage Orlean
Ryan Bosch ..... Partygoer
Jan Citron ..... Flower Shop Patron
Curt Clendenin ..... Restaurant Customer
Lathan Crowe ..... Orchid Vendor
John Cusack ..... John Cusack
Donald Dowd ..... Cafe Customer
Chip Godwin ..... Bicycle Messenger
Spike Jonze ..... Self
Catherine Keener ..... Catherine Keener
Jake Magnuson ..... Cafe Customer
John Malkovich ..... Self
Thomas Patrick Smith ..... Thomas Patrick Smith
Rheagan Wallace ..... Kim Canetti
Anne Zogby ..... Wardrobe Supervisor

Synopsis:

While his latest movie Being John Malkovich (1999) is in production, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book 'The Orchid Thief' for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin brother, pretentious Donald, has moved into his house with a goal of also becoming a screenwriter. Despite not admiring Donald as a screenwriter, Charlie asks for his advice. Together, they feel that there is some interesting subtext in the book on which Orlean herself can only elaborate, if only Charlie has the nerve to talk to her. If she can't or won't elaborate, they may have to find out the meaning of that subtext on their own.

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