Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston …

Charlie Kaufman : [voice-over] I am pathetic, I am a loser... Robert McKee : So what is the substance of writing?

Adaptation. (2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

the main character delivered an opening monologue (in voice-over) during the film's title credits displayed on a black screen (with white typewriter text) about his own untalented character and physical flaws: "Do I have an original thought in my head?

In another scene, the name of the film's second assistant director, Brian O. Kelley, appears on an audio tape box of The Writings of Charles Darwin in Laroche's truck. It has not been determined if Kelley actually recorded the tape that is heard in the scene.

Sep 28, 2022 · Adaptation. is a 2002 film about writing, finding love, adapting to life, and a screenwriter who, having trouble adapting a non-fiction novel to the big screen, asks for the assistance of his less experienced twin brother.

Apr 2, 2023 · In Adaptation, Brian Cox showed the emptiness of fame and success long before Succession. In this Spike Jonze film, Brian Cox held just as much sway over the film's protagonist as he does...

Nov 3, 2002 · In “Adaptation,” the hall of mirrors movie that plays with the angst of its screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman, screenwriting guru Robert McKee appears as a pivotal character. Brash and bushy-browed,...

Meryl Streep is Susan Orlean, the writer of "The Orchid Thief;" Chris Cooper is Laroche; Brian Cox is Robert McKee, a real-life lecturer about the art of screenplay writing; and Tilda Swinton is Valerie, the one who commissions Kaufman to write the adaptation of the book.

Adaptation (film) is distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The cast includes: Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman, Brian Cox as Robert McKee, Chris Cooper as John Laroche, Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean, Tilda Swinton as Valerie Thomas, Ron Livingston as Marty, Cara Seymour as Amelia Kavan, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Caroline Cunningham, and Jay Tavare ...