Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt “The Orchid Thief,” by Susan Orlean, Kaufman’s life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean’s book, become strangely intertwined as each one’s search for passion collides with the others’.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama Actors: Agnes NaDene Baddoo, Bob Stephenson, Bob Yerkes, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour, Caron Colvett, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Curt Clendenin, Curtis Hanson, David O. Russell, Donald Dowd, Doug Jones, Gary Farmer, Gregory Itzin, Jay Tavare, Jim Beaver, John Cusack, John Etter, John Malkovich, Judy Greer, Larry Krask, Lisa Love, Litefoot, Lynn Court, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Nancy Lenehan, Nicolas Cage, Paul Fortune, Paul Jasmin, Peter Jason, Ray Berrios, Roger E. Fanter, Roger Willie, Ron Livingston, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Tilda Swinton, Wendy Mogel Directors: Spike Jonze Production: Beverly Detroit Studios, Clinica Estetico, Columbia Pictures, Good Machine, Intermedia, Propaganda Films
