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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Spike Jonze |
| Stars: |
Nicolas Cage |
| Actors: |
Tilda Swinton |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Surreal · Film About Film · Based On A Novel · Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Superbit |
| UPC: |
043396076051 |
| Release Date: |
2002 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 54min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Superbit, 1hr 54min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (May 20, 2003) UPC: 043396076013 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 55min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (May 20, 2003) UPC: 043396072831 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Charlie Kaufman |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/06/2002, p.E1, A. O. Scott): "...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..." |
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| Details: |
Following 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 himself and his fictionalized identical twin brother, Donald Kaufman. While the boisterous Donald freeloads off of 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 THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean 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> <br> Equally as inventive as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION revels in its gloriously absurd premise. Kaufman and Jonze... |
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