Adaptation (movie)
Adaptation. is a 2002 film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman.
Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), the screenwriter, is having problems adapting The Orchid Thief, a book by Susan Orlean, into a movie. Meanwhile, Charlie's twin brother, Donald (also Cage), wants to be a screenwriter as well. Where real life ends and adaptation begins is the question, as Orlean herself (Meryl Streep) and the orchid thief, John Laroche (Chris Cooper), are drawn into the story.
Other members of the cast include Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Awards
The film won one Academy Award (Cooper for Best Supporting Actor) and was nominated, but did not win, for 3 others (Cage for Best Actor, Streep for Best Supporting Actress, and both Kaufmans for Adapted Screenplay). Donald became the first truly fictitious person nominated for an Oscar.
It won the BAFTA, Boston Society of Film Critics, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, Golden Satellite, National Board of Review, USA, New York Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society, PEN Center USA West Literary San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Toronto Film Critics Association awards for the best adapted screenplay.
