Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
Twisty brilliance from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze, the team who created
Being John Malkovich
. Nicolas Cage returns to form with a funny, sad, and sneaky performance as Charlie Kaufman, a self-loathing screenwriter who has been hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book
The Orchid Thief
into a screenplay. Frustrated and infatuated by Orlean's elegant but plotless book (which is largely a rumination on flowers), Kaufman begins to write a screenplay about himself trying to write a screenplay about
The Orchid Thief
, all the while hounded by his twin brother Donald (Cage again), who's cheerfully writing the kind of formulaic action movie that Kaufman finds repugnant. By its conclusion,
Adaptation
is the most artistically ambitious, most utterly cynical, and most uncategorizable movie ever to come out of Hollywood. Also starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, and Brian Cox; superb performances throughout.
--Bret Fetzer
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| title: |
Adaptation (Superbit Collection) |
| theatricalDate: |
10-01-2003 |
| stars: |
Nicolas Cage
Meryl Streep
Chris Cooper |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Columbia Tri-Star |
| published: |
20-05-2003 |
| price: |
$19.94 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
115 |
| last lookup time: |
152888848 |
| genre: |
Satire
Showbiz
DTS
Litefoot
Superbit Collection
Black Comedy |
| fullTitle: |
Adaptation (Superbit Collection) |
| features: |
Widescreen
DTS Surround Sound
Color
Dolby
1.85:1 |
| director: |
Spike Jonze |
| currentValue: |
$4.45 |
| created: |
152888832 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00005JLRE
|
