Synopsis: Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother, Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book The Orchid Thief, he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. ADAPTATION, the year's most talked about movie, is at once a hilarious drama and a moving comedy.

Language: English

Country of Origin: United States of America

Production Year: 2002

Reviews:

• "Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up!", Ebert and Roeper
• "Smart, inventive, passionate and rip-roaringly funny... An altogether remarkable movie.", Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Awards:

• 2003: Nominee, Golden Globe, Best Picture
• 2003: Nominee, Golden Globe, Best Screenplay
• 2003: Winner, Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actor, Chris Cooper
• 2003: Winner, Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actress, Meryl Streep
• 2003: Nominee, Golden Globe, Best Actor, Nicolas Cage
• 2003: Nominee, Golden Globe, Best Director, Spike Jonze
• 2003: Nominee, Oscar, Best Screenplay, Academy
• 2003: Winner, Oscar, Best Supporting Actor, Chris Cooper, Academy
• 2003: Nominee, Oscar, Best Supporting Actress, Meryl Streep, Academy
• 2003: Nominee, Oscar, Best Actor, Nicolas Cage, Academy