How long is Adaptation?

Adaptation is 1 hr 54 min long.

Who is Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman in Adaptation?

Nicolas Cage plays Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman in the film.

Adaptation

Name: Adaptation
Duration: 114
Rating: 85

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 (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), 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'.

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How long is Adaptation?: Adaptation is 1 hr 54 min long.

Who directed Adaptation?: Spike Jonze

Who is Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman in Adaptation?: Nicolas Cage plays Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman in the film.

What is Adaptation about?: 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 (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), 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'.